CHARACTERISTICS OF SPORTS CULTURE AMONG YOUNGER SCHOOLCHILDREN
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Author(s): | Alexandrov V. A., Burama Kamara, Drandrov G. L., Konstantinova S. G., |
| Number of journal: | 1(74) | Date: | March 2026 |
| Annotation: | The purpose of the work is to reveal the qualitative originality of the essence and content of the sports culture among younger schoolchildren. To achieve this goal, materials of modern studies of domestic and foreign scientists, presented in monographs, in publications in peerreviewed scientific journals, were used. The sports culture of younger schoolchildren is considered as an integral personal characteristic that determines their attitude to physical activity in the form of physical exercises performed in competition conditions. Educational activity is gradually becoming the leading one for children of primary school age. The qualitative originality of the sports culture of younger schoolchildren is due to the age-related features of the development of the motivational sphere. Younger schoolchildren are dominated by emotionally attractive internal procedural motives, realized in physical activity and in communication: socialization, gaming, competitive, cognitive. Sports are perceived by children not as professional activity, not as activity aimed at achieving success in the form of victory or high competitive records, but as a way of organizing physical activity, ensuring harmonious personal development, health promotion, socialization and saturation of gaming, cognitive and competitive motives. Along with this, younger schoolchildren are not yet ready for self-reflection; they are not capable of remote goal-setting and planning, and experience difficulties in arbitrary regulation of activities. The tendency to fantasy, the desire for imitation, and the interest in collective games remain. The content of sports culture absorbed by younger schoolchildren includes values (health, friendship, honesty and respect for the opponent); knowledge of sports, rules, norms of sports behavior, the benefits of physical activity; sports behavior skills, motor skills, as well as traditions that encourage and guide physical activity in the format of sports activities. Therefore, the formation of a sports culture in primary school age is a significant factor in the effective use of the educational potential of sports in the personal and physical development of childr en. | ||
| Keywords: | younger schoolchildren, sports culture, personality, sports, socialization, values, norms, knowledge, skills, traditions, behavior patterns, health |
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| For citation: | Drandrov G. L., Burama Kamara, Alexandrov V. A., Konstantinova S. G. Characteristics of sports culture among younger schoolchildren. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2026;1(74):309—315. DOI: 10.25683/ VOLBI.2026.74.1502. |
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