Interest related physical education classes' effectiveness on female students physical preparedness and physical self-development competence

Person's physical self-development is greatly related with one's motivation for this activity. Attempting to reach rather high motivation which could ensure stability in regular physical activity related behavior, it is important to investigate students' attitudes, interest, need of physical education, which is in relation with self-realization; it is also important to analyze their health indices and select for usage appropriate means and methods that could ensure purposeful activeness to their activity. The aim of the study was to analyze effectiveness of Physical Education subject, being an optional subject, on female students' physical condition and physical self-development competence. The methods: the research employed the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences'female students of the IInd-IVth year of study (n=20), coming from various study programs (except Physical Education study program), having chosen Physical Education - Fitness as an optional subject. The results. The research confirmed that the students' hope was answered with appeared new motives, improved physical preparedness indices, increased tendencies of physical self-development competences growthVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŠvietimo akademij