PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT SPORTS IN UKRAINE

The Law of Ukraine «On Higher Education», innovations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on physical education and sports in higher education establishments increase the responsibility of industry experts for the strategy of development and preservation of health of student youth. Ukraine, having characteristic features of socio-political, cultural, economic and legal development, needs to study and substantiate student sports at the present stage. The purpose of the work is to analyze the development and prospects of student sports in Ukraine. Methodology. The methodological basis of the study consists of: laws and categories of scientific knowledge; an objective historical approach to the analysis of educational development processes and the pedagogical training of physical education teachers in higher pedagogical educational institutions; the interdependence of socio-pedagogical phenomena, the need to study them in specific historical conditions; the provision on physical culture as a socio-pedagogical process aimed at the harmonious development of the functional and physical capabilities of the individual; provisions of the laws of Ukraine «On Education», «On Higher Education», «On Extracurricular Education», the National Doctrine of the Development of Education «Education of Ukraine of the XXI Century» and the National Doctrine of the Development of Physical Culture and Sports; historical and pedagogical studies of famous Ukrainian scientists, which analyze the theory and history of the development of the domestic pedagogical education system in Ukraine. Scientific novelty. The process of developing student sports in the Ukrainian HEI is analyzed as a system in three planes: objective, functional and historical. Findings. Student sports is the link between mass sports and high-performance sports and complements the professional training of highly qualified specialists. The analysis shows that in Ukraine in the student environment there are four possible directions of the influence of sport on the formation of students' personality: a) a sported physical education lesson in the framework of the educational process; b) sports sections; c) budget sports clubs; d) sports clubs operating on a commercial basis