The relationship between the development of cadets’ motor and volitional qualities through various types of motor activity
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/2077-6594/2026.1/23Keywords:
motor qualities, volitional qualities, cadets, hand-to-hand combat, motor activityAbstract
Purpose. The purpose of the work is to investigate the relationship between the level of development of cadets’ motor and volitional qualities during engagement in various types of motor activity. Materials and methods. The research, conducted in the 2024-2025 academic year, involved 352 male cadets from the National Academy of Internal Affairs (NAIA, Kyiv, Ukraine) majoring in “Law Enforcement” and “Law” specialties. We formed three groups of cadets: the HHC Group (n=54) included cadets who, in addition to attending compulsory special physical training sessions, also systematically participated in a hand-to-hand combat sports club; the SC Group (n=91) included cadets who additionally participated in sport clubs in CrossFit, multi-event competitions, orienteering, sports games, and powerlifting; the K Group (n=207) included cadets who, during their studies, attended only compulsory training sessions in special physical training and did not engage in additional sports activities. The amount of physical activity per week (in hours) did not differ between the study groups. Research methods: analysis and generalization of literary sources, testing, psychodiagnostic methods, methods of mathematical statistics. Results. Conducted research shows that all volitional qualities have significant, varying degrees of correlation with the level of development of cadets’ motor qualities as future law enforcement officers. A high and average correlation between the levels of development of most volitional qualities of cadets across all three groups was found for indicators of endurance development and applied motor skills in HHC, and for accelerated movement with weapons. The highest correlation coefficients between the levels of development of motor and volitional qualities were found in groups of cadets who also practiced sports, including hand-to-hand combat and other types. Conclusions. The results of the research allow us to conclude that additional physical exercise and sports, especially HHC, are highly effective for the development of both motor and volitional qualities of future law enforcement officers, which, in general, will contribute to the performance of specific tasks in their future professional activities.
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