Motivation for attending physical education lessons by 14-15 year-old students

Abstract

The level of motor training of students is not a stable index over a period of time. It degrades if the physical activity of the individual is reduced or the practice of physical exercises does not have a systematic character. This process takes place, for example, at the beginning of the school year, for the students who did not play sports during the holidays. For this reason, one of the tasks of physical school education is to train - educate students and form the stable motivation for practicing physical exercises throughout the year, the formation of the skills and abilities to organize the physical activity independently, based on the consideration that, over time, the motivation for practicing physical exercises will decrease. But the motivation is closely related to the gratification of what students have in relation to the physical education lessons. It has been established that the gratification of the physical education lessons is tested by 60% of the students in the primary classes, while in the secondary classes only 30%. The degree of gratification from the physical education lessons is an important component of the children's attitude towards this discipline. Motivated physical activity is one of the most important characteristics of modern physical culture.