Professional Physical Training of Future Border Guards

The improvement of professional military education is the most important part ofreforming state power departments. One of its components is the professional training ofcadets in higher military educational institutions. One of the key places in thisprocess belongs to the physical training of cadets, which is aimed at forming theirreadiness to achieve tasks of professional military training. Therefore, the currentresearch aims to theoretically justify and experimentally verify the effectiveness ofthe programme for professional and personal physical training of future border guards.Based on the results of the initial survey, two groups of cadets were formed (only 419individuals). The control group (210 individuals) and the experimental group (209individuals) included cadets with approximately identical indices of a functional state.After conducting a pedagogical experiment based on the designed model for increasingphysical readiness of future border guards for professional activity, the proposedprogramme for professional and personal physical training of future border guards wasproved to be highly effective. Indeed, 94% of cadets completed the experimentalprogramme, successfully passed an annual medical examination and met the establishedstandards of physical training during the covered period of training. A vital indexincreased by 10.8%, overall working capacity (based on the results of a step-test) – by18.7%, maximum voluntary ventilation – by 20.1%, heart rate recovery – by19.4%.