Basic Preparation of a Tourist for Sports and Fitness Hike.

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study the impact of basic tourist preparation on the quality of tourist hike, namely: the formation of route selection skills, the use of tactics to overcome it, the formation of skills to overcome obstacles, cook under the conditions of hike, work in team. The authors analyzed the content of sports and fitness tourism, revealed its features and benefits. The study involved 65 students of Khmelnytskyi of Humanitarian-Pedagogical Academy (Ukraine), who were part of the experimental group (EG) - (n = 32) and the control group (CG) - (n = 33). Students of the experimental group were engaged in the program of basic preparation of the tourist for sports and fitness hike, students of the control group were engaged in the traditional system of education. To obtain the necessary information, we used general scientific research methods: analysis of scientific and methodological sources, surveys, questionnaires, expert evaluation method, pedagogical experiment, statistical data of pedagogical observation, factor analysis. The results were evaluated by experts - teachers of the Department of Theory and Methods of Physical Culture and Valeology of Khmelnytskyi Humanitarian-Pedagogical Academy (n = 11), who conducted a comparative analysis of theoretical, practical, physical and special training of students of experimental and control groups. The study confirmed the need for targeted basic preparation of tourists for sports and fitness hike. According to experts, such training allowed students of the experimental group compared to the control group to achieve better performance in: improving the skills of the bivouac + 2.33 ± 0.12 points (p<0.001); development of skills to navigate the terrain + 2.05 ± 0.09 points (p <0.001); improving cooking skills under the conditions of tourist hike + 1.99 ± 0.19 points (p <0.001); development of teamwork skills + 1.33 ± 0.15 points (p <0.01); improvement of technique of overcoming obstacles + 1.15 ± 0.08 points (p <0.01); formation of knowledge of the basics of tactics of passing the distance + 1.04 ± 0.16 points (p <0.01).