The development of students' attention at football training

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine the specific features of the development of selectivity, concentration and attention steadiness of students in physical education classes. The research involved 60 students (men aged 18-20). The control group consisted of 30 students (15 each) from the faculties of «Technical Cybernetics» and «Mechanical Science» who did not play sports at the university (assigned to the main or preparatory medical groups for health reasons) and attended physical education classes (4 hours per week) in the study groups of the main department for two years. The experimental group was also made up of 30 students of the faculties of «Technical Cybernetics» and «Mechanical Science» (15 each), who were assigned to the main medical group for health reasons and had been playing football at the university (4 hours per week) in the study groups of the sports department for 2 years. Diagnostics of students' selectivity of attention were carried out with the help of the Munsterberg test. Concentration and steadiness were diagnosed with the use of the Bourdon's proofreading test (the task was performed within 10 minutes). All the data were statistically processed via the Mann-Whitney U-test.