PROBLEMS OF INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN POPULATION IN SPORTS

The involvement of the population in mass sports is the key to improving health, increasing life expectancy and promoting a healthy lifestyle. Current social programs in the field of physical education and sports are aimed at increasing the involvement of the population of different age groups in sports. However, there is currently a problem in Russia of falling interest in sports and a decrease in the proportion of people who are engaged in any sport in the total population of people who are able to lead an active lifestyle. This requires the identification of «failures» of the population’s involvement in sports and substantiation of measures to overcome them, which became the main goal of this study. The article presents the results of the analysis carried out by the authors using Rosstat materials