Peculiarities of the factors which affect the physical activity of high school pupils

Abstract

Individual's' physical activity is closely related to health level and physical fitness, which in turn are important components of life quality. The development of modern society leads to a number of negative factors which influence the overall human activity, reducing level of physical activity and causing occurrence of hypodynamia. The main objective of the study was to identify the main factors that affect high school pupils’ physical activity.To solve this task, methods of analysis of scientific and methodical literature, method of analysis and synthesis and sociological survey, were applied. The contingent surveyed were pupils of secondary schools aged 15–17 years. As result of research, peculiarities of the factors, which determine the content and scope of high school pupils’ physical activity, were identified.