CORRELATIONS BETWEEN PHYSICAL EDUCATION TRAINING IN THE FINAL YEARS OF HIGH-SCHOOL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION TRAINING AT UNIVERSITY

Physical education is a purposeful process of complete physical formation of a person, in accordance with the requirements of a healthy lifestyle. Our aims are to study the students' attitudes towards the organization, the contents, and the results achieved in the process of physical education during the final years of high school and the opportunities for further continuation and development of these skills and knowledge at higher education institutions. Methods of the experiment include six initial tests with students from the Medical university - Sofia, aiming to assess the strength of their upper and lower limbs and a survey with 15 questions divided into two sections regarding the quantity, organization, the content and the results achieved in the process of high-school sports education and the attitudes of students towards this process at university. The results showed that the fitness levels of survey participants were relatively high considering the fact that for the most part the respondents practiced a sport outside the regular high-school program or were competitors. The teaching process of physical education in the high school system relies on fairly good facilities and physical education facilities at the university level are even better. Student motivation to participate in sports classes in high school provide a negative trend, other claim that they enjoyed spending time with classmates while really small percent participated in order to develop their motoric skills and habits. A similar trend can be observed at the university level, as nearly half of the students participate in order to fulfill their obligations towards the horrarium required, and very low percent attend because they want to meet new colleagues.