THE ROLE OF SPORT IN THE LIFE OF MODERN YOUTH

Abstract

According to official statistics, during the first to eighth grade of school, the number of healthy children decreases by 3-4 times, and by the end of the school  educational program, about 80% of graduates have some deviations in their health status [1]. The number of smokers, alcohol users and drug-addicts is constantly increasing. This is due not only to social and economic problems, but rather to the illiteracy of youth in the issues of the "Healthy Lifestyle" program, the lack of proper motivation aimed at harmonious development of the individual and, as a result, by improper organization of leisure. The modern world, with its endless race of rapidly developing technologies, the information avalanche of the media, vast virtual Internet space and the ever increasing demands of society, requires enormous reserves of time, energy and strength from every individual. Strength both physical and psycho-emotional, incessant intellectual development, stress resistance, emotional stability and readiness to meet all these high requirements. So what role does sport play in the life of modern society, and especially among young people? What is sport for them - an abstract concept, incompatible with reality due to lack of energy, time and money, a form of spending free time and communication or a vital necessity?

            The study answers questions why in a society that chooses physical education and sports to be a part of their life, will be no room for suicides, depression, women's reproductive health decrease and extinction.