Stretching as a means of flexibility development

Abstract

EN: Recently, the state of health of students is increasingly deteriorating. According to the researches of N. V. Bohdanovskoi, H. L. Apanasenko, M. V. Dutchak, "the general regularity of the increase in cardiovascular diseases and the deterioration of the body's functional reserves is revealed. In the Decree of the President of Ukraine on the approval of the State-wide program "Health-2020: Ukrainian dimension" it is stated that 61% of the population of Ukraine aged 16-19 years has a low level of physical fitness’. To improve physical fitness, namely the development of flexibility, you can use stretching (the direction of fitness aimed at stretching all muscle groups, increasing flexibility and mobility). That is why the research of stretching as a means of developing flexibility is an urgent problem.