Physical education, either directly or indirectly, is a challenge for all people. Moreover, these “collisions” are so frequent that no matter what area of human activity we consider, at least some elements of physical culture will necessarily be present. It is not only about improving and realizing one"s motor potential, but also about physical culture knowledge, which significantly expands the horizons of physical culture application.
Despite this, the potential of physical education is very little used. Today there is a certain stereotype of perception of physical culture as a primitive and fully developed phenomenon. However, not everyone understands the essence of biological management in a person, but it is obvious that physical exercise mainly affects biological functions. Any physical load is a contribution to the formation of the person, and the system of physical loading is a powerful control influence on biological, psychological and other possibilities of the person which are realized through social factors. Thus, physical culture knowledge is global in its scale and is marked by a huge number of “white spots”. One such insufficiently researched issue is the study of physical training opportunities, and physical training in particular, in the formation of a person"s readiness for professional activities.
The scientific and technical revolution experienced by civilized humanity for several decades now is at the stage of high activity. With the advent of NTR not only new horizons have appeared, but also certain difficulties have arisen. Every year mankind has to master new and more complex technical systems. In this connection, the intensity of the learning process in all spheres of educational activity has reached such a level that without a significant increase in the volume of information, acquisition of new knowledge and skills, as well as mastering new educational technologies it is impossible to achieve the desired result. Information flow is “falling” on the modern person starting from the preschool age. He has to perceive a considerable part of this information and assimilate it carefully. The information flow climaxes at a time when an individual is facing the task of learning. Even with a favorable course of the learning process, the issue of mental and psychological over strain remains problematic.
Therefore, there is a need to form a nonspecific adaptation, which allows through ready-made, already available mechanisms to create an adaptation effect with specified values. Such mechanisms can be adaptive reactions to physical activity, which are the oldest and most sophisticated in phylogeny. In these conditions, it is important to be prepared for activities based on active thinking processes. Such activity includes both the learning process and intellectual labor, and physical labor, which is the result of the CNS management activity. In other words, today the mental readiness of a person for learning and professional activity is very relevant. Proceeding from this, we have started to study the interrelation of mechanisms of mental and physical performance as the most important biological preconditions and the basis for the development of intellect, erudition and special skills (mental readiness). According to the authors, the research is directly related to the active search for opportunities to increase human mental potential and ability to creative work.
It is well known that mental and physical performance of a person is the highest form of individual adaptation, the disclosure of the mechanisms of which can serve as a basis for the development of effective measures that increase the adaptability of the human body to various environmental factors.