In the course of the experimental study, an attempt was made to consider the mental and motor in the system. The actions aimed at the selection of objects from the environment, the properties of which can be used to achieve the goal, and to combine these objects properly as a work to create what is called the system. In other words, the system is the means to achieve the goal. That is why, solving the issues of stability, stability and reliability of mental activity, the authors introduced the concept of “system of human mental readiness for professional activity”. Mental readiness was defined as a set of properties of a person to perform certain actions at a certain time with a given efficiency, determined by the requirements of a certain professional activity. It is obvious that the components of mental readiness are connected with both thinking and dynamic (motor) functions. The matter is that physical, mental and thinking activity of any professional unfolds in two spheres: on the one hand, in interaction with the subject component of the given work, on the other hand — in the course of communication with colleagues, managers and subordinates. These spheres are improved in the course of psychological training, which is an part of physical training, and reflect reflective and emotional readiness.
From the above definition of mental readiness for activity there are three components: theoretical, functional and motor. It remains to remind that in the physical of readiness also distinguish between functional and motor components. Each component of this concept has its own parameters:
1. Theoretical readiness is a set of quantitative (academic performance, quantitative characteristics of memory and attention) and qualitative parameters (erudition, intellect, volume of special knowledge) depending on the efficiency of basic functional systems, motivation and environment.
2. Functional readiness — certain quantitative indicators obtained during the testing of mental performance and aerodynamics depending on the type of body build, temperament and characteristics of motor activity.
3. Motor readiness — quantitative characteristics of special motor qualities (manifested on the basis of strength, speed, endurance, flexibility and agility), necessary for the material embodiment of knowledge and skills in the field of professional activity, depending on the indicators of overall physical performance.
Having modeled the conditions of functioning of the system “a person"s mental readiness for professional activity”, having described the relations of the system elements and having defined the criteria of readiness assessment, we started to study the impact on this system of physical exercises. The impact of different, intensity and orientation of physical activity on mental readiness, both in urgent and delayed training effect, was studied. As a result of the study, physical exercises and modes of their inclusion in the physical training of a person were identified, leading to improved mental preparedness. The obtained results give grounds to count on the possibility of improvement of a person"s mental readiness for professional activity by means of physical training.
Social and medical activities do not have the expected effect on the health of people. In the recovery of society, medicine has gone mainly by “from disease to health”, becoming more and more a purely therapeutic, hospital-based. Social activities are mainly aimed at improving the living environment and consumer goods, but not at educating people. How can one preserve one"s health, achieve high working capacity and professional longevity? The most justified way to increase the adaptive capacity of the organism, to preserve health, to prepare a person for a fruitful labor and socially important activity is to engage in physical training and sports. Today we are unlikely to find an educated person who would deny the great role of physical culture and sports in modern society. Millions of people, regardless of their age, are engaged in physical education in sports clubs. Sports achievements for the vast majority of them have ceased to be an end in themselves. Physical training “becomes a catalyst for life activity, a tool for breakthrough in the field of intellectual potential and longevity". The technical process, freeing workers from the exhausting costs of manual labor, did not free them from the need for physical training and professional activity, but changed the tasks of this training.