Athlete's Day: being healthy is relevant at all times. Athlete's Day is a holiday for all athletes Athlete's Day before and now

In the very first years when Soviet power came, the leaders realized that the country could not be successful and happy if its inhabitants were not healthy. As a result, they actively began to promote sports and physical education. Not a single demonstration and procession was complete without the participation of cheerful athletes and athletes who always marched ahead of everyone. Thus, the idea of a healthy lifestyle, a healthy body began to take root in the mind of a person, various sports societies began to develop, faculties at higher educational institutions. Already in 1939, the Day of the Athlete was established, which is celebrated every year in August on the second Saturday.

When is celebrated

Of all the holidays of the Soviet calendar, one of those that have survived to this day is Athlete's Day. This holiday is celebrated every year. The holiday has a rather long history, and traditionally its date is a transitional one. Today there is no specific date, as it depends on what date the second Saturday of August falls on. In 2014, the holiday falls on the 9th. This holiday has been celebrated in Russia since 1939. It is celebrated by millions of fellow citizens. Athlete's Day is considered by all those who love sports, regardless of profession and age.

Who notes

Athlete's Day is celebrated by everyone associated with physical education. These are not only athletes, but also teachers, and lecturers of various physical education departments, and coaches, because this day can be called Physical Education Teacher's Day. It can be called a common day not only for professional physical education workers, but also for the army of athletes, their ardent fans and ordinary sports fans. Despite the fact that this is not a day off, all kinds of physical competitions and sports events are held in our country in honor of a significant date.

A little about the profession

Physical education is commonly understood as a field of activity aimed at preserving and strengthening human health. It helps develop psychophysical abilities. Today, physical education can be safely called an integral part of the cultural modern society. Constantly developing, physical culture has reached the highest points of its development, and it can be judged by various indicators. The main means of physical education is constant various physical exercises, physical activity. Science has proven that physical education allows a person to properly develop the body and makes it healthier.

Background of the holiday

After the Soviet Union issued a decree on the celebration of the Day of the Athlete, a society was created from employees and military personnel of the OGPU. This is an organization that provided the opportunity to play sports. This first society was called "Spartacus".

It is celebrated in Russia annually on the second Saturday of August. In 2018, the date falls on August 11.

The holiday is celebrated on the basis of the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On holidays and memorable days" dated October 1, 1980.

The history of this holiday began with the decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, adopted in the summer of 1939, on the establishment of the All-Union Day of the Athlete. The date of the Day of the Athlete was set annually. Since 1961, the holiday began to be celebrated in the USSR on the second Saturday of August.

The first Athlete's Day took place on July 18, 1939. In those years, the country was experiencing an unprecedented rise in physical culture and sports - numerous voluntary physical culture and sports societies were founded (Spartak, Dynamo, Wings of the Soviets, Lokomotiv and others), the All-Union Sports Complex "Ready for Labor and defense of the USSR", the Spartakiad movement developed.

Athlete's Day was intended to promote the mass promotion of physical culture and sports in the country. It became the day of the traditional nationwide review of the achievements of the Soviet physical culture movement and the skills of Soviet athletes. On this day, demonstration performances of athletes and competitions of various levels were held throughout the country.

Among the most striking events associated with the Day of the Athlete, were the colorful All-Union parades of athletes and mass sports and gymnastic performances.

So, in the first post-war months, on August 12, 1945 in Moscow, 25 thousand participants from all the Union republics performed at the parade of athletes.

Currently, physical culture and sports are recognized as the most important direction of the state's social policy.

In 2009, the Strategy for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports in the Russian Federation for the period up to 2020 was adopted, which determined the performance indicators and main directions of the state policy in the field of physical culture and sports.

As part of the updated TRP, starting at age six.

In Russia, 34.2% of the population is systematically engaged in physical culture and sports. About 75% of schoolchildren and students of higher educational institutions are involved in the orbit of sports. At the same time, more than three million of them are at the stages of sports training. The adult and economically active population also began to pay more attention to a healthy lifestyle. About 23% of this group (16.5 million people) exercise regularly.

Mass sports events contribute to the promotion of sports. Among them are multi-stage competitions: "All-Russian sports competitions for schoolchildren" Presidential competitions ", Spartakiade of pensioners of Russia, All-Russian winter rural sports games, as well as all-Russian mass starts: "Ski Track of Russia", "Cross of the Nation, "Orange Ball", "Russian Azimuth", "All-Russian Day of Running" and others.

Every year, more than 700 mass physical culture and sports events are held in the country, which provide an opportunity to attract up to 80 million people to competitive activities. All this contributes to the popularization of physical education and a healthy lifestyle.

The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources

The professional holiday of coaches, athletes, physical education teachers and all lovers of physical culture is celebrated in our country on the second Saturday of the third summer month. The basis is the decree of the PVS of the USSR "On holidays" with the amendments. What date is the holiday of lovers of physical activities? Athlete's Day 2018 falls on August 11th.

How it all began

Even at the dawn of Soviet power, the motto “A healthy mind in a healthy body” became fashionable, and with it the popularization of physical education. Mass exercises, industrial gymnastics, physical education classes in schools and universities were aimed at strengthening the health of the Soviet person and developing his physical abilities.

When the Dynamo society was organized in 1923, which made it possible for representatives of law enforcement agencies to regularly go in for sports, and later the Spartak sports society, sports became much more popular. Festive demonstrations were held with the participation of athletes: gymnasts, football players, acrobats, wrestlers and others. Departments of physical culture appeared in technical schools and institutes, faculties were opened, and then separate educational institutions for the training of trainers, teachers and instructors in physical culture.

The young country needed a healthy nation, and therefore introducing people to physical education became one of the state tasks. Sports sections worked in schools, sports clubs were created in cities and villages.

Athlete's Day today

Congratulations on this day are accepted by those involved in the physical culture and sports movement. And these are many, because physical culture is aimed at strengthening health, developing the body, cultivating perseverance, discipline, and willpower. Therefore, the Day of the Athlete is considered their holiday by all lovers of physical education and sports, and the event is widely celebrated in many cities.

The following sporting events are scheduled for the day:

mass ascents;
races;
relay races;
demonstration performances of athletes;
competitions.

In Russia, physical culture is the most important direction in the field of social policy. The strategy for the development of physical culture adopted in the country provides that the number of people involved in physical culture on a regular basis should approach 40 percent of the total number of citizens. State programs are aimed at further improving the policy in this area and modernizing the entire system of physical education. The GTO complex was practically revived. The standards are provided for 11 age groups.

Lesgaft: the basics of physical education

The great scientist introduced the concept of "functional anatomy". Lesgaft considered it possible to use a directed exercise to influence individual organs and the entire body. This system is based on the idea of the unity of physical and spiritual development, according to which physical (sports) exercises are a means of both physical and moral and intellectual improvement of a person. The scientist insisted on the importance of a proportional combination of mental and physical education. Lesgaft noted that physical exercises contribute to the development of cognitive skills of schoolchildren, and therefore physical education should be daily.

The scientist argued that the ability to control their movements consciously is the most important goal of physical education. He scientifically substantiated the need to perform exercises consciously and use games and activities as a method of learning.

Classification of physical exercises into groups (according to Lesgaft):

Simple	movements of the trunk, limbs, head
With increasing tension	with kettlebells, when jumping, climbing, wrestling
Associated with awareness of temporal and spatial concepts	jumping, running, throwing
Systematic during simple and/or complex games	skiing, swimming, martial arts

Every year on the second Saturday of August, adherents of a healthy and active lifestyle throughout Russia and the CIS countries celebrate Athlete's Day. For the vast majority of Russians, this holiday has become another relic of the Soviet era, which is very sad. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the attitude towards physical culture and sports in our country has changed dramatically, and the wonderful traditions of the past era have been unfairly forgotten. And how was it before? Let's remember.

**What year was it born Athlete's Day?**

Status of an all-Union holiday Athlete's Day acquired in 1939, but they began to celebrate it much earlier. With the establishment of the communist system in the country, an active promotion of a healthy lifestyle began, under the famous slogan borrowed from the Roman poet Juvenal: “ In a healthy body healthy mind!» By the way, the term “physical culture” itself originated in England at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, but it never caught on in the West. But it is firmly entrenched in the lexicon and everyday life of Soviet people.

In the 1920s and 1930s, the first sports societies were created, the oldest of which is Dynamo. They trained future coaches, masters of sports and Olympic champions. The profession of an athlete is becoming honorable and in demand. Physical education lessons, which modern children love to skip, appear in the school curriculum. Departments of physical education appear in all major universities. Sports clubs and sections are actively opening. All sorts of tournaments, sports days and marathons are regularly held. In a word, sports in those years walked across the country with leaps and bounds.

Athlete's Day before and now

In Soviet times Athlete's Day was popularly loved, and celebrated it almost like Victory Day. The only difference was that it was not columns of military equipment and people in uniform that moved along the central square of the country, but slender rows of athletically built girls and guys.

The largest parade of athletes took place on August 12, 1945. About 25 thousand athletes from all over the country took part in it. Demonstration performances of Soviet athletes lasted almost 4.5 hours. As part of the celebration of the Day of the Athlete, competitions in various game disciplines, athletics, tug of war, weightlifting, etc. were traditionally held. Everyone could take part in them. Family team competitions were also very popular.

Physical education was an important part of the life of Soviet citizens. Morning necessarily began with charging and dousing with cold water. Physical education sessions were held in schools, industrial gymnastics were held at enterprises. Moreover, to say that this was done under duress would be wrong. People really loved sports and instilled this love in their children. As a result, they were healthier and lived longer. Recall at least the fact that by 1985, the USSR was among the ten countries with the highest life expectancy.

The traditions of celebrating the Day of the Athlete are alive to this day, although it is celebrated, of course, not on the same scale as in Soviet times. Moreover, they are now trying to stir up the interest of Russians in sports by very unusual methods. For example, the inhabitants of Karelia on this day compete with their Finnish neighbors in boot throwing. Well, what is fun and useful.

You may not be an athlete

Modern people, in the vast majority, lead a rather passive lifestyle, trying to justify banal laziness with a lack of free time. And some give even stranger arguments, like: “Why should I? I'm not an athlete." In fact, the concepts of physical education and sport, although related, are by no means identical. The athlete fights for titles, medals and fees. Whereas worthy physical rewards are good health and longevity that no amount of money can buy.

Therefore, physical education, in the literal sense, is vital. Strong, healthy and toned figure, bones, positive - these are just a small part of those important bonuses that a leading person receives. So that training goes for the benefit, and not to the detriment of health, physical activity should be regular, but moderate.

And a natural vitamin and mineral complex will help maintain the necessary vitality and avoid possible injuries. It consists of the strongest natural and, providing high-quality support for the body during increased physical exertion.

HEALTH NEWS.

What a wise expression "Physical culture"! The culture of creating a healthy and beautiful physical body, without which the soul feels somehow unimportant.

Well, physical education, starting from kindergarten and school, occupies a strong place in the life of every person. At the very least, I want to believe it. At the very least, that's how it should be.

Therefore, Athlete's Day is not only a holiday of professional athletes defending the honor of our Motherland at international competitions and olympiads. This is a holiday for each of us, because only in a healthy and beautiful body does a healthy, cheerful and optimistic spirit live and operate!

Athlete's Day is celebrated in Russia on the second Saturday of August on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 3018-X "On holidays and memorable days" of October 1, 1980, as amended by the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 9724-XI "On amendments to the legislation of the USSR on holidays and memorable days” dated November 1, 1988.

This holiday became widespread in the 20-30s of the 20th century, in the first decades of Soviet power, when communist propagandists introduced the slogan: "A healthy mind in a healthy body."

On April 18, 1923, the Moscow Proletarian Sports Society "Dynamo" was created. The society was founded on the initiative of a group of employees and military personnel of the OGPU and was created as an organization that provides an opportunity to go in for sports to employees of security and law enforcement agencies.

On April 19, 1935, by the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, the All-Union Trade Union Cooperative Voluntary Sports Society "Spartak" was created, which played a significant role in the history of all Soviet sports. Athletes have become one of the most popular people in the country.

Not a single festive demonstration took place without the participation of gymnasts, football players and other representatives of the sports fraternity. Physical education departments began to open at universities and institutes, and later entire educational institutions trained future athletes.

It was then that the authorities realized that a healthy nation cannot exist without a wide introduction to physical culture, and professions related to sports and physical culture became popular and in demand. And in almost all schools there were sports clubs and clubs.

Physical culture is commonly understood as a sphere of social activity aimed at preserving and strengthening human health, developing his psychophysical abilities for healthy longevity. And while strengthening health, physical education and sports improve and develop not only the body, but also the spirit, bring up perseverance in achieving the goal, discipline, courage, temper the will.

Therefore, the importance of physical culture and sports in the life of society can hardly be overestimated. Today, the Day of the Athlete is considered by all coaches, physical education teachers, athletes and ordinary sports enthusiasts to be their professional holiday. And the holiday itself continues to be widely celebrated in our country. Many Russian cities host all kinds of sporting events and holidays.