Chair of Physical Education and Sports

Krasulia Marina Aleksandrovna Head of the Chair, PhD (Science)

The Chair’s staff includes 7 teachers of physical training, including one assistant professor, one Senior Physical Education (PE) coach, two PE coaches, one Highest Category PE coach, two First Category PE coaches, Head of the Methodology Office, one Master of Sports of Ukraine and three Master of Sports of Ukraine candidates.

The Chair of Physical Education and Sports of Kharkiv University of Humanities “People’s Ukrainian Academy” was established on October 17, 1995 and provides physical education and training to students at all the stages of their continuous education curriculum from Nursery school all the way through Primary, Secondary Middle and High school, and, finally, University.

The main areas of the Chair’s activities are:

- organizing and conducting PE classes for PUA Secondary school and University students;

- organizing and conducting mass sporting events;

- providing sports and fitness coaching to PUA students and teachers;

- coaching the PUA teams in various kinds of sports.

In its work the Chair follows the conceptual principles of the PUA “Integrated Programme of Continuous Physical Education and Health Building” (2012), the PUA “Program of Physical Education and Sports” (2009-2015), the program of healthy environment building, named “Health”(2005-2015),and the “School of Health” at the PUA Specialized Secondary Economics and Law School (established in 2007).

The Academy sports facilities have been functioning since 2000. Today, the Chair has three sports grounds re-equipped between 2001-2009: a gymnasium with all the necessary training equipment, a training hall for table tennis, basketball, volleyball and mini-football, and a hall for aerobics and step-aerobics. In 2012 the gym was completely renovated and completed with modern stands with seats for spectators and facilities for playing basketball, volleyball, mini-football, lawn tennis and a practice area for long jumping.

The PUA students are welcome to classes of football, basketball, volleyball, aerobics and step-aerobics, gymnastics and table tennis.>

The Chair now has a sports club founded in 1998 and headed by M. I. Krasulia (PhD).

The PUA football (coached by V.V.Galias), basketball (coached by M.I.Krasulia), and volleyball (coached by N. A. Koshkariova) teams, as well as those of swimming, kick boxing, table tennis, and weight lifting take part in university students competitions. We have a football and a sports games groups in Specialized Economics and Law School (coached by V.V.Galias). Also, there are a badminton team for school kids coached by ZH. A. Kolisnichenko, a basketball team coached by S.V. Nikolayeva, and a tae kwon do team coached by A.V. Naboichenko; PE classes of eurhythmics and SNAG-golf are taught in the PUA Primary School, too.