Theoretical training as a significant factor in improving the quality of education in disciplines related to physical training of cadets of the Ministry of the Interior higher educational institutions

The professional activity of police officers aimed at protecting life, health, rights and freedoms of citizens, combating crime, public order maintenancerequires the developed competence to apply physical force, special means and firearms. On the other hand, physical training is an important means of comprehensive and well-balanced development of personality, which focuses on improving the quality of theoretical knowledge of future employees of local bodies of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia and their conscious use in personal improvement and self-improvement. At the same time, the issues of theoretical aspects of physical training in higher education institutions of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia are not fully discussed in the academic and scientific papers. Methods. The authors used a range of general scientific methods of cognition (analysis, synthesis, induction, and deduction). Results. The process of developing theoretical knowledge of students in departmental universities in physical training disciplines should be implemented in compliance with a number of requirements, such as: the focus of the educational process on the training of moral, material and cultural values of physical culture; the system of social values; step-by-step mastering of theoretical knowledge; the use of generally accepted forms of learning process organization aimed at mastering knowledge, skills, and abilities; engagement of students in self-study. This process consists of a number of interrelated stages: development of conscious perception of educational information and understanding of its content; comprehension of the learnt material, understanding of applied significance of the received knowledge; memorization and preservation of the received information at the expense of active involvement of students in the process of improving the quality of theoretical readiness; use of the gained knowledge in practice. The didactic aspect of theoretical preparation of training of future employees of local bodies of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia in disciplines related to physical training based on emphasized principles, forms, means and methods is presented.