Scientific Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

The purpose of the article is to identify current tendency in the development of constitutional and legal regulation of state policy in the field of physical culture and sports and prospects for their implementation in Ukraine. In order to achieve it, the following tasks were formed: to identify the main issues of development of physical culture and sports in the world; outline possible ways to improve the constitutional and legal regulation of physical culture and sports; to offer on the basis of international and foreign experience ways to improve public policy in the field of physical culture and sports. Methodology. The constitutional and legal regulation of state policy in the field of physical culture and sports is the subject of long-term scientific research, which has been studied since the emergence of the world's first states and therefore requires a balanced methodology. The choice of methodological tools should provide a systematic study of current trends in public policy in the field of physical culture and sports. The constitutional and legal principles of state policy in the field of physical culture and sports can be rationally and deeply studied only with the help of a system of interdependent and interconnected methods of hierarchical (vertical) and horizontal relations. The methodology of research of state policy in the field of physical culture and sports is a complex system of interdependent worldview methodological approaches, methods and techniques of knowledge of the essence and content of state policy in the field of physical culture and sports, as well as the principles of its approval and development. relevant foreign experience. The use of the principle of systematics in the study of constitutional and legal regulation of physical culture and sports involves ensuring the completeness of such research, taking into account all the theoretical and methodological and practical and applied aspects of this topic. The application of the principle of systematization also allowed to study the institutional mechanism of formation and implementation of state policy in the field of physical culture and sports – as well as the establishment of legal relations between public authorities, local governments and public sports associations, including functional ones. The comparative legal method is used when comparing the constitutional and legal principles of state policy in the field of physical culture and sports in Ukraine with the corresponding trends of improving the legislation and practice of foreign countries, European and international legal standards in this area. The method of constitutional modeling made it possible to develop proposals and recommendations for improving the legislation in the field of physical culture and sports and on the basis of foreign experience to develop ways to develop public policy in this area. The scientific novelty lies in the formation of theoretical and methodological foundations for improving the constitutional and legal regulation of state policy in the field of physical culture and sports and substantiation of practical proposals for establishing the values of physical culture and sports in Ukraine based on proven and effective experience of foreign countries. Conclusions. 1) At the present stage of development of Ukraine it is expedient to intensify the promotion of a healthy lifestyle, which is the basis for the development of physical culture and sports. The state allocates certain categories of residents, and conditions must be created for the development of mass sports for all, which requires the development of accessible sports infrastructure throughout the country. Athletes are the business card of our state, so it is extremely important to promote the development of high-achievement sports, for this purpose there should be training centers for athletes, a reserve of modern coaching programs has been developed and implemented. 2) We defend the position that an important basis for the development of physical culture and sports is the use of the Ukrainian language as the state language. Law of Ukraine “On Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as the State Language” of April 25, 2019 No. 2704-VІІІ in Art. 34 established the principles of the use of the state language in sports, which still need to be implemented in the practice of national sports institutions. 3) An important issue for the development of physical culture and sports is the consolidation at the state level of tests and standards for assessing the physical fitness of the people of Ukraine. The issue of assessing the physical fitness of Ukrainian citizens needs a comprehensive solution. For a short period of time in Ukraine, the approved conditions of tests and standards for the assessment of physical fitness, which is now conducted on a voluntary basis, have changed dynamically. The state has in fact removed itself from this process, we cannot see the real state of physical fitness of the citizens of Ukraine. Today there is a need for normative consolidation of this issue on the basis of own experience and on exemplary practices of foreign countries