One of the most important issues of physical education, which requires a positive rethinking and scientific substantiation, is the development of motor abilities in schoolchildren at physical education lessons. The study involved 54 schoolchildren of 4th grade. At the beginning of the study, we conducted testing to determine the level of physical fitness. The article presents some aspects of the study on the development of physical fitness of schoolchildren by means of outdoor games. The

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... ogy is based on the orderly use of outdoor games and game exercises of varying intensity and orientation. Features of the developed technology: teaching students the main ways of motor activity by means of outdoor games and game exercises, improving the acquired abilities and skills exclusively by playing the method. In the course of the experiment, the effectiveness of the technology for increasing the physical fitness of schoolchildren was proved with the orderly use of outdoor games of different intensity. The experimental group in the studied indices of physical fitness was ahead of the representatives of the control group after the experiment.