System-function physical training

Purpose: select function backbone of modern physical culture. Material: the basis for this article are materials literature, which developed the theoretical and practical aspects of constructing a theory of physical culture. Results: the analysis of the essence of physical culture through the prism of modern ideas about the social and educational system has shown that within the basic forms of physical culture (physical education, sport, physical recreation, physical rehabilitation, adaptive physical education) deployed a variety of social processes, the development of which is caused by a specialized activity people use a variety of physical exercises. This approach allowed us to identify and show unity in the manifestation of social and educational facets of physical culture. Conclusions: integral function of physical culture has two mutually conditioned faces ? pedagogical (educational) and social (recreational), suggesting that the modern physical culture as a holistic social and educational system whose primary function is recreational and educational.