Abstract: The purpose of the study is to study the motivation of the personality of a cadet of an educational organization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for fire training, to identify psychological and pedagogical factors of activation of motivational attitudes of students to educational activities and to analyze the dynamics of changes in the motivations of cadets in the process of their training.
The subject of the study is the motives of teaching fire training to cadets of educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.The study revealed the problem of reducing the motivation of cadets of educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia to fire training, which leads to a decrease in their level of possession of service weapons. The problem can be solved by using various means and methods to form positive motives for improving high-speed shooting skills.
A special contribution of the authors to the study is the analysis of the reasons for the decrease in the motivation of students for training shooting based on the results of a questionnaire survey, as well as the development of ways to motivate them to improve their shooting skills based on the application of a graduate readiness model and a system for evaluating the results of shooting that meet the real conditions of the use of weapons by police officers.The scientific novelty lies in the identification of psychological and pedagogical factors of educational motivation of cadets of educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for fire training.
The practical significance lies in the development of recommendations for teachers on the use of modern forms, tools and active methods aimed at increasing the motivation of students to self-improvement of high-speed shooting skills. By increasing the interest of cadets in high-speed pistol shooting, it is possible to solve the problem of increasing the overall level of fire readiness of graduates of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
The obtained research results can be used in the training process of fire training of educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

Abstract: The subject of research is the firearms training technique of getting guns ready used at educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The purpose of the research is to scientifically substantiate and implement the technique of improving the skills of the students of educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in getting guns ready promptly. The study revealed the problem of raising the level of firearms training which can be solved by means of using the technique of the improvement of physical coordination, extension of their sensor sharpness, i.e. the perception range. The special author’s contribution is the development and substantiation of means and techniques of training the students how to get guns ready quickly, as the currently used educational methods do not fully meet the real-life requirements of using guns. The research methods include:


The analysis of scientific and procedural sources and generalization of information


Questioning, surveying and interviewing


Pedagogical testing


Pedagogical observation and control


Pedagogical experiment


Mathematical and statistical processing of the results


The scientific novelty of the research consists in the development of the educational technique aimed at the improvement of students’ skills of getting guns ready by means of the improvement of reactions and physical coordination, extension of the perception range of the organs of senses. The practical significance of the research consists in the fact that they help organize individual training of shooters aimed at the improvement of their skills of getting guns ready. The results of the research can be used for a training and educational process at firearms training at educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.