Abstract
In the process of pedagogical research "based on the analysis of available literary sources, archival materials, regulatory documents of the education system, it was found that the modernization of higher pedagogical education, including in the field of physical culture, determined the need to rethink the criteria for the quality of pedagogical activity. At the present stage of development of physical education, the competence-based approach is becoming increasingly important, from a relatively local turning into a socially significant phenomenon. The implementation of new approaches implies an increase in the effectiveness of the training system in the field of physical culture on the basis of going beyond the framework of "knowledge", subject-oriented education towards the competence-based approach, which provides the student with maximum opportunities for self-realization. Based on the theoretical analysis of literary sources, normative legal documentation of the education system, practical work experience using the method of identifying an essential component, factor analysis, descriptors of the formation of professional basic competencies of a physical education teacher, presented in the competence model, were determined general professional training of a teacher of physical culture. The correctness of the working hypothesis of the research was confirmed. The proposed competence-based model of general professional training of a teacher of physical culture implemented in the process of studying and mastering the methodology of teaching sports games, which includes theoretical, practical lessons, methodological and practical lessons, independent work of students. The developed content of the educational process on the basis of the course "Sports games" is reflected in the published educational and methodological manual of the author "Sports games in the process of forming professional basic competencies of a teacher of physical culture" in the specialty - "Physical culture".