On January 30, 2023, the Department of Education and Science of the Odesa Regional State Administration "Odesa Academy of Continuing Education of the Odesa Regional Council" began holding the First round of the All-Ukrainian competition "Teacher of the Year - 2023" in the nomination "Physical Culture", where a doctor of pedagogical sciences, professor Nataliya Andriivna Bashavets of the Department of Theory and Methodology of Physical Culture and Sports of the State Institution "South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky". We wish fruitful work and good results in determining the best physical culture teachers of 2023.