Introduction. In the article, the authors present the main means of physical self-development of students − fu-ture specialists in physical culture and sports by means of a university sports-oriented environment. The pur-pose of this article is to reveal the problem of physical self-development of students − future specialists in phys-ical culture and sports in a motivating sports-oriented environment of the university, stimulating the growth of quantitative and qualitative indicators of sports readiness and to determine the main means of physical self-development of students − future specialists in the field of physical culture and sports. The methodological ba-sis of this study was formed by the leading provisions and psychological and pedagogical ideas that reveal stra-tegic guidelines for independent activity and self-organization of students in physical self-development, moni-toring of self-examination and self-diagnosis, etc. The research is based on the following principles: the devel-opment of educational and professional motivation of students; focus on physical self-development and self-improvement; orientation towards the student's independent choice within the framework of future professional activity of a certain sport; the use of active forms and methods of physical self-development. The main methods of this research in the context of the stated problem were theoretical (traditional study and analysis of scientific and pedagogical works, generalization of the experience of pedagogical activity of Russian universities in this area), and practical methods (comparison and comparison, generalization, modeling; methods of empirical re-search: observation, conversation, interviewing, questioning, testing, examination, study of the results of activi-ties, pedagogical experiment; questionnaires, observations, tests), methods of mathematical processing (Pearson and Fisher criterion). Research results, discussions. The authors of the article conclude that for the effective physical self-development of students − future specialists in the field of physical culture and sports, it is neces-sary, on the one hand, to organize a university sports-oriented developing environment, and on the other hand, to actualize and introduce into the educational process of the university the educational potential of physical self-development and ethnopedagogical content of folk pedagogy. Conclusion. The authors conclude that the main universal means of physical self-development of students are: 1) organization of a university sports-oriented environment; 2) involvement of each student in the field of ethnic physical culture, i.e. ethnosport, which is a factor in the formation of his socio-ethical and physical spiritual and moral base and promotes self-improvement and physical self-development in future professional activities.