The monograph presents diagnosis and the main causes of deviant behavior among adolescents, possible research approaches to its prevention and overcoming; the possibility of interaction between family and school; system of educational and preventive work; a set of forms, tools, methods and techniques of physical culture and sports aimed at preventing deviant behavior among adolescents; content characteristics and structure, pedagogical significance, role and place of physical education in the system of profilactThe paper analyzes the methodological approaches of domestic and foreign researchers to the prevention of deviant behavior of adolescents, determining the strategic directions of research, determining the characteristic features of educational and preventive work.