The paper proves the need of forming professional and pedagogical orientation of students atSports institution higher education. Personal features of students are studied and their interrelation with the level of a professional and pedagogical orientation is revealed. The received results will allow to form and improve purposefully the level of professional skill of experts in the field of Physical Culture and Sport. Teoretal and methodological basis of the research were activity approach, personality-focused approach, concepts Human Studies, the concept of stage-by-stage management of formation of professional interest in pedagogical activity, the problem of pedagogical abilities, acmeologicalaspects of teachers’pedagogical professionalism.The conducted experiment led to the conclusion that students with pedagogical orientation of any type majorly show hyperthymia and moderate aggression enough for empathy and adequate self-esteem. This ratio of the personal qualities of sports high schools’ students and vocational pedagogical orientation can be explained by the specificity of sports activities, which largely determines the formation of sociability, communication skills, organization and openness.