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Deep and shallow water effects on developing preschoolers’ aquatic skills

dc.contributor.authorCosta, Aldo M.
dc.contributor.authorMarinho, D.A.
dc.contributor.authorRocha, Helena A.
dc.contributor.authorSilva, A.J.
dc.contributor.authorBarbosa, Tiago M.
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Sandra Saraiva
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Marta
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-02T14:21:27Z
dc.date.available2012-07-02T14:21:27Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the study was to assess deep and shallow water teaching methods in swimming lessons for preschool children and identify variations in the basic aquatic skills acquired. The study sample included 32 swimming instructors (16 from deep water programs and 16 from shallow water programs) and 98 preschool children (50 from deep water swimming pool and 48 from shallow water swimming pool). The children were also studied regarding their previous experience in swimming (6, 12 and 18 months or practice). Chi-Square test and Fisher's exact test were used to compare the teaching methodology. A discriminant analysis was conducted with Λ wilk's method to predict under what conditions students are better or worse (aquatic competence). Results suggest that regardless of the non-significant variations found in teaching methods, the water depth can affect aquatic skill acquisition - shallow water lessons seem to impose greater water competence particularly after 6 months of practice. The discriminant function revealed a significant association between groups and all predictors for 6 months of swimming practice (p <0.001). Body position in gliding and leg displacements were the main predictors. For 12 and 18 months of practice, the discriminant function do not revealed any significant association between groups. As a conclusion, it seems that the teaching methodology of aquatic readiness based on deep and shallow water programs for preschoolers is not significantly different. However, shallow water lessons could be preferable for the development of basic aquatic skills.por
dc.identifier.citationCosta, A.M.; Marinho, D.A.; Rocha, H.; Silva, A.J.; Barbosa, Tiago M.; Ferreira, S.S.; Martins, M. (2012) – Deep and shallow water effects on developing preschoolers’ aquatic skills. The Journal of Human Kinetics. ISSN 1899-7562. 32, p. 211-219por
dc.identifier.issn1899-7562
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/7106
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherAcademy of Physical Education in Katowicepor
dc.subjectAquatic skillspor
dc.subjectShallow waterpor
dc.subjectDeep waterpor
dc.subjectTeaching methodspor
dc.subjectPreschoolerspor
dc.titleDeep and shallow water effects on developing preschoolers’ aquatic skillspor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage219por
oaire.citation.startPage211por
oaire.citation.titleJ Hum Kineticspor
person.familyNameBarbosa
person.givenNameTiago M.
person.identifier.ciencia-id8B11-BDC4-F6FF
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-7071-2116
person.identifier.scopus-author-id10044856400
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor
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