IMPROVING BACKSTROKE SWIMMING TECHNIQUE BY USING UNCONVENTIONAL OBJECTS
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https://doi.org/10.32782/2522-1795.2024.18.3.21Keywords:
swimming, equipment, training, speedAbstract
Swimming is one of the most important and useful skills, alongside running and walking, that is worth learning at least in its basic form. It is a very enjoyable sport that has a positive impact on our entire body. Swimming is suitable for people of all ages, from the youngest to seniors. It is considered to be one of the healthiest forms of physical activity and has a significant influence on our respiratory, circulatory, and immune systems. Moreover, it is increasingly viewed as a form of relaxation, leading people of all ages to engage in swimming more often. Learning to swim both benefits our health and also enables us to participate in various water sports such as windsurfing, sailing, and kayaking, where we have continuous contact with water. Therefore, many parents enroll their children in swimming lessons from a young age to familiarize them with this element – water. During swimming lessons, children are taught to follow safety rules regarding staying near water and moving in it, so as not to pose a threat to themselves or others. The focus of the research is to study the effects of using unconventional equipment in backstroke swimming technique training. The main objective is to determine whether regular swimming training with unconventional equipment affects changes in the backstroke swimming technique of 10 to 11-year-old children. Two groups were studied: group 1, swimming with cotton gloves, and group 2, swimming without unconventional equipment. The technical training sessions for the backstroke style lasted three weeks, and the progress was evaluated through a 4x25 m timed test before and after the training. The research was conducted with 10 students (5 girls and 5 boys) from the fourth grade of a primary school in Torun, Poland. The results showed that most participants improved their backstroke swimming performance in the second 4x25 m timed test. Some changes in times, speed, stroke length, stroke rate, and technique index were significant. However, it is impossible to attribute these improvements solely to the use of unconventional equipment during training because both groups, Group 1 using cotton gloves and Group 2 without unconventional equipment, improved their results, which were not statistically significant in both groups. In conclusion, after analyzing the research topic and answering the research questions, one main conclusion can be drawn: age, commitment, appropriate exercise selection, and varied training sessions have a significant impact on improving a swimmer’s technical abilities.
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