SWIMMING CLASSES IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' OPINION
Authors Grzegorz Bielec
pitajlo1@wp.pl
Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport
ul. Gorskiego 1, 80-336 Gdansk, Poland

Wojciech Saklak
wsaklak@op.pl
Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport
ul. Gorskiego 1, 80-336 Gdansk, Poland

Abstract The role of modern physical education is not only to develop motor abilities of the students, but most of all prevent them from epidemic youth diseases such as obesity or postural defects. Positive attitudes to swimming as a long-life physical activity, instilled in adolescence should be beneficial in adult life. The group of 130 boys and 116 girls of 7th grade junior high school (mean age 14.6) was asked in the survey to present their opinion of obligatory swimming lessons at school. Students of both sexes claimed that they liked swimming classes because they could improve their swimming skills (59% of answers) and because of health-related character of water exercises (38%). 33% of students regarded swimming lessons as boring and monotonous, and 25% of them complained about poor pool conditions like chlorine smell, crowded lanes, too low temperature. Majority of the surveyed students saw practical role of swimming in saving others life.
Key words swimming; lesson; physical education; high school; adolescents;
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Pages 92-98
Volume 2
Year 2013
doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.639260
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