Pratical Studies - Swimming

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic skills on swimming strokes.

Teaching Methods

Varying the main objective in each practice session, students are invited to carry out practical tasks conducted  by the teacher, providing time for students practice in order to improve their swimming strokes. They also are invited to, in small groups, to develop observation tasks of the technical error and to act  in order to acquire skills for errors correction.

Learning Outcomes

This course presents a framework of essential knowledge of: (1) domain of the aquatic environment and the techniques of swimming sport (2) the theoretical content of the course aimed to analyze the mechanisms of adaptation to the aquatic environment and the knowledge the technical models (Swimming strokes).

At the end of the semester students should be able to represent with acceptable quality the four swimming strokes, and the knowledge of wide range of strategies for teaching.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Determinants of human aquatic adaptation. Basic skills: Balanced - Floating, Breath; Propulsion; The levels of  adaptation to aquatic activity. The play approach as well adapted strategy for teaching and learning in swimming. The swimming strokes: Back, Crawl, Breaststroke and Butterfly. Analysis of the mechanics, body position, the shoulders roll, the movement of the arms, the movement of legs, breathing, synchronizing breathing with arms; global synchronization. The start: exercises for learning, critical components of teaching and correction. Analysis of frequent errors. The particular case of jumping to backstroke. The turns: the flip and the open turns. Methodological sequence. Exercises for learning and perfection of the main faults

Head Lecturer(s)

Luís Manuel Pinto Lopes Rama

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Mini Tests: 30.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 70.0%

Bibliography

Barbosa T, Queirós (2004) Ensino da Natação. Uma perspectiva metodológica para a abordagem das habilidades motoras aquáticas básicas. Colecção Desporto base. Xistarca.

Bucher, W.,Messmer,C.,Salzman,F. (1986). 1000 exercices et jeux de Natation. Paris. Vigot.

Chollet, D. (1997). Natation sportive approche scientifique. (2º edition). Paris. Vigot.

Rama, L. (2003) O ensino da Natação da escola...aos clubes: abordagem do modelo de C. Dubois e J.P. Robin. F.C.D.E.F Coimbra.

Rama L. (2009) Análise das técnicas da Natação Pura Desportiva. FCDEF.  (Documento de estudo facultado on-line)