Assessment of beginners' front-crawl stroke efficiency
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO |
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01/11/2013
01/11/2013
02/08/2013
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Resumo |
Efficiency in front-crawl stroke has been inferred primarily by means of the analysis of arm actions, specifically, stroke frequency and stroke length. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether swimming efficiency could be better assessed in children still learning the front-crawl stroke by analyzing the movement pattern as a whole. Forty-two children enrolled in private swimming programs volunteered to participate in the study. The task consisted of swimming 30 m as fast as possible. Three experts analyzed the movement pattern of the participants using a checklist. Both stroke frequency and stroke length were calculated. The correlation coefficients between the time taken to swim and both the stroke frequency and stroke length were not significant, but the total and components of the checklist scores were. Results indicate that the swimming efficiency of children learning the front-crawl stroke can be better assessed by analyzing their whole movement pattern. |
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PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS, MISSOULA, v. 115, n. 1, supl. 1, Part 3, pp. 300-308, AUG, 2012 0031-5125 http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/37668 10.2466/06.05.25.PMS.115.4.300-308 |
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eng |
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AMMONS SCIENTIFIC, LTD MISSOULA |
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PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS |
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Palavras-Chave | #ARM COORDINATION #LEG COORDINATION #SWIMMERS #PERFORMANCE #PARAMETERS #VELOCITY #CHILDREN #100-M #TIME #DRAG #PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL |
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