How Should we Proceed to Give Physical Fitness for Students by Lesson and Club Activity in High School -The Report on Instruction Method for Poor Swimmers in High School-
【Supercategory：7. DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Subcategory：7.2 Vol.2】
An investigation into "Learning to Swim" was made in September 1978 by the Board of Education of Hyogo Prefecture.
The objects were 509,881 pupils and students belonging to elementary school, junior high school and high school.
The results show that 14.4% of male students and 48.3% of female students are not able to swim more than 50 meters, even at the end of their final year of high school.
The reasons to have more students learn to swim is, firstly, to protect the students themselves from water-related accidents. And the second reason is to encourage the students to enjoy the water, for the rest of their lives. For these purposes we made an instructional manual, placing particular emphasis on the mental aspect, while teaching a reasonable way to learn how to swim as follows:
1) Training must be held on a suitably warm day when no one feels cold and everybody wants to swim.
2) Instructor should make sure students are relaxed and enjoying themselves.
3) Group study can be effective if the members of the group have similar skill levels. Groups with different levels of skills should be separated to prevent students feeling shy about their abilities.
4) An adequate instructor must be selected, who fully understands the methods of reforming and advising students who experience mental pressure or have technical defects.
DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.2/THE DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
The objects were 509,881 pupils and students belonging to elementary school, junior high school and high school.
The results show that 14.4% of male students and 48.3% of female students are not able to swim more than 50 meters, even at the end of their final year of high school.
The reasons to have more students learn to swim is, firstly, to protect the students themselves from water-related accidents. And the second reason is to encourage the students to enjoy the water, for the rest of their lives. For these purposes we made an instructional manual, placing particular emphasis on the mental aspect, while teaching a reasonable way to learn how to swim as follows:
1) Training must be held on a suitably warm day when no one feels cold and everybody wants to swim.
2) Instructor should make sure students are relaxed and enjoying themselves.
3) Group study can be effective if the members of the group have similar skill levels. Groups with different levels of skills should be separated to prevent students feeling shy about their abilities.
4) An adequate instructor must be selected, who fully understands the methods of reforming and advising students who experience mental pressure or have technical defects.
DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.2/THE DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
| Researcher | Sadao Matsui*1, Shin Kimura*2, Minoru Toyoda*3, Munemitsu Kuwagata*4, Akitoshi Nisizeki*5, Yoshinobu Tsukada*6 |
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| University or institution | *1 Amagasaki Industrial High School, *2 Seiryo High School, *3 Nishinomiyakita High School, *4 Higashinada High School, *5 Kakogawanishi High School, *6 Himejinishi High School The society of gymnastic study in high school of Hyogo Prefecture |
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