The Influence of Anthropometric Indices on Execution Technique Specific to Crawl Swimming for Students of Physical Education and Sport Specialization

Year 2016, Volume 4 - Issue 4, 381 - 389, 28.12.2016

Adela Badau

Abstract

The aim of the study was to establish the level of learning and performance of the crawl
technique, taking into account the hydrodynamic index and the anthropometric characteristics,
as a result of practical swimming lessons, with students of first year, specialization physical
education and sport. The Experiment was conducted during the academic year 2015-2016 and
included a total of 18 students, boys between the ages of 19-22 years, first year, physical
education specialization. Motor skills tests which were applied targeted: the length of facial
floating with a push from the wall and the length of time performed on 25 metres distance in
the crawl swimming stroke. Anthropometric measurements consisted in the determination of
the hydrodynamic index taking into account the biacromial and bitrohanterial diameters and
the difference between the wingspan of the arms and height. At the end of the study the
floating facial test has recorded a progress of 0.29 m and the test concerning the execution
technique of the crawl stroke has recorded a progress of 1.65 h, which in correlation with the
hydrodynamic and anthropometric indices led to the conclusion that this is due, in particular,
to the execution technique corrected by the methodology applied to the classes of practical
works at swimming discipline. Performing practical lessons at the swimming subject unfolded
over the course of a university semester reaches the goals of improving knowledge of
teaching methodology to a great extent but it equally shows a deficit at the level of physical
performance of the future specialists. Following the application of the selected means of
action and the choice of an efficient teaching strategy in both tests which aimed at the
execution technique indices of the crawl stroke a significant progress was made. 

Keywords

crawl stroke, technique, anthropometry, buoyancy

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