Adaptacao ao meio líquido é importante para aprendizagem da natação? um estudo focado nos professores

Abstract

We investigated whether swimming teachers active in this sport, consider adaptation to the liquid environment important for learning to swim and whether they carry out adaptation to the liquid environment with their students. 24 swimming teachers took part in the study (age = 37±8 years; female: n = 13, 54%; male: n = 11, 46%) with 10±8 years' experience. All the teachers had a degree in physical education. The data collection instrument used was a questionnaire (open and closed questions) entered into an online platform (Google Forms). Our main results indicate that the teachers have a broad and comprehensive view of the concept of adaptation to the liquid environment and that the majority of teachers associate adaptation to the liquid environment with the initial phase of the swimming teaching process. The teachers in the study stated that they consider adaptation to the liquid environment to be important for learning to swim and that they work on adaptation to the liquid environment in their lessons. The main fundamentals covered in their classes are breathing, buoyancy and elementary diving. The teachers believe that these fundamentals are important for students to adapt to the liquid environment safely and with confidence, and they state that they have resources, materials and infrastructure and that they use different strategies for children and adults. We concluded that adaptation to the liquid environment is considered fundamental by swimming teachers, and they use it in their lessons for beginners.