| CODE | PHE2212 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Teaching, Coaching and Officiating Swimming | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute for Physical Education and Sport | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of teaching swimming. It will be divided into four main components, namely: - Teaching the basic core aquatic skills (aquatic breathing, streamlining, balance and buoyancy, rotation and orientation, travel and coordination (including propulsion and resistance), sculling and treading water); - Teaching the correct techniques of the four competitive strokes (front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke and butterfly); - Different coaching methods based on the Long Term Athlete Development stages;Rules and regulations during competition. Personal practice of the core aquatic skills and the methodology of the four competitive strokes will lead to a better understanding of basic biomechanics and how the human body reacts in the water. The personal practice will also include basic physiology and the physiological needs in aquatic sports as opposed to other sports. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit will give the students a deeper insight of the requirements of teaching swimming. Since all aquatic sports depend on good swimming technique, the students will be learning the different techniques and teaching methods of teaching the four competitive swimming strokes. It will also help the students improve their own swimming skills and equip them with the necessary skills to teach swimming and aquatic sports to others. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Recognise the core aquatic skills and the importance of teaching these skills before teaching the swimming stroke techniques; - Describe the different methods and teaching points used in teaching the correct techniques of the four competitive swimming strokes; - Identify the basic physical and physiological needs of the human body when teaching swimming. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify the needs of the learner, which includes fear from deep water (which could hinder an individual's process of learning how to swim); - Demonstrate and explain effectively the core aquatic skills and the correct swimming techniques both from pool deck and in the water; - Demonstrate and explain starts from the blocks and push-off starts, turns and finishes for each stroke; - Implement different coaching techniques depending on the intended physical and physiological outcome. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Lucero, B (2008). 100 More Swimming Drills. Aachen, Meyer & Meyer Sport. - Young, M. (2013) The Swimming Strokes: 82 easy Exercises for Learning How to Swim the Four Basic Swimming Strokes. Hertfordshire UK, Educate & Learn Publishing. Supplementary Readings: - Noble, J. & Cregeen, A. (2009). Swimming Games and Activities. London: A7C Black Publishers. - Riewald, S. & Rodeo, S. (2015). Science of Swimming Faster. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. - Colwin, C.M. (2002) Breakthrough Swimming. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: The ability to swim unaided for 25 metres in 3 minutes | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Martin Borg Davina Camilleri Keith Grima Scott |
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