The effect of a water sports program on learning the effectiveness of freestyle swimming for beginners aged (8-9) years

Abstract

As a result of the development in the field of kinetic learning, especially children’s learning of sports and games and activities, including swimming, we must use new and advanced methods and methods in learning, as we need to create a renewable environment characterized by suspense, excitement and be loved by them, as well as the dimensions of the fear factor among children from the ocean. Water using water games, as the research aimed to identify the effect of a program with water games in learning the effectiveness of free swimming for beginners (8-9) years old. They were divided randomly into two groups, experimental and control, with (10) beginners for each group, as the experimental method was used to suit the nature of the problem. In the main section of the educational unit, as the total educational units amounted to 16 educational units over a period of (8) weeks, with two educational units as for the control group, it continued to implement its educational curriculum with two educational units per week. As for the data, it was dealt with in the appropriate statistical method, as the researcher reached the most important conclusions that indicated that water games have a positive effect in learning free swimming for beginner children.