TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Can you swim in waves? Children's swimming, floating, and entry skills in calm and simulated unsteady water conditions
JO  - International journal of aquatic research and education
A1  - Kjendlie, Per-Ludvik
A1  - Pedersen, Tommy
A1  - Thorensen, Trine
A1  - Setlo, Trond
A1  - Moran, Kevin
A1  - Stallman, Robert Keig
SP  - 301
EP  - 313
VL  - 7
IS  - 4
N2  - Little is known about the transfer of swimming skills from indoor, flat, calm conditions to outdoor, wavy, unsteady conditions. The aim of the current study was to examine the differences in swimming, floating, and entry skills in children between calm and simulated open water conditions. Sixty-six children, 11 years of age, were tested on two occasions, once in calm water and once in simulated open water conditions. Testing consisted of a 200 m time trial, a 3 min back floating test, a diving entry, and a rolling entry. The results show an 8% decrement in performance on the 200 m swim between calm and unsteady conditions for those who completed the 200 m under both conditions. When weaker swimmers, who only completed 50 m of the 200 m test distance were tested, the performance decrement rose to 14%. The diving entry, the rolling entry, and the floating test had decrements of 16%, 21%, and 24%, respectively. We concluded that 11-year-olds should not be expected to reproduce swimming skills they have performed in calm water with the same proficiency in unsteady conditions during an emergency. <br><br>Drowning; Drowning Prevention; swimming skills, floating skills, diving skills, children, simulated open water<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1932-9997
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/ijare.07.04.04
ID  - ref1
ER  -