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BSO 307 - Swimming

Sports Science Faculty · Sport Management · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 1+2+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Arş. Gör. Mustafa Burak UYAR
Instructors: Dr. Öğr. Gör. Ceren BOLAT, Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Muhammet YILMAZ

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to equip students with the skills to apply the basic techniques of freestyle and backstroke swimming.

Course Content

The course content includes pool rules, standards for pools and other facilities, standards for equipment used, physical differences between swimming and other sports, breathing exercises, covering distance in the water, parallel swimming, freestyle technique, and backstroke technique.

Required Resources

Maclischo E.W. (2003) Swimming Fastest, Human Kinetics; Revised edition, USA.

Cross D., Bernabei T., Paul C., Newell N. (2014) Yüzme, Akılçelen Kitaplar, İstanbul

Yüzme Aktüel Dergisi (2011). Türkiye Yüzme Federasyonu, 3. sayı, Türkiye.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. It explains basic safety rules and risk factors in swimming instruction.
  2. It explains the biomechanical principles of freestyle and backstroke swimming techniques.
  3. It compares the arm pull phases (entry, catch, pull, push, recovery) in freestyle and backstroke techniques.
  4. In freestyle swimming, it involves applying the correct body position and streamline stance.
  5. The freestyle fighter executes arm and leg kicks in a coordinated manner with technical integrity.
  6. The supine arm pull phases are performed in the correct technical sequence.
  7. It plans the steps for teaching freestyle and backstroke techniques.
  8. By observing common swimming errors, it provides technical feedback.
  9. It designs teaching drills suitable for beginners.

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%80 (72) Health%20

Teaching Methods

ExpressionExercise and PracticePresentationGuided PracticeExperiment - Test / Lab/ Workshop / Field Practice

Assessment & Evaluation

Performance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / ThesisTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period14228
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice133
Final000

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Pool rules, basic concepts of swimming branch, standards of pool and other facilities, standards of materials used, physical differences between swimming branch and other branches-
2Problems encountered in the technical education process in the branch of raisingReading a chapter on the topic
3Determination of swimming levels, adaptation to water and application studiesWatching videos and reading book chapters
4Breathing technique in swimming, Basic breathing technique and breathing timing, practice exerciseswatching videos
5Parallel standing techniques and application studies in waterWatching videos and reading book chapters
6Water gliding and kicking technique, practice exerciseswatching video
7Freestyle footstrike technique, hands-on assisted and unassisted footwork, short-long distance exercisesWatching videos and reading book chapters
8Midterm exam preparation studieswatching video
9MIDTERM-
10Freestyle technical arm pull phases (input reach, grip, forward sweep, backward sweep and exit) and practice exerciseswatching video
11Freestyle breathing technique, Practicing assisted and unassisted breathing technique, coordination exercises of breathing technique with arm pull and foot kickwatchıng vıdeo
12supine style arm traction technique stages (out of the water, recovery, entry into the water, grasping and pulling the water) and practice exercisesWatching videos and reading book chapters
13supine style footstrike technique Applied Land exercise, assisted and unassisted footstrike exerciseswatchıng video
14supine style shoulder rotation and practice exerciseswatchıng vıdeo
15supine style arm mechanics and footstroke timing, practice exerciseswatchıng vıdeo
16FINAL-