Effects of Physical Conditioning on Teaching Swimming Skills to University Students

Abstract

Introduction: Swimming is a sport that requires skill and great physical strength. The effects of its training reflect on the practitioner's motor coordination, body shape, and general physical health. These benefits can provide college students with a teaching foundation for future learning in other skills. Objective: Explore the effects of physical training on teaching swimming skills. Methods: Forty non-physical education university students were randomly selected and divided into an experimental and control group. The experiment lasted 12 weeks, and the experimental group performed a training protocol stipulated by the researchers three times a week, including 10 minutes of stretching, 45 minutes of physical training, and 10 minutes of cooling down, totaling 65 minutes. The control group performed standard swim training. Swimming skill changes were assessed in the pool and statistically compared; the indicators were collected and analyzed. Results: The experimental physical training evidenced its scores in the FMS test, where the control group's improvement was statistically lower. Conclusion: The choice of directed sports training can improve the swimming speed of the students and make their movements more coordinated, reflecting greater mastery of the musculature and increase in the level of physical fitness in university students, which is indicated for the integral development of teaching. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.