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
- It explains basic safety rules and risk factors in swimming instruction.
- It explains the biomechanical principles of freestyle and backstroke swimming techniques.
- It compares the arm pull phases (entry, catch, pull, push, recovery) in freestyle and backstroke techniques.
- In freestyle swimming, it involves applying the correct body position and streamline stance.
- The freestyle fighter executes arm and leg kicks in a coordinated manner with technical integrity.
- The supine arm pull phases are performed in the correct technical sequence.
- It plans the steps for teaching freestyle and backstroke techniques.
- By observing common swimming errors, it provides technical feedback.
- 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
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Midterm | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Final | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pool rules, basic concepts of swimming branch, standards of pool and other facilities, standards of materials used, physical differences between swimming branch and other branches | - |
| 2 | Problems encountered in the technical education process in the branch of raising | Reading a chapter on the topic |
| 3 | Determination of swimming levels, adaptation to water and application studies | Watching videos and reading book chapters |
| 4 | Breathing technique in swimming, Basic breathing technique and breathing timing, practice exercises | watching videos |
| 5 | Parallel standing techniques and application studies in water | Watching videos and reading book chapters |
| 6 | Water gliding and kicking technique, practice exercises | watching video |
| 7 | Freestyle footstrike technique, hands-on assisted and unassisted footwork, short-long distance exercises | Watching videos and reading book chapters |
| 8 | Midterm exam preparation studies | watching video |
| 9 | MIDTERM | - |
| 10 | Freestyle technical arm pull phases (input reach, grip, forward sweep, backward sweep and exit) and practice exercises | watching video |
| 11 | Freestyle breathing technique, Practicing assisted and unassisted breathing technique, coordination exercises of breathing technique with arm pull and foot kick | watchıng vıdeo |
| 12 | supine style arm traction technique stages (out of the water, recovery, entry into the water, grasping and pulling the water) and practice exercises | Watching videos and reading book chapters |
| 13 | supine style footstrike technique Applied Land exercise, assisted and unassisted footstrike exercises | watchıng video |
| 14 | supine style shoulder rotation and practice exercises | watchıng vıdeo |
| 15 | supine style arm mechanics and footstroke timing, practice exercises | watchıng vıdeo |
| 16 | FINAL | - |