The Reciprocal Effect of Proactive Transfer of Front Crawl and Backstroke on Learning of These Two Types of Swimming

Heidari, Souri; Khezry, Abdolrahman; Sheikh, Mahmoud

doi:10.22059/jmlm.2018.140809.1033

Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license

Authors

¹ Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Payame Noor University , Iran

² Ph. D of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

³ Associate Professor of Motor behavior, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jmlm.2018.140809.1033

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the transfer of proactive learning between front and back crawl swimming skills in female beginners. 60 students who had registered in elementary swimming course were selected and assigned to four groups (two experimental and two control groups). Experimental groups learned a primary task (front or back crawl swimming) for 10 sessions and then learned the secondary task (front or back crawl swimming; contrary to the primary task). The participants of control groups participates only in secondary task. The results showed that amount of proactive transfer from front crawl to back crawl was 3.06% which was not statistically significant (P=0.977) while the amount of transfer from back crawl to front crawl was 13.45% which was statistically significant (P=0.013). On the other hand, to compare the amount of transfer of these two types of swimming, the results of U Mann Whitney test showed that the amount of proactive transfer of back crawl to front crawl was significantly higher than the amount of transfer of front crawl to back crawl (P=0.001). Therefore, these results support the sequence of back-front crawl swimming instruction in beginners.

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Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning

The Reciprocal Effect of Proactive Transfer of Front Crawl and Backstroke on Learning of These Two Types of Swimming

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Volume 10, Issue 3
December 2018
Pages 413-429

The Reciprocal Effect of Proactive Transfer of Front Crawl and Backstroke on Learning of These Two Types of Swimming

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Volume 10, Issue 3December 2018Pages 413-429

Volume 10, Issue 3
December 2018
Pages 413-429