Application Of Swimming Training-aids In Age Group

Swimming aids are indispensable in swimming teaching and training training. It plays an important role in learning, mastering and improving the swimming skills, especially in developing and enhance the stenth quality of swimming, as long as the swimming aids were empoyed properly. Thirty five swimming coaches who came from amatreur seimming training and second-level trainning team were interviewed by means of tracking observation, interviewing face to face or by telephone, and literature reviewing. Thus, it came to the following conclusions1 swimming training aids uesd age-group training ocnsist of kick-board, handpaddls, fins, strechcordz, resistance equipment. A small number of coaches in training uesd weight-bearing equipment and snorkel. In Amateur swiming trainning, the primary training aids were kick-board, handpaddls, fins. In professional swiming training, the sort of training aids were more than Amateur swiming trainning.2 Because of age and training characteristics, kick-boards in the 10-year-old age group training in the use of the highest proportion, nearly 50%, with the athletes grown up, the proportion is gradually declining. In the same age group the Amateur swimming trainning the proportion of kick-board more than professional swiming training.3 The 8-9 year-old children in swim training started to use hand paddles. In this study, the amount of hand-paddles practice there is an slightly increasing with age, the overall remained at 20%. The employ of larger hand-paddles get started in the 14-year-old female athletes and 16-year-old male athletes.4 Fins started in 9-10 year-old children's swim training. the use of fins average volume of about 10%at all ages. Some coaches in 13-14 age group training exercises using a monofin. Professional team training in the use frequency of fins higher than amateur training. 5 Strechcordz training began in the 11-12 age group, use more the form of cis-pull. The form of resistance against the pull of strechcordz exercises appeared in the 13-14-year-old. Coaches use the ratio increased with increasing age, and arrangements of strechcordz in the general preparation period and the pre-season training period,1-2 times practice a week.6 Resistance exercise as a supplementary means of exercise at all ages, the overall training arrangements are similar, uesd in general preparation and pre-season training period,1-2 times a week. Professional team training in the use of resistance pants, athletes began to use at the age of 11-12 years.7 The use of weight-bearing equipment and snorkel a lower proportion of coaches. General preparation period arrange for weight-bearing exercise,1-2 times a week. Professional team in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shandong and Henan provinces swimming training in the use of snorkel, amateur training did not use snorkel.