review
Swimming after the swim ABC (2003) by Eric Pardon is a swimming book for swim trainers, teachers or. students of physical education and other interested parties and is about the world of swimming after the elementary swimming diplomas. The book deals with five parts of swimming: race, show, survival, game and adventure.
data
- Title: Swimming after the swim ABC
- Author: Eric Pardon
- ISBN 90 72335 33 3
- Publisher: Jan Luiting Fund, Zeist
- Year: 2003
Content
Swimming is a dire necessity for everyone who lives in the watery Netherlands. Many of us have one or more swimming diplomas. But swimming is more than just safety. Swimming is especially fun! With that in mind, Eric Pardon has written a book about swimming for swim trainers.
Child experience
The book builds a bridge between youth sports and physical education, striving for broad accessibility. The writer takes the experience of the child as a starting point. After two introductory chapters on swimming in the Netherlands and swimming lessons for children, Pardon deals in separate chapters with five different forms of swimming, namely: swimming as a race, swimming as a show, swimming as survival, swimming as a game and swimming as an adventure. Each appearance can be used as a series of lessons in itself or be incorporated as separate lessons in the annual planning. The emphasis is on variation in training and education and especially on didactics in which students can work actively and independently.
Swimming as a race
In Race Swimming, the author addresses factors such as technique and endurance of the following four competition strokes: front crawl, breaststroke, back crawl and butterfly. These are provided with various examples of activating teaching methods. A nice chapter for trainers who want to turn their pupils into a new Pieter van den Hoogenband, Inge de Bruin or Marleen Veldhuis.
Swimming as a show
Show jumping and show tricks are covered in this chapter. Children are challenged to show their skills to themselves and others. Show jumping can be done from the shore as well as from the springboard. Examples are bomb, squat jump, pull pop jump, guts jump, glider, etc. Show tricks take place in the water. The writer discusses, among other things, the jellyfish trick, spider trick and pike trick. Pictures accompanying the text clarify the tricks.
Swimming as survival
In a country like the Netherlands with its many waters, rescue swimming is of great importance. In this chapter you learn not only to save yourself, but also the other. Although this is a serious matter, the author presents the lessons in a fun format so that the students are naturally motivated.
Swimming as a game
Many games that are played in a gym can also be played in a swimming pool with the necessary adjustments. These are tapping games, swimming pool games and ball games. With balanced games, the games can be attractive and challenging. Examples are: the waiters game, foursome game, transport game, paddle game, etc.
Swimming as an adventure
In this chapter Eric Pardon mainly deals with snorkeling. Snorkeling is one of the ways to discover the underwater world and has attractive possibilities in itself. With a few examples, the writer shows the activities in which ‘adventuring’ under water is central.
Eric Pardon has succeeded in introducing different forms of swimming in children with his book, which will be of great benefit to teachers. It is clear that Eric draws on his own swimming career on a national and international level and years of experience as a swimming trainer at various swimming clubs and as a physical education teacher in primary and secondary education. With this background, the author has developed a broad view of swimming education.
Swimming after the swim ABC is a publication of the Jan Luiting Fund in Zeist