Exclusive practice of crawl versus practicing the four swimming strokes on the improvement of crawl technique

Abstract

Context: Many aspects related to the teaching-learning process in swimming have not been subject of study. Objective:The purpose of the present researchwas to verify which methodological approach is more effective in improving the crawl technique: Exclusive practice of crawl, or practicing the four swimming strokes. Method: 26 male university students were randomly allocated into two groups: Crawl Group (GC):They exclusively performed crawl sessions. Swimming strokes group (GE):They underwent sessions of all the four swimming strokes. Results: After completing an eight-week intervention program, both groups enhanced their crawl technique. However, improvements observed in the GE were significantly greater than those achieved by the GC in the 25-metres crawl test (p