Due to the number of drowning rates each year occurring, effective and safe-fencing measures desperately need to be installed into every private pool in the backyard. Pool fencing is enforced by Australian legislation, to prevent the occurrence of premature deaths, as drowning’s and their consequences are preventable! (AIHW, 2014).
However, by teaching children in a primary school based learning environment, the basic foundations of swimming and water safety, the number of drowning’s may be decreased from year to year to improve the issue of public health. The HPS approach aims to protect the health of all children to improve their physical, social and mental needs to improve their quality of life and wellbeing’s. Primary schools can co-operate with other community members and organisations, parents, the P & C, staff members in the school and the students to promote a healthy school and to prevent the occurrences of drowning’s.
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This program is ‘Swim and Survive’ and is a great learning tool to utilise, to educate children about the importance of swimming and water safety, that is aimed to reduce the statistics of drowning’s from occurring in the 5-14 years age group. (RLSSA, 2011). Swimming and water safety skills have successfully been shown to reduce the risk of drowning, which has stimulated the World Health Organization (WHO) to encourage teaching all primary school-aged children basic swimming, safe rescue skills and water safety for a lifetime expertise. (Scarr, 2016). The public health issue of drowning’s in premature ages is covered in the K-6 PDHPE syllabus under the ‘safe living’ strand, which is located under the heading of ‘water safety’ that gradually progresses to different topics across all the stages in the
It is important to take into account the health and safe requirements of all pupils before planning or starting any activity, ensuring that the environment is free of hazards and the children can play and learn safely.
"One who plays a sport fairly and loses gracefully" is how The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines sportsmanship. What is a sportsman? The definition seems to have undergone a big change over the years.
The sport of volleyball was created by a man named William G. Morgan of Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1895. Morgan was a physical education teacher at the YMCA and called it "mintonette". It was an indoor or outdoor pastime that had characteristics of both handball and tennis. The first rules were written down by Morgan himself. He wrote that the game called for a 6 foot 6 inch net and a court of 25x50 feet. A match composed of 9 innings and 3 serves for each team in each inning. In case of a serving error they got a second chance just like in tennis. If the ball it the net
Children should be aware of the importance of healthy eating and exercise as well as the meaning of “right and wrong” and “stranger danger”. Still we will not be able to protect them from all the potential dangers in the world but if any problem happens, pupils have to be aware that help is at hand, either from teaching staff in the school or from external organisations specialised in certain fields.
Swimming Australia Limited in partnership with Play by the Rules have developed an initiative called the Inclusive Swimming Framework (ISF). This framework provides the aquatic industry a guide to achieve inclusion for individual’s who may be disadvantaged when participating in swimming and aquatic activities (Woods, 2015). For more information, visit: www.swimming.org.au
I learned that swimming is both good for the body and the mind. Water is 600 to 700 times denser than air so it improves muscular strength. Adapted aquatics can also improve flexibility because the reduction in gravity allows a greater range of motion and the uniform pressure gives the body greater support. Adapted aquatics is also good for mental and emotional health of those with special needs. While swimming the volunteers give praise and strike up friendly conversation that give opportunity for success. I also learned that adapted aquatics activities should be changed to fit the individual's needs and
When I found fencing in my freshman year of high school I knew I had found a sport that was and is very meaningful to me in a variety of ways. I knew absolutely nothing of it. But I took to the sport quickly. Whenever I put on the mask, it gives me an immense feeling of strength and confidence. Fencing created a sense and desire in me to be my best as a fencer but also pervaded other aspects of my life as well. It became important to me to develop my fencing skills to the best of my ability so that when I was able to fence at the individual state championship I would be able to secure myself a top spot in the competition. When I arrived at the tournament and began the bout, I realized that I was woefully under prepared, losing in my first
A person's cardiovascular system is a very important part of fitness and one's overall health. Here are a few of the best exercises; walking running, cycling, rowing, swimming. Research suggests at least 150 minutes per week, a minimum of 30 minutes per day, five times a day a week. A few exercises that are best are, climbing, playing sports, and running is also some of the most common and affordable. At least 25 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity at least or a combination of moderate and aerobic activity are some of the best options to benefit your cardiovascular system.
Central Idea: Swimming has a long and rich history that dates back way before our generations and is not always as beneficial as we may think.
Thesis/main topic – Learning how to swim is essential for being around water, it will help strengthen a person confidence, improve your physical fitness, and provide an area for stress release.
Auditors should always evaluate the design and test the operating effectiveness of a company’s internal control. The key procedures of the evaluation of design are fulfilled by inquires, observations, and inspections. The same procedures can be used to test the operating effectiveness as well.
Support 2: Open Swimming- Open swimming like at sea, lake or river can increase the chances of drowning because the water currents are not stable like in pools. They are more dynamic and can pull you along with it. Aquatic animals like Jelly fishes, sharks, crabs, crocodiles, alligator, etc. are other threats as they can harm you physically. You can also injure yourself while diving into shallow water. But these effects can be stopped by swimming at a public pool and most have swim equipment such as pull buoys, kick boards, and fins to help increase your performance.
Lifeguard classes were 2 days that consisted of CPR training, swimming laps, and learning rescues. When we first began, there were three of us sitting at a table on the pool deck with an outdated rolling TV. I was handed a 100-page lifeguarding manual my eyes bulged out of my head, the butterflies in my stomach multiplied. Looking through the book, watching rescues and talking through every question I had calmed my nerves. But the statistics of drowning still haunted my mind, 360,000 people died from drowning in 2015 (WHO). All though at the YMCA in Red Oak hasn’t had a drowning,
tend to forget the reason for sports for children. They get caught up in the excitement
(2007), reported the main risk factors for childhood drowning, was lack of barriers between dam and children, improper installation of fences around swimming pools. Moreover, there should be constant vigilance of parents and caregivers and they should be educated via various educational programs in order to spread awareness among the risk factors involved in child drowning in swimming pools (Yang, 2007). Kenneth et.al. (1995), reported that if a child is given water safety training during swimming, there are less chances for them to get drowned. A water safety training program is being implemented and was designed for school age children and three set of skills was targeted, deck behavior, how well one can do swimming and water safety skills. Children’s Hospital and Medical Center director gave about 10% of lessons to children and their parents. Positive results and improvements were seen in water recovery skills of children after eight lessons and were associated with swimming ability of the children (Kenneth et. al,