The Development of Survival Swimming Practices to Protect Themselves from Drowning for Children Aged 9 – 12

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to development of survival swimming practices to protect themselves from drowning for children aged 9 - 12 2) to compare survival swimming skills for self-defense from drowning in children aged 9 - 12 years before and after training. The sample were 30 children aged 9 - 12 years who had never learned to swim before obtained by a specific selection method. The research instrument was a development of survival swimming practices to protect themselves from drowning for children aged 9 - 12. Data from these tests was statistically analyzed by examining mean, S.D., and paired t-test with in groups testing for a difference in mean.

                    The research found that 1) the survival swimming practices to protect themselves from drowning for children aged 9 - 12 with content accuracy equal to 0.80 - 1.00 2) the results of comparison survival swimming skills for self-defense from drowning in children aged 9 - 12 years before and after training were significantly different at the .05 level.