Croatia
Organisation: PK Forca / Swimming club FORCA for persons with disabilities
Programme name: Swimming-therapeutic school
City: Rijeka
Sport / Physical activity: Swimming / Swimming-therapeutic programmes
Programme information, aims and objectives: SWIMMING – competitive swimming at the national and international level
Swimming school- At this stage of the work on learning and perfecting of all swimming technique, the basics of technical tactical training in swimming, the basic model of the training work (the workout, warm up, the main part of the hour, the flotation device), the training model for extra work (relaxation, recovery, nutrition). Motor abilities of the emphasis is on the development of co-ordination (technique in the water, and the exercises on land) and the relative repetitive forces. Requires an individualized approach to the technique of swimming from an early age according to the type of disability because not respecting this premise we can on the young swimmers put too much of a burden the performance of correct technique that he realistically cannot be performed, and the kids will give up discouraged severe and neprovodljivim tasks. Requires a good anatomical- biomechanical analysis of swimmers as well as knowledge related to individual types of disability.
HIDROKINEZITHERAPY: The goals are related to users and their personal health. Hidrokinezitherapy is a preventive act on the possibility of the appearance of new injury in children with disabilities and of persons with disabilities, and mitigate the effects of accidental disabilities and chronic conditions. It is expected the improvement of their health status, the anthropological status, motor and functional abilities. Working in a group is better psychosocial integration. The other podciljevi are connected with the education of the parents/guardians for independent work.
Participants: Children with disabilities, and persons with disabilities.
Sessions
Swimming: Monday– Friday 18,00 – 20,00 h, Saturday 17,00 – 18,00 h
Swimming school: Monday– Friday 18,00 – 19,00 h, Saturday 17,00 – 18,00 h
Hidrokinezitherapy: Monday– Friday 18,00 – 19,00 h, Saturday 17,00 – 18,00 h, 9 months a year: July – June. In June, July and August at swimming beach “Kostanj” for people with disabilities
Evaluation/Measurement of outcomes:
1) Swimming - Stopwatch
2) Swimming school – knowledge of swimming
