RESEARCH ARTICLE
Evaluation of Age Group Swimmers: A in Field Proposal
Pedro Morouco*, Jose Sacadura, Nuno Amaro, Rui Matos
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2010Volume: 3
First Page: 38
Last Page: 40
Publisher ID: TOSSJ-3-38
DOI: 10.2174/1875399X010030100038
Article History:
Received Date: 05/07/2009Revision Received Date: 10/10/2009
Acceptance Date: 05/12/2009
Electronic publication date: 20/4/2010
Collection year: 2010
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Abstract
Swimming evaluation it's the most appropriate procedure to analyze the development of a swimmer since age group swimming. The training control provides tools to prescribe intensities and volumes of training, but also assesses the improvement of each swimmer throughout that prescription. In the season 2007/2008 Leiria' Swimming Association had 419 swimmers competing by 13 Swimming Clubs. A selection process through 3 different stages was taken and evaluations were processed according to the swimmer development.