Business cooperation technology between a swimming coach-instructor and parents of infants

The aim of the study is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of an experimental program of business cooperation of a swimming coach-instructor with parents for development of swimming skills in infants. Material and methods. In the early swimming center in Kopeisk-city (Russia) 20 parents with children aged 6-7 months from the control and experimental groups (10 pairs in each one) took part in an experimental study. In both groups children with their parents were engaged in recreational swimming in the pool according to the traditional training program. In addition, the online course of theoretical training and keeping an observation diary of children's well-being was offered for parents in the experimental group once a week. Before and after the pedagogical experiment, the level of swimming skills of children of both groups was determined by the method of testing in water, and a mid-term survey of parents was carried out to assess their level of awareness of the importance of recreational swimming for children. Results of the study. At the end of the pedagogical experiment, the level of parents' knowledge about recreational swimming and its importance for the child's quality of life, motivation to exercise and the use of the knowledge gained in teaching the child in the control group increased by 9.1%, and in the experimental group it increased 2.3 times. At the end of the study, half of the parents of the control group and 100% of the parents of the experimental group developed a conscious motivation for their child's recreational swimming lessons. At the end of the pedagogical experiment, in both observed groups, a positive effect on the child's body of recreational swimming was established, as evidenced by the results of the analysis of the parents' answers about the subjective indicators of children's well-being (sleep, appetite, general condition). The final test showed a more significant increase in the values of indicators of the level of swimming readiness of children in the experimental group and an improvement in their quality of life, compared with the indicators of children in the control group. Conclusions. The experimental program for the development of swimming skills in infants with the help of our proposed online pedagogical technology of cooperation between an instructor and parents to improve their health-improving competencies has shown greater efficiency compared to the traditional program. And it can be recommended for use in he