{"id":5925,"date":"2025-08-02T14:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T14:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.cope.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=5925"},"modified":"2025-08-02T14:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T14:07:13","slug":"phd-dissertation-explores-motor-skills-in-freestyle-and-backstroke-swimming-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.cope.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=5925","title":{"rendered":"PhD Dissertation Explores Motor Skills in Freestyle and Backstroke Swimming for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Baghdad discussed a PhD dissertation by student Zaher Mohammed Hassan Mohammed, titled \u201cThe Effect of Contextual Interference on Some Motor Abilities, the Learning Curve, and Retention of Freestyle and Backstroke Swimming for Beginners Aged 8\u201310.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The study aimed to identify the most effective teaching strategies for helping young beginners acquire and retain swimming skills. It focused on a contextual interference-based instructional program and the role of varied training schedules in developing motor abilities such as balance and coordination, as well as improving the learning and retention curves of both freestyle and backstroke swimming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Findings revealed that using contextual interference significantly enhanced motor skills and reduced learning time for the experimental group, which learned both strokes within the same period\u2014unlike the control groups that learned only one. The program also improved long-term retention of the skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The researcher recommended implementing contextual interference approaches in swimming education and designing modern training curricula for swim instructors aligned with current best practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This research aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals: Quality Education, Good Health and Well-being, and Lifelong Learning Opportunities\u00a0for\u00a0All.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div id=\"cz_11367\" data-position=\"top-right\" class=\"cz_11367 cz_image clr cz_image_no_fx center_on_mobile\"><div class=\"\" ><div class=\"cz_image_in\"><div class=\"cz_main_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/en.cope.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-30-at-18.53.51_0e6b9235-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large\" alt=\"\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2025-07-30 at 18.53.51_0e6b9235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.cope.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-30-at-18.53.51_0e6b9235-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.cope.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-30-at-18.53.51_0e6b9235-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.cope.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-30-at-18.53.51_0e6b9235-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.cope.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-30-at-18.53.51_0e6b9235-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.cope.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-30-at-18.53.51_0e6b9235.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Baghdad discussed a PhD dissertation by student &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/en.cope.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=5925\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0632\u064a\u062f<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":5927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,9,2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discussions","category-sdg3","category-sdg4","category-latest-news","category-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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