On Swimming Ability of Primary School Children

To know the most adequate time and the best way to swimming-training of primary school children we investigated children's swimming ability with their swimming-training for a given period. The results are as follows: 1. In the case of boys, (1) it is in third or fourth school grade that most pupils come to be able to swim with well-accompanied breathing. As their school grade grows they show the higher average of acquirement of ability, and in sixth grade pupils over 90 per-cent are able to swim. (2) Those who can swim more than 50 meter increase in number with accelerated tempo in sixth grade. 2. In the case of girls, (1) the case is almost the same with boys, and they are able to swim in third or fourth grade. (2) The number of those who can swim more than 50 meter reaches markedly high in fifth grade. In general, it can be said that the training effect of swimming is extremely fine and decisive, so the primary school children should be guided systematically as much as possible in the term of primary school