• DOI:10.25035/IJARE.03.01.03
Corpus ID: 21895168

The Mythology of Swimming: Are Myths Impacting Minority Youth Participation?

@article{Irwin2009TheMO,
  title={The Mythology of Swimming: Are Myths Impacting Minority Youth Participation?},
  author={C. Irwin and R. Irwin and T. D. Ryan and J. Drayer},
  journal={International journal of aquatic research and education},
  year={2009},
  volume={3},
  pages={3}
}

C. Irwin, R. Irwin, +1 author J. Drayer

Published 2009

Medicine

International journal of aquatic research and education

The purpose for this research was to determine if reported swimming participation myths (barriers) for minority children were authentic. Previous research on minority children’s swimming patterns has been limited, while drowning rates for these groups are high. Nation-wide survey research supported by USA Swimming was conducted using six cities across the U.S. Trained staff members from YMCA non-swimming programs were used to solicit participants and to supervise survey administration. A large… CONTINUE READING

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