ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT SWIMMING

Abstract

Sample consisted of 30 (16 male and 14 female) participants born in year 2000 +6 months and -6
months who attended Gymnasium in Prijepolje in period May 2018. The research concerned with introduction
of swimming into elementary and high schools, as well as universities and the questionnaire
on knowledge about 100 m free style swimming.
Likert scale was used and it consisted of a number of statements which cause positive or
negative attitude towards swimming. Participants were asked to express the level of
agreement on a scale with odd number of units. Total attitude is obtained by summing up the
answers. Scale is designed in the following manner: application of statements on a group of
assessors who express their level of agreement with every statement on scale 1–5. Statement:
Swimming should be introduced as course at universities was assessed affirmatively
by 100% of male students and 85.71% female students, whereas the statement:
swimming should be introduced as subject at elementary and high schools was assessed
affirmatively by 87.5% of male students and 71.42% of female students.