The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of two scuba diving methods, the pivot method and the standing method, that are typical methods of scuba diving for learners of beginner levels. The subjects in this study were 69 students in a colle...
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of two scuba diving methods, the pivot method and the standing method, that are typical methods of scuba diving for learners of beginner levels. The subjects in this study were 69 students in a college, who were beginners of scuba diving. They had no experience of using medications or suffered from any heart diseases. The pivot method group includes 33 subjects who have trained the horizontal alignment of whole body in the water during the experimental sessions. On the while, the 36 subjects of the standing method group practiced the vertical alignment of whole body in the water. A criterion test that was used to make a qualitative analysis of movements was conducted by a course director and seven instructors. As for data analysis, a repeated measure of one-way ANOVA was used to look for differences in scuba diving motions such as sinking motion, waiting motion, swimming motion, floating motion , and neutral buoyancy. The findings of the study were as follows:
First, concerning the success rate of sinking motion, floating motion, and neutral buoyancy, there were differences between the pivot method group, and the differences were statistically significant. The subjects of the standing method group scored higher then that of the pivot method group.
Second, there were differences between two scores of pre-test and post-teat, that meant both of the pivot method and the standing method were effective to develop the skills of waiting motion and swimming motion. However, the differences between the scores of the pivot method and the standing method were not statistically significant.