School swimming interventions show high heterogeneity in duration, frequency and session length, with no unified methodological standard¶

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Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Intervention durations in the reviewed studies ranged from 2 to 16 weeks, with variable session counts and lengths. → Trinidad Alfonso 2026

Evidence¶

Trinidad Alfonso 2026¶

Trinidad Alfonso, Mendoza-Castejón Daniel, Mercedes de la Calle Laura, del-Blanco-Muñiz José Ángel. (2026). Analysis of swimming teaching programs, aquatic competencies and specific skills in school settings from early childhood to secondary education: A systematic review. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0353477

q2 · i? · review · r2

Methodological synthesis across the 16 included studies. The review reports "considerable heterogeneity in the design of the interventions, which ranged in duration from 2 to 16 weeks", and concludes this variability highlights the absence of a unified methodological standard for school swimming.

"the analysis revealed considerable heterogeneity in the design of the interventions, which ranged in duration from 2 to 16 weeks."

Discussion¶

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