Aquatic sports and safety

Authors

  • V. М. Zyuz State higher educational establishment "Priazovskyi state technical university", Mariupol, Ukraine
  • V. V. Baluhtina State higher educational establishment "Priazovskyi state technical university", Mariupol, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31498/2225-6733.32.2016.83952

Keywords:

aquatic, boating, beach, wave, rescue equipment, drowning, rafting, kayak, catamaran, canoe

Abstract

Aquatic sports or boating, has become a mass sport and recreation. It is as delightful a holiday as one might wish for, gaining strength around the world and especially in Ukraine. More and more people are eager to see the beauty of the underwater world, enjoy exciting sailing races, long journeys along beautiful rivers and unexplored areas, as well as smooth sailing at the height of the season. The article analyzes the modern aquatic (water) tourism hazards that can lie in wait for a person in the water during camping trips and various boating competitions. This kind of sports is dangerous in principle, as aqueous medium is always perilous whether water is rough or calm. Accidents are always possible and tourists may find themselves in water, hypothermia, impossibility to breathe, impactions against different objects in the water resulting. Ships, food and equipment may also be damaged or lost, that is the consequences may be extremely negative. This article includes description of boating types, extreme forms of boating, the design features of the swimming facilities used in boating, practical skills and the ability to apply the facilities; characteristics of waves and currents; types of rivers; forms and methods of transportation and rescue of the drowning people; rendering assistance and first aid to the victims; promotion of safety rules on the water during the boating. The main goals and objectives in preparing aquatic tourism professionals whose main duty is safety, training topics, theoretical and practical materials for training the basics of safety that makes it possible to get acquainted with all the requirements have been discussed. The first attempt to develop general educational standards in training professionals in water sports and safety basing on the new priorities and the principles of modern vocational education has been made in the articles

Author Biographies

V. М. Zyuz, State higher educational establishment "Priazovskyi state technical university", Mariupol

Кандидат наук по физическому воспитанию и спорту, доцент

V. V. Baluhtina, State higher educational establishment "Priazovskyi state technical university", Mariupol

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How to Cite

Zyuz V. М., & Baluhtina, V. V. (2016). Aquatic sports and safety. Reporter of the Priazovskyi State Technical University. Section: Technical Sciences, (32), 232–241. https://doi.org/10.31498/2225-6733.32.2016.83952