• Can you swim in waves? Children´s swimming, floating and entry skills in calm and simulated unsteady water conditions 

      Kjendlie, Per-Ludvik; Pedersen, Tommy; Thoresen, Trine; Setlo, Trond; Moran, Kevin; Stallman, Robert Keig (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Little is known about the transfer of swimming skills from indoor, flat, calm conditions to outdoor, wavy, unsteady conditions. The aim of the current study was to examine the differences in swimming, floating, and entry ...
    • Can you swim?: an exploration of measuring real and perceived water competency 

      Moran, Kevin; Stallman, Robert Keig; Kjendlie, Per-Ludvik; Dahl, Dagmar; Blitvich, Jennifer; Petrass, Lauren A.; McElroy, G. Keith; Goya, Toshiaki; Teramoto, Keisuke; Matsui, Atsunori; Shimongata, Shuji (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Little is known about the relationship between real and perceived water competence among youth in the context of drowning prevention or of their perceptions of their risk of drowning. This study reports the findings of ...
    • Movement patterns in free water play after swimming lessons with flotation aids 

      Kjendlie, Per-Ludvik; Mendritzki, Marcel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The aim of this study was to investigate the movement patterns of children during free play in a swimming school setting. It was hypothesized that children being taught using flotation vests would be less likely to surface ...
    • A proposed framework for developing a plan for research in lifesaving and water safety 

      Stallman, Robert Keig; Kjendlie, Per-Ludvik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-02)
      In the centers for aquatic research, the infrastructure, methodology, and expertise already exist. What remains is to integrate the needs and interests of lifesaving research into these programs. Especially in physiology ...
    • Revisiting the metaphorical concept of “No Strokes First - All Strokes First”: Part one: Beginning strokes 

      Stallman, Robert Keig; Mwaipasi, Alexander; Horneman, Ebbe L.; Laakso, Bente W. H.; Nysted, Haakon-Paavo L.; Vikander, Nils Olof; Ongala, Toni (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The aim of this article is to address the familiar question “Which swimming stroke should be taught first?” The discussion is usually focused on breaststroke versus crawl. Provoked by these naïve discussions of which stroke ...
    • "Which stroke next? All strokes next!": Part two: Strokes for intermediate and advanced swimmers 

      Stallman, Robert Keig; Horneman, Ebbe L.; Vikander, Nils Olof; Mwaipasi, Alexander; Laakso, Bente W. H.; Nysted, Haakon-Paavo L.; Ongala, Toni (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The primary goal of this two-part project is to answer the rhetorical question of which strokes should be taught first, and which later (Langendorfer, 2013, Stallman, 2014a). As you have seen in Part One, we emphasize (as ...