Profil motywacyjny rodziców kierujących dzieci w wieku niemowlęcym na naukę pływania

Swimming classes for infants have in recent years become very popular. Internet, television, radio, books and magazines provide ever more information regarding movement classes for babies in aquatic environment. Scientific studies carried out in numerous countries showed a truly beneficial impact of movement classes on land and in water on the infants’ physical and psychomotor development. The aim of this article was to determine the motives of parents sending their children for classes of early adaptation to water environment. The study was carried out in a group of 194 parents of infants who participated in movement classes in water. A specially designed questionnaire was used as the research instrument. The questions related to biometric parameters of the babies at birth; education of their parents, as well as their attitude towards physical activity, their preferable forms of physical activity during leisure time, and the reasons for sending their children for swimming classes. Respondents’ contributions were grouped according to topic and calculated using absolute and percentage values. The results were illustrated in a form of tables and graphs, which characterized the answers of parents participating in the study. Study results showed, among others, that the basic motive determining the decision of parents participating in the research to send their children for physical activity classes in water was their urge to allow their children to adapt to water environment as well as stimulate their physical development after birth through physical activity in water.