Utility of a scale to assess Australian children's perceptions of their swimming competence and factors associated with child and parent perception.

Children have a better understanding of their swim competence than their parents do, suggesting parent education is needed. SO WHAT?: The PSPWC could be used by teachers (both swimming and classroom) to inform parents how their child estimates their swim competence. If use of this tool was incorporated into education practice this could assist in creating awareness, which can be the start of advocacy towards the creation of policy to assist in the provision of accessible swim education for all Australian children.