Swimming is one of the most complete sports in existence. In addition to the large number of muscles involved in the process, swimming is perfect for keeping your cardiovascular system healthy no matter what age you are. In children, it also serves to regulate cholesterol and prevent obesity.
Doctors have already explained on countless occasions the benefits of exercise for children, and now with the heat, swimming is undoubtedly the most recommended. This week we tell you about its benefits.
Swimming is perfect for:
Physical benefits
- – Helps motor development.
- – Fortifies the musculature.
- – Increases cardiac capacity.
- – The joints are more mobile.
- – Regulates cholesterol.
- – Prevents obesity.
- Psychological benefits
- – It makes children calmer.
- – It helps them to socialize.
- – Intelligence is sharpened.
- – They accept rules and limits more naturally.
- – Emotional stability is developed.
- – Increases self-confidence and self-esteem.
- – It instills discipline in children, they are more responsible.
- – They learn the rules of coexistence.
- – They accept failures.
- – Sleep is calmer and deeper.
- – Improves relationships among peers.
- – They incorporate different values.
- – They accept their obligations.
The three phases that all children have to go through to learn to swim are as follows:
1. Become familiar with water. They learn to breathe and, later on, to float. This phase ends when confidence is well established.
2. Autonomy phase. Work on displacements, jumps and games in the water.
3. Technique phase. Swimming begins to be practiced as a sport. The children are taught the different swimming styles that exist.
