Benefits of children learning to swim

Swimming is one of the first sporting disciplines that you can teach your child. And that’s worth the effort, since swimming can contribute to the success of your child.

Physical exercise in the water has a beneficial effect on body development, improving physical condition, motor coordination and joints flexibility. In addition, during swimming, the cardiovascular system and the respiratory muscles become stronger, lung capacity increases.

Swimming is a prophylaxis of many diseases, such as bronchial asthma and high blood pressure. Swimming also has a positive effect on the kid's nervous system, prevents spinal curvature and stimulates skin receptors, which helps to restore normal muscle tone. And this is not all! Swimming also develops the child's cognitive abilities. Practicing swimming stimulates the development of such qualities as patience, perseverance, resistance, etc, which are indispensable in adult life. From an early age, the swimmer is accustomed to the failures and successes associated with the learning process. Difficulties in swimming training give the child the chance to become stronger and more confident in his own abilities.

It has been demonstrated that the interaction with water significantly improves the child's mental condition. This is a safe way to get rid of stress, which affects people of all ages. A regular visit to the pool with the family has always been considered a good form of outdoor activity. Water itself has a calming effect on the child.

Swimming involves most of the muscles. Therefore, if you want your child to develop harmoniously, take him to swimming lessons. He will not only become healthier, stronger and more beautiful, but will maybe discover a sport discipline that will open the door to both local and international competitions.

If you want to instill in your child interest in swimming as competitive discipline, register him to the sporting competitions for little swimmers. A good start will be the swimming and running competition Sea Mile Kids Aquathlon, due on July 15, 2018, on Valea Morilor park. The Sea Mile Kids Aquathlon event will be held in Moldova for the first time, which will be a useful experience for young athletes. This will allow not only participation in the championship but also the subsequent application of acquired skills, as organizers of Sea Mile Kids Aquathlon intend to carry out similar sports activities each year.

The Sea Mile Kids Aquathlon event is organized by mama.md, FTRM, the public sports organization Sporter and 999.md. To register and learn more details, please visit https://seamile.md/engl/.