What are the benefits of children learning to swim?

Swimming can be said to be a survival skill, and being able to swim freely in the sea like a fish is also the dream of many people. In the swimming pool, we often see some children learning to swim under the guidance of a coach or an adult. Many children learn very quickly and can swim like fish in a very short time. They have strong learning abilities and learn faster than adults. Some of them learn to swim because they like it, while others learn because their parents want them to master this skill. Many people are not aware of the benefits of swimming for children. Let me introduce it to you now.

Swimming is a quality ability to overcome nature, but is it too early for children to learn swimming? The answer is no. Because children's bodies are in the growth and development stage at this age and their balance is better, they can benefit from it for life after learning it.

However, many parents are concerned about their children's safety and believe that accidents often occur while swimming. Here, I would like to remind all parents that everything involves certain risks, and there are both positive and negative aspects. If we are always worried and always try to be safe, it will be very detrimental to the growth of our children.

Children need to learn to swim in order to survive, and they can get exercise in a swimming pool, which is very beneficial to their physical and mental development:

1. The biggest benefit of swimming for children is that it can improve the functions of their respiratory and cardiovascular systems. For example, after swimming training, the lung capacity of children in the swimming group can be increased by 74%.

2. Swimming can also improve children's ability to resist diseases. Obviously, this is because after long-term swimming, young children have adapted to the stimulation of cold water, and their body's ability to regulate changes in external temperature has improved accordingly, so they can adapt to sudden changes in temperature more quickly. Moreover, young children who swim regularly have higher levels of immunoglobulin in their blood and are less likely to get sick.

3. When children swim, they can fully come into contact with sunlight, water, and air, which promotes the body's absorption of vitamin D and is beneficial to the physical development of children.

4. Swimming can exercise children's nervous system, thus creating a material foundation for the development of children's psychological qualities. There are many benefits to learning to swim, but we must also pay attention to the fact that safety comes first. There must be a swimming coach or a parent or teacher who can swim to provide protection. There must be a step-by-step learning plan that suits the child's characteristics so that the child can develop an interest in swimming. This will achieve the purpose of exercise.

Many people who drown are not because they cannot swim. Sometimes they get cramps in the water and cannot move, and thus drown in the water. This is very regrettable. Therefore, you must make preparations before swimming, move your limbs more, and get out immediately if you feel uncomfortable in the water. Do not stay in the water. This can prevent accidents.