We all want our children to do well in school. Through planning and active involvement, we hope to guide our children to be the best they can be when it comes to academics. One way many might not consider is the effect swimming can have on a student’s school experience. The fact of the matter is that there are a lot of benefits swimming provides.
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Swimming Benefits Students
1. Swimming Builds Confidence
2. Swimming Benefits Overall Health
3. Swimming Fosters Discipline in Academics
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Swimming Benefits Students
We’ve put together a short list to show what swimming does to and for students. It is so much more than just a fun pastime or a physical activity to be involved in. Don’t get us wrong – it is fun! It is also a super effective way to be fit and healthy. However, aside from those benefits, swimming can also help with academics. Swimming 🏊 has the unique ability to set your child up for success in many ways. Check out our top three benefits we think swimming provides students.
- Swimming Builds Confidence
Swimming is not an activity that is passively engaged in. It requires competence and an awareness of how great, but also dangerous, the water can be. Knowing swim safety 🤿keeps everyone safe in and around the water. Building your child’s swim skills and knowledge of water safety in and around the pool creates confidence that stays with them. It allows children to take that confidence with them when they leave the pool. It is a great thing to know how to swim! Your Swim Log notes that confidence from swimming has so many benefits. This will translate into other areas of life like school. If your child is confident, that confidence will help them to excel in school activities!
- Swimming Benefits Overall Health
Who can deny that swimming is good for you? Better Health notes many reasons why swimming is good for you. Swimming helps you maintain a healthy weight, healthy heart, and lungs. Swimming has such a positive impact on your body because you engage your entire body as you move against the water. Engaging your whole body translates into an overall health increase that few other sports 🏅 will provide. It is this overall health that is needed in the classroom 📙. Students will not get tired as quickly or be so easily distracted.
- Swimming Fosters Discipline in Academics
Perhaps one of the best benefits provided by swimming is discipline. Discipline is a powerful tool that will benefit everyone. Swimming and discipline go hand in hand because, without it, we are merely splashing in the water. Students who learn to apply themselves in swimming build a strong foundation to be able to apply themselves in academics. This discipline empowers students to become more confident, healthier 🏥, and will go on to excel in school. Students might not think this way, but as parents we will see those changes start to happen in our child.
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At Little Fish Swimming, we believe swimming is a tremendous gift 🎁 and opportunity. We want you and your little fish to have the most fun you can swimming, while also using it to better your life! No matter what your goals are for swim lessons, if you want a fun activity for your child, to build confidence in and around the water, or you just want your swimmer to become healthier, we are here to help you! We can’t wait to be your swimmer’s biggest motivator, and to encourage them to meet their swimming goals!