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SWIMMING AND KIDS
Swimming is an easy sport that uses and strengthens all the muscles. It's good for the whole body and is recommended to prevent curvature of this spin, or other types of disk and back malformations. For the children, learning to swim means to facing a new world. This new water environment is an adventure full of stimulations and emotions.
It's about a lively group experience and it's about getting close to a new sport that requires passion, volunteering and commitment, but also can give everyone a great sense of satisfaction and a healthy entertainment:
STROKES (Styles of swimming):
a) BREAST-STROKE
The body must be prone (belly dowm) and the back ideally parallel with the water level.
The arms push out, in parallel. forward and return back again to the chest. The arms must be moved forward at the same time.
The head be at water level at all times, except the starting and finishing the stroke.
In a race situation, the swimmer must touch with both hands (under or over the water level) on the side of the pool at the same time to finish.
b)BUTTERFLY:
The body is prone, however with each stroke the torse is lifted out of the water, and then plunged back in. This strle therefore requires a lot of strength. When the torso is out of the water, the arms are moved from a posioin where the hands are close to the lower back, and brought forward to lead the plung into the water.
The arms are then returned to their original position under the water, pushing the swimmer forward.
During this time, the legs are kicked simultaneouly, with feet always together.
-at the departure and the arrival the athlete can achieve only one stroke of calf movement under the water in order to re-emerge;
-at the bending and at the arrival the swimmer must touch with both hands together.
c) BACKSTROKE:
The swimmers must swim on their back at all times, with straight pelvis, legs kicking alternately. The arms are moved alternately, and are pulled through the water from a position bove the head (as if reaching up high while standing on the ground) to a poisition at the swimmers hip. They are then returned to the original position outside the water.
The swimmer can turning 360° under the water, however, when i this is not done correctly a swimmer can be disqualified.
- ones the turn is over the athlete must turn to it's original position, on their back. Before the simmer pushes off from the wall he must be on his back. A race is finished by touching just one hand onto the wall.
d) FREE STYLE:
In this type of race, the athletes favorite is the famous "FRONTCRAWL";
The swimmer, in a prone position, The legs kick alternately. The arms are moved alternately, and are pulled through the water from a position bove the head (as if reaching up high while standing on the ground) to a poisition at the swimmers hip. They are then returned to the original position outside the water.
The athlete get's to breath every two or four strokes, by moving his head to the side.
Little athletes
From a research on 6 to 11 year old kids, shows that the champion is a 200, product for kids, stores, all over Italy.
From this research results that almost the79% of children practice a sport regularly and enjoy it. The parents, "responsible" to answer the questions of this interview, have shown their faith in a sport that they judge as most healthy and complete for their kids: swimming.
37% of the kids go swimming
24% of the kids play soccer
16% of the kids do gymnastics
In a Country like Italy, where the soccer is the national sport, followed with passion and spirit by young,old and little ones, from this data it shows that there is growing interest for the swimming world.
What has influenced the little ones to get interested in swimming?
Firstly, the water activity is seen by the parents as a healthy and secure sport, recommended "even starting in early age" by kids doctor, while the
mothers prefering it for it's "soft" nature and the absence of violent contact with the other kids.
But who is the one that chooses the type of sport in the family?
For sure, the parents give their advise, stimulate their kids interests, but the little ones are the ones who impose their choices and have their ideas very clear whatever concerns the sport that they intend to practice.
In Italy, just recently ,in 1990, started the active law that officialy indroduces the "body" in elementary schools, while in other Countries, the physical activity has a primary importance in the healthy progress of the baby: in France to pass the fifth elementary exams, it is also needed to pass the swimming test. It is a long way to be able to bring the correct evaluation to a sport activity like the swimming, but it looks that it's going towards a fast improvement.
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