ADVANTAGES OF SWIMRITE

We are part of the KIDINME Group and therefore have large company backup. All teachers receive intense theoretical and practical training. There are hundreds of swimming schools throughout the country but SWIMRITE is unique and special in the following ways:

• Beginners are taught in small classes.
• Pupils get the maximum amount of attention and progress faster.
• The beginner level is designed to teach children through playful activities, building confidence in water. The nervous child therefore suffers a minimum amount of trauma and in most cases even the most nervous child will have settled down after his first lesson and will actually enjoy his lessons.
• The certification scheme is motivational to the pupil and helps the teacher to keep a check on progress.
• SWIMRITE also have fun galas rewarding pupils for working hard - but also teaching the pupils how to accept honour graciously - not to be jealous when someone else receives the honour, in other words - how to win and how to accept losing.

THE VALUE OF SWIMMING

Learning to swim is a life skill that every parent wishes a child to master. At the very least, it is a safety measure, but what about the long-term value of swimming? Swimming is an excellent choice of activity for children as it promotes health and also has therapeutic value. There are certain physiological effects which provide solid evidence of the long-term health benefits ofswimming:

• Swimming regularly, improves the proportion of muscle tissue to fat.
  
• Swimming strengthens the connective tissues (cartilages, ligaments, tendons) and intermuscle as well as organ-supporting tissue
  
• Swimming increases the tidal volume of the lungs.
  
• Swimming improves the blood supply to the lungs and to the heart muscle itself.
  
• Swimming increases the size and strength of theheart.
  
• Swimming leads to a lower normal heart rate.
  

Swimming also has therapeutic value. In Russia, it is policy to take one-month-old infants to bathe in warm pools as it results in children growing up essentially healthier and much less prone to infection. Swimming thus improves the immune system. When swimming, the movement of water against the body has a massaging effect which soothes and calms the swimmer. This leads to improved concentration and better focus.