Swimming is the perfect base for almost every physical activity. Swim lessons develop character, improve unique motor skills, and can prepare your child for numerous other activities such as kayaking, canoeing, scuba diving, surfing and triathlon training that they may want to attempt when they get older.
Swimming also provides a great outlet for your child! Being one of the more intensive forms of physical activity, swimming offers a healthy and safe opportunity for your child to burn off all that extra energy in your child!
Swimming isn’t just all fun, it also offers a lot of health benefits that will help keep your children safe and happy at the same time. Swimming offers a total-body workout that improves your child’s cardiovascular endurance and encourages muscle building. Your child’s arms, core and legs will all be working together to stabilize and drive them forward. Swimming is one of the few activities that engages so many muscle groups all at once to get your child’s heart pumping and their blood flowing! Swimming is also a low-impact activity, this helps preserve your child’s joints while still getting the benefits of a full workout.
At Swim Fins, we classify swimming as an essential life skill. Drowning is still the leading cause of death in children under 14. Formal swimming lessons were found to reduce the risk of drowning by 88%. Formal swimming lessons at a young age also help overcome a fear of water in children. Our classes focus on instilling comfort and confidence in swimmers that allow fearful swimmers to thrive and overcome their fears in time.
After learning more about why children should learn to swim at a young age, it's time to find a place near you and sign up for your children to start seeing these extraordinary results. Our program runs year-round at our pools in Surrey, White Rock, Langley, Cloverdale and Abbotsford. Head over to our website to learn more about our programs, how to register, and so much more: www.swimfins.ca/register