Each year as the temperature drops, parents often wonder if their children should continue swim lessons during the colder months. Contrary to popular belief, the notion that children should avoid swimming in cold weather to prevent sickness is a common misconception. In fact, children who swim throughout the year are less likely to get sick! So why is it so important to continue swimming when the weather is colder outside?
Swimming is more than just a sport, it is a life skill, and the benefits it brings, regardless of the season, are essential for every child, every day of the year.
Swimming lessons provide your child with a healthy and fun activity that gets the whole family out of the house - and healthier kids are happier kids! Even when it’s cold outside, it can warm up children by activating all their muscle groups, and diverting them from winter gloom. Swimming during the colder months also improves children's appetite, and provides them with restful sleep. Swimming is an excellent way to socialize, during the winter months when contact with their friends may be limited.
Swimming all year round maintains your children’s skills, progress, and confidence. After investing time and participating in swim activities during the Spring and Summer, the last thing you want to do is take a long break. This often results in a regression of previously learned skills. Consistency during the whole year ensures your child’s water safety skills continue to progress and advance.
Did you know swim lessons are also the perfect complement to other sports? Swimming is known to be a full-body workout. It builds muscle tone, strength, endurance, breath control, increases lung capacity and cardiovascular health. All of these benefits will support your child in their other sports, such as soccer, basketball, martial arts, and more. Learning breath control and increased lung capacity, for example, will help during high-intensity exercises, like running. Endurance will help your child keep up during a game. And strength training helps your child throw or kick a ball harder!
At Five Star Swim School, we have warm pools heated to 90 degrees so it will ensure a pleasant and comfortable atmosphere for your children during each swim class and our experienced staff and well-designed teaching curriculum will help your kids gain water confidence and polish swim strokes and techniques all year round. Book your FREE trial class by contacting us today!
