Hair inside a swimming cap, smell
of chlorine from the body, dry skin… Well…! You can easily ascertain a swimmer
from miles away.
Swimming is not just a sport but it is an art. Imaginably, swimming is like dancing under the water.
“When you truly sing, you sing yourself free. When you truly dance, you dance yourself free. When you walk in the mountains or swim in the sea, again, you set yourself free.” ― Jay Woodman—
Over the years, swimming has been a prodigious mode of beating the scorching heat. Learning to swim is profoundly crucial for many reasons, and excelling in this amazing skill will give us lifetime benefits. One obvious and the most important reason to know swimming is to acquire the ability to survive from drowning in water.
As rightly said by Woodrow T. Wilson:
“The man who is swimming against the stream knows
the strength of it.”
Learning
to swim is a prominent decision in everyone’s life. Regrettably, very few
people comprehend its physical, mental and social benefits and skip it without
knowing its unique advantages.
The
following six reasons are sufficient to elucidate the eminence of swimming:
- It
develops your survival skill in water- It is highly recommended to learn swimming as there
are many instances to be near the water and chances of falling into it. An
alarming statistic shows that drowning is the number one leading cause of death.
Thus, it is absolutely crucial that everyone should know how to swim and
they must learn this art irrespective of the age.
- It improves time management skill: With the disciplined training schedules that swimmers go through in their training programs or competitions, they acquire the ability to manage their time well.
- It grabs the mind: The mental benefits of swimming cannot be discounted or ignored. Many great thinkers and artists acknowledged that physical activity stimulated their efficiency. The same goes for kids, whose minds are round the clock busy. They explore something new about the world every day. We should give them another brain-building activity by taking them to swimming lessons.
- Great social activity: Swimming involves lots of fun for the people of all ages especially children as they adore water and enjoy themselves thoroughly. Also, swimming helps them in boosting their confidence and instills the leadership quality in their disposition through different water sport activities and competitions.
- Highly therapeutic for the body and soul: Since ancient times, water has been regarded as therapeutic, and its benefits are well known to everyone. Water has power and can be used as a technique to heal specific disabilities. The hydrostatic pressure of the water can aid a person with sensory difficulties.
- An incredible exercise for our body- Swimming keeps our heart and lungs healthy, burns calories, improves strength and flexibility, increases stamina and even improves balance and posture.
Nothing can replace water…! Let's celebrate the water, let's swim…!
NAVNEET KHATRI
SWIMMING COACH
THE MANN SCHOOL
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