Q:

Why should my child continue swimming year-round?

A:

It is important that you don’t let your child forget everything she has learned this summer; keep her swimming all year. Some of the many benefits are as follows:

• Safer and more confident in the water due to constant learning and practice during physical growth and maturation.
• Improved overall health due to consistent exercise of the nervous, cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
• Increased strength and coordination, which leads to better performance in other physical activities.
• Accelerated brain development, which has scientifically been linked to movement patterns used in swimming.
• Higher intelligence and problem-solving skills, which helps early schooling.
• Greater self-discipline plus motivation and confidence to succeed.
• Increased attention span and alertness in school from listening skills and processing series of complex instructions.
• Greater self-respect from consistent goal setting, learning and achievement.
• Valuable socialization skills from interaction with classmates.

— Kaleb S. Wallen
Steve Wallen Swim School, Inc.
1230 Glenhaven Court, Suite 100
El Dorado Hills, wallenswim.com, 916-939-7075