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Better Swimming
for Smaller Children - part 2
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The lessons described in this book may be used as a supplement
to your child's lessons at the Red Cross, YMCA, YWCA, or to any other public or
private swimming lessons he may be having. Usually, children do not want to take
more than two weeks of instruction during a summer; and usually parents either
cannot afford more lessons, or feel that no more are necessary. After two weeks
of lessons the child reports he can swim, and the parents are happy and
relieved. He is free then to go to a public pool on his own; and does so,
perhaps, two or three times a week. Young children are not given to practicing
what they have learned unless urged, and you cannot expect someone at the local
pool to urge a small boy or girl to improve his or her form; so, very often,
children spend fifteen minutes finding their friends, fifteen minutes doing
cannon balls (jumping from the side or off a board with knees doubled up under
the chin, hitting the water with an explosion), fifteen minutes dodging the
other 250 swimmers, fifteen minutes getting dressed, and an hour to get home.
Goodness knows that this is all fine; it is fun and has unquestionable value.
But just don't deceive yourself that the youngster is down there swimming all
afternoon. You may be in for a shock when you take him on your two-week fishing trip and find he falls somewhat short of the
polished performer you were expecting.
So where to start? From the beginning. Not from the point
where he seems to have gotten to. Novice swimmers benefit
tremendously from rehearsing what is slightly familiar to them.
This book is also designed to help parents who have occasion to be in the water with their children every day for about
two weeks. If you are one of these, you probably assume
that it is appropriate to start off by saying to your child who
has never been in the water before, "Now this is the way you
swim," and to demonstrate by beginning with the arms and
legs and with the proper mode of breathing—"free style."
The truth is, this is the way you swim; but there are many,
many preliminary steps necessary before coming up to this
big step.
The following ten lessons in no way run contrary to the swimming methods
currently used by swimming teachers. Have no fear that you will confuse your
child. The lessons given here are in direct opposition, however, to the
"sink-or-swim" method. It is rare that anyone who was forced to swim by being
tossed into deep water enjoys the water. If you hear someone brag that this is
the way he was taught, cast a critical eye on his swimming. He is usually a poor
swimmer. Being tossed into deep water is one "sink-or-swim" method, but another
method which makes for just as harmful results is the sudden release of a child
in shallow water. He experiences the same discomforts. There is still another
poor method of teaching youngsters to swim, and that is by playing a game with
them, suddenly pushing their heads under, then concluding the game with a cheery
"Did you see any fish down there?" This might work with some children, but by
and large, it is ill-advised and ought to be shunned. In this series of lessons
while games are employed as a gradual introduction to the water, they are not of
a deceptive nature. The earlier games—as you will find out as you proceed—are
rather preparatory to the later games, and each game is designed to develop a
particular skill. If you have observed children playing games such as Wood Tag, or London Bridge, or Farmer
in the Dell, you will have noticed that both a hesitant and a
brash child are important to the game. Games teach children
with differing temperaments important things. This principle applies as well to games used in learning to swim.
Related terms include swim classes and swim fins.
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