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Swimming aids in Child Development

Parents are conscious about their child's development and swimming is part of their plans. Every parent regards swimming as an essential life long skill, knows that his or her child must learn how to swim at some point.

As children develop, so do their physical skills. Children ages 4 and 5 play in an increasingly coordinated manner …… Swimming is an excellent fitness activity and teaches a valuable skill. Other fitness activities they may enjoy include dance, skiing or skating….. - American Medical Association

Besides "an excellent fitness activity and valuable skill". Swimming lesson / class also aids in the child's physical and psychological development.

Physical

• Muscles development (motor skills)

Motor skills are motions carried out when the brain, nervous system, and muscles work together. Gross motor skills are what control big movements, using your body, arms and legs.




The only way to improve gross motor skills is to get moving and use them.

Swimming encourages gross-motor-skill development build muscle, boost fitness, improve coordination and provide great satisfaction.



• Eye-hand-legs coordination

Eye-hand-legs coordination is the ability of the vision system to coordinate the information received through the eyes to control, guide, and direct the hands/legs in the accomplishment of a given task; Eye-hand-legs coordination uses the eyes to direct attention and the hands/legs to execute a task.




Swimming is a technique used to move through water using only movements of the body, a combination of arms/legs/body movement coupled with control breathing thru the mouth and nose. This aids the child to learn to coordinate/control their body.

Psychological

• Self awareness & Self confidence

Developing gross motor skills & Eye-hand-legs coordination give the child a sense of achievement and feeling that they are really growing up. Children with good gross motor skills are likely to be more confident, coordinated and enjoy playing with others.

Others

• Water Safety & Eliminating Water phobia & Healthy Lifestyle

The most important aspect of a child development is to create the awareness of water safety. Allow them to understand water can be fun but safety cannot be compromise.




Embracing sports at a young age, we are gearing our children towards the Government's vision of "Towards a Sporting Singapore".




A future champion may emerge who will do Singapore proud.

Fastwaves has developed and designed a swimming program specially for age 3 and above. Our goal is to teach young pre-school to swim in a positive, safe, and fun environment. We recognize that each child is an individual with different emotional and developmental abilities and we cater each swimming lesson /class to such needs. In addition to imparting the skill of swimming, we also strive to develop their self-esteem, confidence, and love for the water.

Since Year 2004, Fastwaves Aquatic has gained recognition and trust from numerous pre-school institutions for providing quality swimming programs.

Strong Foundation, Future Champion Program

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Swimming is a lifelong Skill

Drowning is one of the most common causes of accidental deaths among children. How many precious lives might have been saved had the deceased known the rudiments of water safety. Although the value of swimming is incalculable and it is important to start learning at young age, we do not primarily promote swimming as a preventive measure to drowning. Even most experienced and competence swimmer can drown. In our swimming lesson / class, besides imparting swimming skill, we will inculcate the importance of water safety to the children.

Learning to swim can be archaic and stressful for children if the approach is wrong. Such reactionary approach, fueled by a psychology of fear, could result in "today's solution ending up being tomorrow's problem." Thus, with the correct mindset, learning how to swim actually aids in the child’s physical and psychological development.

Fastwaves has developed and designed a swimming program specially for age 3 and above. This is a proved model and many have benefited from this swimming program since year 2004.


Strong Foundation, Future Champion Program

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What you have been missing

Have you ever wondered how it feels to have the ocean at your feet as you ride a crashing wave? Has the thought of breezing across glistening waters with wind whistling through your hair always appealed to you?

Presented before your eyes, beauty and magnificent view of marine life swimming just centimetres away where you could just reach out your hand to touch them.

How about sliding fast and furious through a series of rapid turns in dark narrow tunnel, approaching the light at the end of the tunnel and suddenly.... SPLASH!!!!!! into the water

Sounds interesting? Ever wonder what you could miss if you do not know how to swim?

"Safety measures and precaution will be in place. Furthermore I will definitely wear a life jacket. Even if I face any difficulty in the water, someone will definitely save me" - A non swimmer tend to argue.

We have to totally agree with the statement. BUT.. Will you enjoy the process? There will always be a tinge of fear or insecurity in you unless if you acquire the technique of swimming.

Learning how to swim has in place a range of benefits. It is a form of cardiovascular exercises which workout the whole body. It is also a form of relaxation, especially in this competitive and stressful environment. Imagine after a long and hectic day at work, dipping in the pool for leisure swim.

Swimming utilizes nearly all major muscle groups simultaneously, providing a total body work out. Because of the inherent resistance of the water, swimming develops both muscle strength and endurance, as well as helps flexibility.

The buoyancy factor of water makes swimming the most injury-free exercise available.  In water, a person's body weight is reduced by 90% as compared to its weight on land. For example, a 70-kilogram man will weigh about 7-kilogram if he is standing in chin deep water. Exercises in water can also be done more often because of the low incidence of injuries and it is more effective for exercising the entire body as any movement in water 12 times greater resistance than movement in air.

Because of its abundance of effects, swimming provides almost all of the aerobic benefits of running even as it yields many of the benefits of resistance training thrown in. Because swimming does not put the strain on connective tissues that running, aerobics and some weight-training regimens do, swimming is the kind of low-impact work out that is used to treat and prevent several ailments. Swimming can be therapeutic for those who suffered from chronic back and asthmatic problems. Doctors have often advice their patients with such ailments to condition their health.

With an array of benefits that swimming can bring to your life, hesitate no more.

An individual's ability to swim and feel comfortable in the water creates recreational opportunities to become involved in exciting water based activities.

Don’t procrastinate any further. Pick up the skill. Join our swimming lesson / class. Be part of the fun and a healthier body awaits you.

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