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AQUATICS
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THE AMERICAN CLUB
NOV / DEC 2017
Regular and consistent swimming is the only way to
reinforce lifesaving / drowning prevention and learn-to-
swim skills. It has been proven that attending two lessons
per week accelerates the learning process in the water at
four times the rate compared to attending lessons once
per week.
1. Double the benefits of swimming
Swimming lessons can help your child with cognitive
development, enhance his/her learning potential and
boost social skills. Double classes means your child will be
able to reap those benefits even more.
2. Repetition
Learning to swim is just like learning any other skill – it’s
all about practice and repetition. Repetition of small
movements is imperative as mastering the basics will help
swimmers to learn big movements. The more classes your
child attends each week, the more he/she will repeat the
learned movements – which will eventually help him/her
to fine-tune his/her strokes.
3. Increased swimming time
Attending swimming lessons for 30 minutes once a week
totals to two hours of swim time per month. Two lessons
per week doubles the swim time to four hours per month.
More time spent in the pool translates to more practice of
drills, which increases your child’s likelihood of improving
his/her skills.
4. Move up a level sooner
Kids get so excited when they’re able to master the skills
needed to move up to the next level. Normally, it can take
a few months or more to accomplish this — but by taking
swim lessons twice a week, your child can pretty much
cut that time in half! There’s nothing quite like seeing how
proud your child gets when it’s time to move up a level
after showing off his/her extraordinary results.
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