Blog - BABIES WHO SWIM WILL OUTPERFORM PEERS IN LATER LIFE

Puddle Ducks Baby Swim Teachers Feb 2010

The following article appeared in the Daily Express Friday 30th April 2010. Of course, none of us are surprised - are you?!

'BABIES who are taught to swim outperform their peers later in life, a study claimed last night.

Experts found that teaching them to swim helps develop a range of skills including balance and movement.

Scientists studied 19 children who had swimming classes for about five months from the age of two to three months and a control group of 19 non-swimmers.

A session might involve having babies dive under water, jump from a pool edge and balance on the hand of a parent while reaching to pick up floating objects.

When the children were five years old the swimmers had better balance and moved more easily than non-swimmers. All other factors, such as the parents’ education, housing and economic status, were the same.

Professor Hermundur Sigmundsson, who carried out the study with Lancaster University, said: “It’s exciting that specific training for young babies has an effect later in life.”'

Posted: Tuesday, 4th May 2010 by Tracy
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