Being acclimatized to water

The first step of learning swimming is to get used to being in water, that is, students should learn the safe static and dynamic motions. It would be useless to start teaching to swim until children have learned to move in water. Actually swimming is a gradual acclimatization between water and children’s body.

Under water our senses reactions are different. Children get information through seeing and hearing. If water gets into their eyes it will decrease their concentration. Without glasses they cannot see well under water. We can help them by special eye trainings. Hearing will be blunted; water gets into their ears, noises, gurgling of water hearing may be more difficult and frightening for them. Children can be seen imitating “swimming” motions with their hands or legs on ground. When children cannot hear verbal instructions then trainers should start shouting.