Swimming has many benefits for fitness, and is called the best exercise by many experts. Swimming into the water can protect yourself. It is a very practical survival skill, so many parents will let their children learn to swim. There are many things that parents need to know when children learn to swim, such as which stroke should children learn first and from which stroke should children learn to swim?

What stroke does a child learn to swim first?

In China, no matter adults or children, many people learn to swim from breaststroke, because breaststroke is easy to learn because it has simple hands and feet, does not need great strength and is suitable for breathing. The basic teaching of swimming crash course is breaststroke. If children want to learn to swim quickly and economically, they can choose breaststroke.

However, compared with other strokes, breaststroke is relatively easy to cause sports injuries and is not suitable for long-distance swimming. If children want to learn swimming better and have professional intentions, it is best to learn freestyle first. Because freestyle is the basic stroke, learning freestyle first and then butterfly and backstroke will get twice the result with half the effort. Of course, freestyle is more difficult to learn than breaststroke, and it takes a little longer.

College swimming is more suitable for children.

The age at which children are suitable to learn to swim varies with their development level, but most children are suitable to learn to swim at the age of 5-8, and they should not learn to swim before the age of 4 at the earliest. Children before the age of 4 are not suitable for swimming training in terms of development, while children at the age of 4 already have basic swimming ability, but their muscles and nerves are not fully developed, and they will learn better after the age of 5 or 6.

At present, the age required for children's swimming training courses in China is all over 6 years old, because children at 6 years old have basically qualified in understanding, reaction and expression, and these abilities will be better at 7-8 years old. At this time, learning to swim can better understand the explanation of the swimming coach and learn faster. In addition, before entering the swimming training class at the age of 6, children can also be familiar with the underwater environment, and they can usually take their children to play with water or practice basic swimming skills such as holding their breath.