Learning to swim for children

Learning to swim, a guarantee of lifelong water fun.

Why is it important that you learn to swim? In the first place because it can save your life if you fall into the water. But especially because it is pleasant to move in the water and because it is a particularly healthy sport, for body and mind with Lifeguard Training Near Me. 

Learning to swim contributes to the motor development, safety and self-reliance of every child. 

Swimming is best learned by taking enough time and working in several steps.

1. Water habituation

In the first place, the child has to get used to the water . Water habituation  is the basis for a lifetime of fun in, on and around the water. In most clubs, water habituation is started from the age of 3.5 to 4 years.

2. Learning to survive and water safety

Once the child has become accustomed to water, it is taught the necessary skills for 'learning to survive' and being 'water-safe'. You will also find these terms on our swimming certificates . At the end of the trajectory, the child masters all so-called 'aquatic' basic skills: it can enter the water independently (and also come out), float (on the stomach and on the back), breathe rhythmically, come to balance, streamline, thrust with the legs and thrust with the arms. The child is now much less at risk of a drowning accident, but supervision remains necessary.

3. Learn to swim

From his 5th birthday, the water-resistant child is ready to learn to swim in an official swimming stroke. Unlike before, but based on scientific research, we start with backstroke as a basis. This is followed by crawl (5 to 6 years) and breaststroke (6 to 7 years).

Does your child want to continue swimming afterwards? Then sign up for a follow-up course in one of our clubs, where recreational and competitive swimming sports are practiced in a playful way. In this way, your child can continue to enjoy one of the healthiest sports that exist for a lifetime.

You are in the best hands at our clubs

Our clubs guarantee quality swimming instruction . As a member of our large swimming family - we are more than 50,000 - you will end up in the capable and experienced hands of the more than 2,000 teachers and trainers who are active in our 150 clubs. By the way, did you know that our teachers are among the most highly trained in Flanders? And that the majority of our clubs have achieved a quality label in recent years ? This is the best guarantee of a didactically and pedagogically strong approach that results in an educational and fun experience for your child. A good basis for lifelong swimming pleasure.