Benefícios da natação para o desenvolvimento da criança

Abstract

Swimming today is considered one of the sports that brings the most health benefits not only for children, but also in all other age groups, as it helps prevent cardiorespiratory diseases, postural problems, among others. The objective of this work is to analyze the benefits of swimming to the development of the child. This is a literature review of a qualitative approach, where data were collected from articles published from 2007 to 2017 in the Portuguese language, in the LILACS, MEDLINE and ScIELO databases. After analyzing the articles, it was obtained that the practice of swimming brings several benefits such as contribution to organized learning, motor coordination, development, offers relaxation and playfulness, and in the physical aspects, brings more ease to perform, with benefits in the respiratory system and cardiovascular, recovering and preventing diseases; in psychological aspects it elevates self-esteem, reduces stress, is willing to do other activities, social aspect improves the interpersonal relationship and increase of friendship circles, sharing experiences and ideas and parents / guardians sought swimming for children to increase their circles of friendships, for the prevention of diseases and increase of health and aid in the socialization of the children. In view of this, it was concluded that it is of great importance to practice swimming for children and that the benefits derived from the systematic practice of it are of great value for the integral development of the same, contributing also to a better quality of life of the small practitioners.