There are two ways to dive: the first is to jump or push off something, the second is to dive under the water, already in it (without pushing).
In addition, diving (1) in the pool, (2) in open water. Consider below how to learn to dive using all these methods.
If you are standing on the surface and can dive into the pool, then there are four options for such a dive described below (note that not all pools allow this).
Simple jump head first
We stand on the edge of the side of the pool, bring our feet together, grab the edge of the side with our toes. Stretch your arms forward, then tilt the body, bend your legs slightly, push off the board and slowly enter the water.
Extend your arms forward so that your head is parallel to your arms. Place your hands so that they are directed forward, and do not go beyond the line of projection of the head and neck.
Dive from the pedestal
It is used to start in the pool from the bollard for subsequent swimming sports styles. This is the variant used by professional swimmers:
- We put the supporting leg forward, fixing the position with the fingertips.
- We move the second leg back and put it on the end of the cabinet.
- We tilt the body and grab the cabinet with our hands.
- We shift the body a little back, as if for acceleration, and push ahead standing foot, immediately putting his back foot to her.
- After you wave your hands, they should be in front of you and before you dive head first, your hands should cut through the water.
This technique is shown step by step here:
When flying, the body must be level, it is not necessary to enter the water deeper than 110 cm.
Schematically, this option is also shown in this illustration: 
Jump from the pedestal
This way of jumping has a clear advantage and is the most optimal for a quick start. This method of starting in swimming is also called athletics.
Jumping into the water
We stand on the edge of the board, press our hands to the body along the body, take a step forward with one foot, then tear off the second from the surface and quickly attach it.
Be sure to pull the toes, we do this for a good dissection of the water.
Support push
This option is used when you are already in the water and you can push off from something, a classic example is from the wall in the pool.
To do this, take air into the lungs and group so that the knees are bent. Being in a horizontal position, push off strongly with your feet from the wall of the pool, at the same time put your hands forward, as shown in the picture:
Push from the side At the moment of the push, you need to dive under the water and then slide under the water, it is possible to work with your feet. Usually butterfly footwork is used, but crawl and breaststroke can also be used.
How to learn?
First of all, you need to decide which of the above methods suits you and start practicing it. The more practice you have, the sooner and better you will learn.
Diving into water without support
If you are already in the water - in the sea, other open water or pool, then you will need to make free dive.
Such immersion in water without support can be done three different ways:
Upside down
In order to dive head down, you need to group the body, gain enough air, put your head in the water and to start moving towards the bottom you should connect legs.
It looks like this: 
Diving upside down without support
For greater effect and fast promotion you can connect your hands in the style of a breaststroke. When diving out again, you need to group the body, and use the breaststroke style to swim to the surface.
Beginners or amateurs in this case often cover their nose with their hand so that water does not get into it. However, in this case, it is inconvenient to swim, therefore, instead, it is recommended not to raise the nose up - then air will not come out of it and water will not get into it, or exhale through the nose - in this case, again, water will not get into it.
Downside down
In another way, this option is called "soldier".
Accept vertical position we take air into the lungs. Then with the help of the movement of the hands, starting from the pelvis and continuing stroke from bottom to top, diving deep.
We get out with the help of quick movements of the arms and legs in the breaststroke style.
Dive in length
With the help of fast and rhythmic crawl-style footwork, at the moment when one arm is in front of the outstretched one, we make a sharp stroke with the other hand and enter the water in a horizontal position.
The legs work as a crawl, and with your hands you control: either dive lower or emerge from the water.
What to do if glasses fly off?
Glasses - "glass" Generally, sports swimming- this is swimming with goggles:
- Firstly, this is due to the fact that in the pool water is disinfected with bleach or other non-chlorine preparations that can cause eye irritation.
- Secondly, swimming (and especially diving) involves immersing your head in water - and few people know how to be under water with their eyes open.
However, a problem immediately arises here: if you make a jump from a support, then during the entry into the water, glasses fly off your head from a blow. In the pool, this disrupts further swimming, and in open water it threatens to lose them.
This problem cannot be completely eliminated, but you can do the following:
- Wear glasses under swimming cap . At least from the head, they definitely won’t go anywhere then, this will significantly increase their “perseverance” in front of their eyes during the jump.
- Tighten the rubber bands to the maximum from glasses. But keep in mind that this option is only suitable for jumping, but will not work for a long swim - the glasses will put pressure on your face.
- Try glasses - "glass"(without silicone seal). According to reviews, they fly less (although for normal swimming they may miss more water- but this is strictly individual and depends on the model).
Safety is very important when diving. Be sure to read these guidelines before you take action:
- Deciding to learn how to hold your breath underwater for a long time, you must be able to float(about learning this skill and swimming in general), conduct regular training and most importantly, remember - you need to start small.
In no case do not exhaust yourself sitting without air under water, suffocating in order to withstand the cherished seconds or minutes. This issue should be approached gradually.
You can start even with a couple of seconds of being under water without air, gradually increasing your time. The main thing is not to work on speed, but on the result. Patience, diligent training - and soon you will be able to conquer the underwater surface.
- Make sure that when you emerge not covered by a wave- it is dangerous.
- When diving into the depths, do not overdo it, because if you go too deep, you can feel a big water pressure on the ears.
- In open water, before diving, it is worth paying great attention to inspecting the bottom. Verify is there enough depth in order to dive and not hurt your head or any other part of your body. You should also look so that there are no logs, sticks and other things which could injure you.
- Regarding the pool - in the pool bowl, maybe in some place chip off tile, and when pushing off the edge of the pool, you can easily slip and injure your leg, because. the edges of the pool can be slippery - so this point must be carefully monitored.
- Before learning how to dive in open water, train your nose, because when diving water can enter the nostrils and cause very unpleasant sensations in the nasopharynx.
- If you are diving in the sea or any other body of water where there are waves, dive under them.
- If you dive in a body of water where there is a current, start diving from the shore and do not go further than waist-deep. So that you can confidently stand at the bottom, and have complete confidence that the current won't carry you away.
- Categorically forbidden diving in places where is the boat stop.
The presence of a basement in the house for its residents simplifies many storage issues. These are preparations for the winter, and things that are not essential, but that need to be stored somewhere. The basement is the most convenient place for this, but on the condition that the basement is dry and water does not accumulate in it.
Residents of house No. 23 on Uglovsky Street with a basement in the house were not lucky. It has water all year round. There is no question of any storage of blanks, the house would be saved from destruction ... At different times of the year - different level water. In the spring it is higher. As soon as the water in the river subsides, its level also drops in the basement of the house.
House number 23 on Uglovsky Street is less than thirty years old. During the flood of 1998, it was flooded almost to the middle of the first floor windows. According to the residents of the house themselves, the building is “in the wrong place”. Old-timers remember that there used to be a swamp here. During construction, it was not only not drained, but also a decent pit was dug. Instead of pumping out the water, the foundation was placed right into it.
For more than twenty years, the residents of the house have been struggling with water in the basement. Most often unsuccessful. It helps to get rid of it for a while, but not from dampness in the basement, pumping out. The basement does not have time to dry out, as a whole lake again accumulates due to groundwater almost to the entire height of the basement.
Wooden house. Due to the constant humidity in the apartments on the first floor, the floor is “harassing”, the beams are rotting, there are finger-thick cracks in the foundation. There is only one way out - to carry out sewage. A project has already been prepared, but, as usual, everything depends on money. More precisely, in their absence. The preliminary cost is eight million rubles. On the entire section from Kooperativnaya Street to Katyshovo, it is necessary to remove the asphalt and lay networks.
“The house was built incorrectly and in the wrong place,” Andrey Kasatkin, head of the urban economy department of the City of Veliky Ustyug administration, explains the situation. – Since the water in the basement accumulates due to groundwater, a storm sewer could help. The water would have somewhere to go. But with "stormwater" problems throughout the city. She just doesn't exist."
According to Andrey Vitalyevich, it is unlikely that sewerage network works under the project will be carried out in the next three years. For the time being, the only way out remains for the residents of the house - to pump water out of the basement by a machine, as they have been doing for more than a year. But every car service costs money. And the residents of the house would like to solve the issue of basement flooding once and for all.
There are many problematic houses in Veliky Ustyug, especially those made of wood. Their residents are in correspondence with government officials, management companies, deputies of their districts… They are waiting, hoping for help. When hope ends, they decipher the abbreviation "Housing and Public Utilities" - "Live As You Want." And in many ways, perhaps, the inhabitants of the long-suffering wooden houses are right ...
Elena Pavlova
Dream interpretation stand in the water
As the dream book describes, standing in the water is not only pleasant, but also useful for a sleeping person. Starting to decipher the plot they saw, many dreamers are faced with a large number of formulations, but do not always find the right one.
Why dream of standing in the water? Dream interpreters write about the beginning of a successful period. However, we must not forget about the muddy or smelly water, which completely changes the further forecast.
It would be happiness...
The dreamer always wants to attract favorable events into his life, ignoring all the bad, but how to achieve this? The task is not as simple as it might seem at first glance.
To be in a dream in clean water
It is better to start with the reflections of one of the best dream interpreters - Gustav Miller. If you had to be in the water, then pay attention to its condition:
- pure - to receive joyful emotions and get rich as soon as possible;
- muddy - to despondency and sadness, which will begin to haunt in all endeavors.
The dreamer could not stand in a dirty puddle and fell - no one is immune from mistakes, but it is better to think several times before making a decision. The main thing is not to become a hostage of your thoughts, as they can stop you from interesting actions.
Being in a dirty and swampy pond is a possible health problem. Miller warns the sleeper about diseases that may appear as a result of neglect.
pure water
The water level in a dream reached the knees
Being in clear water is an interesting symbol, but to decipher it, you have to remember the depth of immersion.
Knee-deep
Being in knee-deep water, trying to find something at the bottom - to gaining a good mood. Dream interpreters suggest that success in family affairs will have a beneficial effect on various aspects.
Ankle-length
To be in cold but ankle-deep water is to take successful steps in a new project. However, for this you will have to gain some courage and follow each item of the plan. In Tsvetkov's dream book, a similar plot is described in detail.
On the heel
In dreams, I had to walk along the coastline, and the water barely touched my heels - to the future joy. The dream interpreter does not advise relying on random events in everything, since they are extremely changeable. Standing on some surface, barely touching the water surface - to the successful completion of unfinished business. Nostradamus believes that the constant shifting to later will lead to a disappointing result.
Sleep walking along the coastline
muddy water
Being in stagnant and dirty water is a sign of possible conflicts and troubles that can be easily avoided. The main thing is to learn to control your emotions. What happened in the muddy stream? If you have taken any action, then do not forget to compare them with the information from the dream books.
Wandering
Wandering in an endless muddy stream - to the beginning of a conflict that will begin to worsen every day. They could not resist and fell into the stream - they will happen to initiate a quarrel.
standing
To be in water with a muddy and swampy bottom is an unrealizable dream. Everything that you have been striving for so long will turn out to be an illusion. The Small Velesov dream book believes that you are not taking any significant actions to achieve your goal. It must be understood that water does not flow under a lying stone.
Standing in the water with a man and trying to help is a sign reflecting the dreamer's dishonest intentions. The bog will not allow you to commit such misconduct, and therefore it is better to prepare in advance for a fair fight.
If you dreamed dirty and Still water, from which it is impossible to stretch the leg, try to recall the depth of immersion in memory:
I dreamed of a cloudy liquid reaching the ankle
- ankle - to minor troubles;
- knee - to problems of a different order.
Home adventures
Water has appeared in your house, absorbing acquired goodness - a controversial symbol that several dream books were able to interpret.
Vanga's opinion
There are dreams in which the house is filled with water - a symbol that reflects the weaknesses and human vices that are carefully hidden from others. Vanga believes that there is nothing wrong with such behavior, but the person is not making any attempts to improve the current situation.
Hasse's opinion
Dreaming about flooding the house
Turning to Hasse for help, you can see a completely opposite interpretation. The house contained all the most valuable things, but the sleeping person fails to influence the current situation - to a successful purchase or improvement of material well-being.
Hasse writes that the dream that occurred on the night of the 18th has the greatest power.
Possible plots
The purest stream is moving, but it is impossible to maintain balance - it will happen to become a victim of a robbery.
To be on a bridge over water is the beginning of a rapid career growth. Dream Interpretations describe an ideal picture of the future, filled with respect and good emotions. Colleagues will follow the advice, and the authorities will begin to give out generous rewards.
Soar above the water - to the easy and quick end of some business, despite the difficulties that arise. Never cheat yourself, because the scale of the problem may turn out to be negligible.
Hello friends
Today's article is for diving enthusiasts and those who decide to join them.
For everyone who first came to the blog, first of all I recommend that you familiarize yourself with this type of recreation for practicing.
If everything is in order with your health, at the next step it would be nice to get acquainted with, and operate.
You will also find a lot of interesting things in the articles from the heading.
For those who already know everything without me and are eager to dive under water, I inform you that starting from today's article, we will get acquainted (or remember) with diving techniques.
In future articles, we will look at ways to swim, dive, and more, and today we will start with ways to enter and exit the water.
It would seem, what is so difficult?
I answer: - Really, nothing! There are only a few nuances, depending on what surface you are going to dive from.
So let's go...
Before entering the water
First of all, we determine where it is better to enter the water, in what way and where it is better to leave it.
The sequence of actions is approximately as follows:
- we collect scuba gear and carry out a working one;
- we put the equipment on ourselves and help our friend to put it on;
- we open the shut-off valve of the cylinder, insert the mouthpiece into the mouth and take a couple - three breaths, making sure that air is supplied to the regulator;
It concerns general training to the entrance to the water. Further, depending on the place from which you dive, there are some differences.
Entrance from the dive boat (pier)
In addition to the equipment we put on, we put on a mask and fins.
Before entering the water, we make sure that there is no one under us.
First, if someone is under you, you can injure him with a balloon or own body, a person can lose consciousness, release the mouthpiece from his mouth and choke.
Secondly, you yourself can get injured.
So, we made sure. You can now enter the water in one of the following ways:
a) giant step
This method is suitable for entering from a high board (or pier), as the easiest and safest.
Holding the buckle with one hand (if there is one), and with the other hand, we take a big step forward, starting from the side.
If you do not hold the weight belt, when it hits the water, it can unfasten and sink, and if you do not hold the mask with the regulator, you can be left without a mask and front teeth.
Taking a giant step, we look forward - to the horizon.
After splashing down, we roll over onto our back and swim away from the boat a little so as not to hit the side and allow other divers to freely take their step into the abyss.
b) a soldier
If the board is very high from the water, when even a giant step is fraught with repulsion important parts body, use the entrance of the soldier.
As in the first case, we hold the mask with the regulator with one hand, the weight belt with the other, push off from the side and bring our legs together in flight, slightly bending them at the knees. In this case, the flippers should take a horizontal position.
When entering the water, the fins soften the blow and slow down the dive.
We also sail to the side.
c) somersault back
This method is more suitable when diving from a low side, such as a boat or catamaran.
To enter the water with a somersault, we sit on the side (edge) of the boat, with our backs to the water and, holding the mask with the regulator with our hand, we move further to the edge of the side, doing a somersault back.
We do all this carefully so as not to hit the board with our backs and not to catch on the balloon. At the same time, we bend our free arm in front of us, and tilt our head slightly to the chest.
On small boats, we enter the water somersault back simultaneously from two sides, otherwise we risk turning it over.
Having plunged, we also sail a little from the boat.
d) controlled entry from a sitting position
The method is suitable for entering calm water from a board or pier.
We sit on board (pier), facing the water, hanging our legs into it. We take the edge of the side (pier) with our hands and, adhering to them, smoothly slide into the water with a turn.
At the same time, we control our position, trying not to catch on the edge of the equipment.
We sail away from the board (pier) to the side.
d) going down the ladder
There is nothing complicated in this method either, its only feature is that you should not put on fins before entering the water.
Firstly, it will be inconvenient for you to go down the ladder, and secondly, you can slip in fins, break (tear, break) equipment and leave a lot of unpleasant marks on your body.
After descent into the water, a partner or instructor will give you fins (which, of course, you agreed in advance).
Sail a little to the side, put on fins and get ready to dive.
Entrance from the shore
Shore diving is one of the easiest in calm weather and at the same time one of the most difficult in heavy seas.
When the water is calm, we put on an aqualung and a weight belt on the shore, we take everything else with us. Having entered waist-deep, we equip ourselves in the water.
When excited, we additionally put on fins and enter the water with our backs forward (facing forward is unlikely to work). As soon as we have reached a depth sufficient to swim, we also swim backwards from the edge of the surf (there the excitement is not so strong) and put on a mask.
At the same time, it is advisable to keep the mouthpiece of the regulator in your mouth - this will not allow you to choke on water in which case.
In case of strong excitement, we put on all the equipment, including a mask and fins. We breathe through the regulator and, holding hands with a partner, we enter the water with our backs.
All this time we are watching the surf: when the wave rolls up, we stop and meet it, when it rolls back, we move on. As soon as the depth becomes sufficient for diving, we turn around, let go of our hands and swim away from the shore, avoiding the ridges (diving under them).
Getting out of the water
To get out of the water, we determine the most accessible and safe place.
a) to the bot
When entering a boat equipped with a ladder, it is best to remove the fins first. Pass them on to a partner on the bot or hang them on your hand.
If it is possible to remove the rest of the equipment and transfer it to the bot, we do it immediately, otherwise, we climb the ladder without removing the equipment and without pulling the mouthpiece of the regulator out of our mouths.
We completely remove the equipment only on the deck of the boat.
b) on the beach
When going ashore, we swim up to a depth where you can remove the fins, while standing on the bottom. We take off our flippers and, without taking off our equipment, go ashore.
Only after that we remove the equipment.
In heavy surf, let the waves carry you to the point where you can stand up. When taking off your fins, do not turn your face to the waves, you will be overturned.
In both cases, we keep the compensator inflated: even if you accidentally stumble and fall into the water, it will allow you to stay afloat.
That's all in a nutshell about how to get in and out of the water.
I hope I didn’t tell anything complicated and you shouldn’t have any problems.
That's why I say goodbye for today. Good luck with your diving.
Sincerely, Sergey Drozdov.
P. S. If you have any questions after reading the article, feel free to ask in the comments.
P. P. S. You can find the topics that will be revealed in the near future at.Swimming is good for health and physical development child. Children who regularly and moderately go in for swimming develop excellent posture increases lung capacity, strengthens nervous system. After swimming, children feel cheerful, their working capacity increases, their appetite and sleep improve. Sudden temperature changes associated with immersion of the body in cool water harden the body.
However, it is pointless to start learning to swim as long as the child is afraid of water. To quickly get used to the water, it is useful to spend water games for children- always in a shallow place, where the depth is knee-deep or slightly higher. Games are best played in the company of other children.
Water games for children
The game "Talking from the circle"
Children, standing in a shallow place, hold hands and walk in a circle, in the middle of which is the driver. At a signal, everyone runs ashore, and the driver tries to knock down the fleeing ones. It is impossible to salt someone who ran ashore or sat down and plunged into the water up to his neck.
Game for children "Pebbles"
At the bottom of the reservoir at a depth not exceeding the level of the knees of an adult, 10-15 pebbles are placed. On a signal, the children run into the water and each of them, picking up one pebble, takes it to the shore and puts it in his circle drawn in the sand. Then he runs into the water again for a pebble, etc. The one who collects the most pebbles wins. It is not allowed to take more than one stone at the same time.
Water game "Ball in a circle"
Children form a circle and throw a volleyball. The one who did not catch the ball thrown to him must quickly dip up to the neck and then pick up the ball.
By participating in such games, children quickly get used to water and stop being afraid of it. Then you can start exercises for children in water, on water, under water preparing for swimming, alternating them with games. Here are some of these exercises.
Exercises for children in water, on water, under water
Exercise 1: Enter waist-deep water, lean forward and, immersing your face in water, exhale through your mouth so that bubbles gurgle. The longer and more continuously the bubbles rise, the better the exercise is performed.
Exercise 2: Enter waist-deep water, take a deep breath and, immersed headlong, slowly and continuously blow bubbles. By doing this exercise, children will feel that the water is pushing them to the surface.
Exercise 3: Enter the water to the waist, stand facing the shore, take a deep breath and, pushing off with your feet, slide in the water, stretching your arms forward, lowering your face into the water and tightly connecting your outstretched legs (Figures 1a and 1b):
Exercise 4: Lie down with your chest down so that your legs are in the water, and your torso is on the shore. Quickly make alternating movements with your legs up and down. Rising up, the leg is slightly bent at the knee, lowering - it straightens.
Exercise 5: Resting on the bottom with your hands, lie down so that the water reaches the level of your mouth. Quickly make alternating movements with your legs, while trying not to strain. The leg raised up is slightly bent at the knee, and its heel protrudes from the water (Figure 2):
Exercise 6: Moving along the bottom of the arm, move forward, working with the legs in the same way as in exercise 4.
Exercise 7: Standing facing the shore, push off with your feet and lying down (as in Figure 1b) slide in the water, quickly working with your feet.
Exercise 8: Grab a short, specially prepared board with your hands (dimensions: length 60-70 cm, width 30 cm, thickness 3 cm) and swim along the coast, working with your feet (Figure 3):
Exercise 9: Enter the water up to your chest, stand with your back to the shore and, slightly pushing off from the bottom, lie on your back and swim to the shore, working with your feet (Figure 4):
Exercise 10: Stand on the shore, legs apart shoulder-width apart, and tilt your torso forward. Extend one hand forward, palm down, fingers together; take the other, freely bent at the elbow, back so that the forearm and hand hang completely freely.
From this starting position alternately paddle with your hands. When the outstretched hand makes a stroke, the other hand moves forward and, as if piercing imaginary water with the ends of the fingers, fully straightens.
Exercise 11: Repeat exercise 10, standing in chest-deep water and doing strokes under water (Figure 5):
Water crawl exercises
Having well mastered the exercises listed above in the water, children will be sufficiently prepared to master the simplest and most accessible way of swimming - “crawl without taking out hands”.
Learning to crawl in the water, it is necessary to repeat the preparatory for it all the time exercises, achieving ease and ease of movement and right position bodies in the water.
Crawl swimming without outreach is shown in Figure 6:
First, teach the child, supporting him by the waist, to correctly combine the movements of the arms and legs, lying in the water, swim to the shore, then along the shore and, finally, swim out to a deep place, accompanied by an adult skilled swimmer.
To swim in the crawl without extending your arms, you need to enter the water to the waist, push off from the bottom and slide in the water, as indicated in exercise 3. Then slowly raise your head, and the water reaches the level of the lips, and start working with your arms and legs, as in previously learned exercises. The movements of the hands should be unhurried: for one movement of the hands there are 6-8 movements of the legs. Breathe through your mouth while doing quick breath and slow and full exhalation. The body during crawl swimming lies freely in the water, there should not be a large deflection in the lower back, which is usually the result of excessive raising of the head above the water. All swimming movements are performed easily, non-stop, without sharp accelerations and decelerations.
Having mastered this way of swimming, children can learn to swim on their backs. When sliding on your back, you need to work with your legs in the same way as when swimming on your chest, while making sure that your knees do not rise out of the water; above it only the fingers of the left, then the right foot appear alternately. The swimmer lies horizontally in the water, holding his head straight so that the water reaches the level of his ears. The arms are freely extended along the body and make light raking movements with the hands and forearms.
Water safety for children
- First of all, consult a doctor, as the child’s health condition does not always allow swimming.
- You can start swimming and swimming at a water temperature of + 22 for children 7-11 years old and + 18 ° for children 12 years of age and older. If the child is completely healthy, tempered and bathes daily, then the temperature dosages can be slightly lowered in the future: for children 7-11 years old +18, for children 12 years old and older +16 °. However, when the water is cold, the duration of bathing should not exceed 2-3 minutes for children 7-11 years old and 3-5 minutes for children 12 years of age and older.
- If the water temperature corresponds to the usual norms or even warmer, then you can gradually increase the duration of bathing: for children 7-11 years old up to 15 minutes, for children 12 years old and older up to 25 minutes. Children should not be allowed to swim until they feel chills and blue lips. This is very harmful to health.
- Bathe and swim daily. Only on particularly cold days is a deviation from this rule allowed. In hot weather, it is recommended to swim three times a day: in the morning, after exercise, before the first breakfast - stay in the water for 1-3 minutes, an hour and a half before lunch - 15-25 minutes, at 5-6 pm - 5-10 minutes .
- Ensure that girls during periods of temporary illness do not bathe in cold water and did not swim.
- It is very important to prepare the child's body in advance for swimming in open water. To this end, teach the children to do daily morning exercises, completing it by wiping the body with water. Initially, the water temperature should be around 24°, then it gradually decreases to 18-22°. After a cold wiping, you need to thoroughly dry the body with a towel so that the skin turns red. Follow the same rule when swimming in open water.
- The best place for bathing children is a pond with an adjacent beach and a sloping sandy bottom. Make sure that there are no snags, piles, large stones, deep holes at the bottom. Above the bathing place there should be no sewage ditches and a watering place for livestock.
- Before immersion in water, the child should “cool down”, sitting quietly or lying on the beach. On sunny days, the child's head is covered with a light Panama hat or a white handkerchief. If the air is relatively cool (20-22 °), then before entering the water you need to warm up with movements, then calmly walk for 1-2 minutes and after that you dip.
- Usually, children who do not even know how to swim, after 2-5 baths, boldly enter the water. However, some children do not get used to the water for a long time, and it is difficult to encourage them to take a dip. A fearful child should not be forcibly dragged into the water. This will further strengthen his fear of an unfamiliar element. Encourage such children to swim and swim with stories from the life of sailors, personal example, as well as limiting the time during which the child must enter the water and take a dip. If, nevertheless, he does not dare to plunge into the water for 3-5 minutes, then bathing is replaced by wiping the body with water on the shore. The next time the child will show more determination, because he really wants to go into the water.
School-age children are much easier to learn to swim than an adult. Children of 9-12 years old are especially successful in mastering swimming, but even a seven-year-old and even a five-year-old child, with skillful training, usually learns to stay on the water after twelve to fourteen lessons. Games and exercises in water, on water, under water help children learn to swim.