I applied to join the Swim England North East Region Youth Forum because I love swimming and I wanted the opportunity to give back to the sport by taking part. I would like to gain more experience in volunteering, teamwork and leadership. I would love to represent my sport as I believe that I have been dedicated to swimming for many years and I would be a good representative.
I’ve been doing swimming from 6 years old when I learnt to swim and since I have gained experience in training, competitions and I have also assisted coaching in sessions with younger swimmers as a part of my Duke of Edinburgh Award. I am very outspoken and confident to always give me opinion. I would like to share my following thoughts for others to read and consider:
Why I feel that joining a swimming club will benefit you:
Firstly, a swimming club will provide you with a welcoming, supportive environment. This gives you the opportunity to express your personality and make life-long friendships.
Secondly, coaches will help improve confidence and skills in the water, which will benefit you in the future when potentially getting a job in the swimming industry.
Thirdly, a swimming club provides the opportunity to build the self-esteem of a child because of the supportive, encouraging environment. This can also benefit the child inside and outside the pool.
Swimmers will develop a sense of commitment and dedication to training which will help them in the future when having to face challenges. As well as this, children gain social skills like communication and social interaction skills.
In addition, a huge life skill which benefits everyone whether it’s at school, hobbies or generally becoming a better learner is the improved concentration you gain at swimming.
Why I Believe That Swimming Will Benefit You:
I feel that swimming will benefit you physically, mentally and skilfully.
Firstly, water is 800 times denser than the air. Therefore, moving through water swimming is an incredible workout which engages all your muscles. It improves strength, tones your muscles and it also increases metabolism. Metabolism is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms. This means that if you can control your diet after your swim, muscles will become stronger during the day even if you’re sat still.
Secondly, swimming allows you to aerobically engage your body and your heart rate is elevated for a sustained period of time.
Thirdly, you get the benefits of muscle engagement and aerobic activity without the high pounding impact of lifting weights. This means that swimming is an accessible sport for all ages, injuries and disabilities.
Also, swimming improves self-confidence and there’s many benefits for children with a lack of confidence and opportunity to take part in sport.
Another reason is that it also can improve sleep, because studies have shown that exercise helps you stay asleep for a longer period of time at night. As well as this, because you use so many of your muscles during swimming, your body is tired over various body parts. This means that it is much easier to fall asleep. Especially for children, a deep, restful night’s sleep will benefit you academically, socially and will increase better performance during swimming.
In addition, swimming will also boost your mood because when you generally exercise your body releases endorphins in your brain which makes you feel happier, and these endorphins also help increase self-confidence and self-esteem.
Mentally, it’s a great way to manage stress. Swimming is an awesome way to escape from the world and focus without negative distractions.
Details of the Swim England North East Region Youth Forum, including how to apply, are available by clicking here.
