COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF SWIMMING ON THE GROWTH OF CHILDREN AGED 9-10 YEARS.

In the century of speed, technology has penetrated very deeply into people's lives, and exercising and the time they spend outside with and among friends have greatly diminished. Unfortunately, this trend also affects children who suffer very much from a lack of exercise, which draws attention to overweight problems, obesity, motor skills problems and so on, with direct effects on their appropriate development. The proper physical development is an important goal for children aged 9-10 years. Influencing it at a higher level can be intensified by practicing sport disciplines either as an extracurricular activity during their free time or as an activity within the vocational classes. In this study, we have tried to demonstrate that practicing a larger number of motor activities each week has a greater influence on some somatic parameters. And the more the required effort goes to the aerobic area, the more beneficial its influence is. For this purpose, we measured, from the anthropometric point of view, three different groups of children aged 9-10 attending a different number of practice sessions per week. The final results have demonstrated the importance of children's participation in more motor activities every week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]