{"id":402778,"date":"2019-11-19T02:09:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T09:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=402778"},"modified":"2019-11-19T02:37:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T09:37:59","slug":"swimsafer-smarter-stronger-long-before-citius-altius-fortius-says-aussie-lifesaving-skill-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimsafer-smarter-stronger-long-before-citius-altius-fortius-says-aussie-lifesaving-skill-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"SwimSAFER, Smarter, Stronger Long Before Citius, Altius, Fortius, Says Aussie Lifesaving-Skill Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SwimSAFER, Smarter, Stronger A Lifesaving Skill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The four posters\u00a0released by <strong>SWIM Australia<\/strong> today to celebrate the 2019 Australia-wide \u201cSwimSAFER Week\u201d (November 19-25) say it all: swimming not only makes our kids safer but also smarter and stronger.<\/p>\n<p>The posters issued by Australia&#8217;s Industry Body for 600 Swim Schools illustrate key important lifesaving skills from learning to swim to the importance of making swimming fun.<\/p>\n<p>Long before thoughts of\u00a0<em>Citius, Altius, Fortius<\/em>, the need for and fun to be had in\u00a0<strong>SwimSAFER, Smarter, Stronger <\/strong>are summed up by the key message in the\u00a0SWIM Australia posters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Swim SAFER with adult supervision<\/li>\n<li>Floating is a LIFESAVING skill<\/li>\n<li>Learning to swim is great FAMILY time and;<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMonkey monkey\u201d is a LIFESAVING skill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SWIM Australia CEO<\/strong> and former elite Australian swim coach <strong>Gary Toner says:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSwimming should be about having sensible fun, first and foremost but is very much a necessary and potentially a lifesaving skill,\u201d Toner said as kids and teachers from \u201cLearn to Swim\u201d schools across the country gear up to take the plunge on the eve of summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt is a lesson that should be formally learned from as young as four months, under the guidance of a qualified teacher and at a registered Swim Australia swim school.\u00a0We believe that these posters will illustrate the important skills of learning to swim that make you safer around water and the importance of making swimming fun.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOther resources available for swim schools and families include certificates, stickers, colouring and activity sheets, water safety guides and social media images.\u00a0For a long time, we\u2019ve personally watched the benefits young children can experience physically, emotionally and socially, simply by learning to swim.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBut now it\u2019s very exciting to finally reveal proof, pinpointing the holistic advantages assisted by swimming from a young age.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_402782\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402782\" data-attachment-id=\"402782\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimsafer-smarter-stronger-long-before-citius-altius-fortius-says-aussie-lifesaving-skill-campaign\/swimaustralialifesavingskill3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"swimaustralialifesavingskill3\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;swimaustralialifesavingskill3&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: SWIM Australia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill3-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill3-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-402782\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill3-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"swimaustralialifesavingskill3\" width=\"267\" height=\"190\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-402782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: SWIM Australia<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Smarter<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cRecent world first research \u2013 performed by <strong>Griffith Institute for Educational Research<\/strong>, and part funded by Swim Australia \u2013 proved regular and ongoing pool practice from a young age, could make kids Smarter,&#8221; says Toner.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAround 7000 parents of children aged five years and under &#8211; from Australia, New Zealand and the US &#8211; were surveyed, and found children who had learned how to swim from a young age, were anywhere from six to 15 months ahead of the normal population, when it came to cognitive skills, problem solving in mathematics, counting, language and following instructions.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_402781\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402781\" data-attachment-id=\"402781\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimsafer-smarter-stronger-long-before-citius-altius-fortius-says-aussie-lifesaving-skill-campaign\/swimaustralialifesavingskill2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"swimaustralialifesavingskill2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;swimaustralialifesavingskill2&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill2-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill2-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-402781\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill2-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"swimaustralialifesavingskill2\" width=\"294\" height=\"210\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-402781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Swim Australia<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Stronger<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Associate Professor, Peter Reaburn from Central Queensland University<\/strong> confirms that swimming can certainly make children stronger:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cRegular physical activity in childhood provides the foundation for an active lifestyle:\u00a0Swimming improves strength because it provides resistance training in the water and improves cardiovascular fitness.\u00a0It stimulates the heart, lungs and muscles to not only improve circulation to working muscles, but it increases the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood and the muscle\u2019s ability to take up and use oxygen for energy production.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSwimSAFER Week is a valuable tool and an exciting part of our annual calendar. It helps us better educate the community on the importance of learning to swim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swim Australia says swimming year-round, learning and abiding by vital water safety skills, and participating in the Swim SAFER Week, will not only help kids become safer, smarter and stronger in and around water, but in everyday life as well.<\/p>\n<h2>Griffith University&#8217;s Research<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_402780\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402780\" data-attachment-id=\"402780\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimsafer-smarter-stronger-long-before-citius-altius-fortius-says-aussie-lifesaving-skill-campaign\/swimaustralialifesavingskill1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"swimaustralialifesavingskill1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;swimaustralialifesavingskill1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt; Photo Courtesy: SWIM Australia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill1-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-402780\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"swimaustralialifesavingskill1\" width=\"259\" height=\"185\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-402780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: SWIM Australia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back in 2012-13, research led by <strong>Griffith University <\/strong>in a four-year project entitled <strong><i>Early Years Swimming, Adding Capital to Young Australians<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0demonstrated more advanced cognitive and physical abilities than other children.<\/p>\n<p>The findings of the four-year project\u00a0by the <strong>Griffith Institute for Educational Research<\/strong>,<strong> Laurie Lawrence\u2019s Kids Alive Swim Program<\/strong> and<strong> SWIM Australia<\/strong>, which\u00a0funded the work, surpassed expectations and indicated that swimming children have many advantages when starting school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we expected the children to show better physical development and perhaps be more confident through swimming, the results in literacy and numeracy really shocked us,\u201d lead researcher<strong> Professor Robyn Jorgensen<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe children were anywhere from six to 15 months ahead of the normal population when it came to cognitive skills, problem solving in mathematics, counting, language and following instructions.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Researchers surveyed parents of 7000 children aged five years old and under from Australia, New Zealand and the US. In Australia, more than 120 swimming lessons in 40 swim schools in Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria were observed as part of the project, summed up in this 2013 launch:<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Swimming a smart move for kids\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Pu_ZPQFwP0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Parents reported back on their children\u2019s development and the information was weighed against the expected progression of children through established milestones.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Jorgensen said that as well as achieving physical milestones faster, the swimming children scored significantly better in visual-motor skills such as cutting paper, colouring-in and drawing lines and shapes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_402783\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402783\" data-attachment-id=\"402783\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimsafer-smarter-stronger-long-before-citius-altius-fortius-says-aussie-lifesaving-skill-campaign\/swimaustralialifesavingskill4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"swimaustralialifesavingskill4\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;swimaustralialifesavingskill4&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: SWIM Australia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill4-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill4-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-402783\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swimaustralialifesavingskill4-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"swimaustralialifesavingskill4\" width=\"252\" height=\"180\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-402783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: SWIM Australia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Parental bias is inevitable. A core group of 176 3-5-year-old children was involved in a more intensive assessment process using internationally approved testing methods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn average, these children were eleven\u00a0months ahead of the normal population in Oral Expression, six months ahead in Mathematics Reasoning and two months ahead in Brief Reading,\u201d Professor Jorgensen said.\u201cHowever, most amazing was the difference in Story Recall (17 months ahead) and Understanding Directions (20 months ahead).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThese are absolutely staggering results, especially when you consider the average age of the swimming kids we tested was just 50 months.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Australian swimming coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-night-duncan-armstrong-became-the-dragon-slayer-and-laurie-lawrence-embodied-a-caged-animal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laurie Lawrence, mentor to Duncan Armstrong<\/a> and many others, \u00a0weighed in with:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis is mind-blowing stuff because\u00a0it confirms\u00a0the importance of swimming lessons beyond water safety alone.\u00a0It proves that swimming truly does provide added capital to children\u2019s lives by helping them socially, physically, cognitively and emotionally.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The research was shared with Federal and State governments but the messages therein take time to filter through. SWIM Australia&#8217;s latest poster campaign for <strong>SwimSAFER week<\/strong> aims to turn the pump up on that filter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SwimSAFER, Smarter, Stronger A Lifesaving Skill The four posters\u00a0released by SWIM Australia today to celebrate the 2019 Australia-wide \u201cSwimSAFER Week\u201d (November 19-25) say it all: swimming not only makes our<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5440,"featured_media":402779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[117150,117149,117148,16438,117125,117126],"class_list":["post-402778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-adding-capital-to-young-australians","tag-early-years-swimming","tag-gary-toner","tag-griffith-university","tag-swim-australia","tag-swimsafer-week"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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