The use of recreational swimming in the process of training with children of pre-school age with mental retardation

Abstract

In the process of bathing, infants are immersed in an aquatic environment that is close to them from birth, and the presence of a swimming reflex and diving determines these motor acts with which they come into the world and this positively affects their subsequent development. Learning to swim has a beneficial effect on the physical and motor development of children.

The purpose of the study: to develop an experimental methodology for recreational swimming in the process of training with preschool children with mental retardation.

Research methods and organization: analysis and generalization of data from scientific and methodological sources; diagnostics of the functional state: heart rate (HR), Stange test and respiratory rate (RR); diagnostics of physical fitness in tests: 30 m run, long jump from a place, throwing a small ball for a distance, M.E. Romberg and torso tilt forward from a sitting position; diagnostics of the psycho-emotional state: Luscher test and CAT test; survey of parents; pedagogical supervision; math statistics.