Parents, but also coaches are wrong when they insist on putting on swimming fins to children at the very start, thinking that they will help the children learn how to swim more easily. What will happen once you take them off? How good are children at swimming when you take off the fins? Is putting on swimming fins to our children a good or a bad thing? When is the right time to put them on and why? When are swimming fins good, and when do they make it harder for children to l

Roditelji, ali i treneri greše kada na startu stave peraja deci kako bi lakše i brže naučila da plivaju. Šta kada im skinete peraja? Koliko su tada stvarno plivači? Da li deci stavljanjem peraja pomažemo ili odmažemo? Kada je pravo vreme deci staviti peraja i zašto? Kada peraja pomažu, a kada odmažu deci dok uče da plivaju? Peraja stvarno mogu pomoći u određenoj fazi plivanja kod dece, ali ne i na samom početku, kada tek uče da plivaju. Evo i primera: Od kada je počeo da pliv

She used to swim and win medals as a junior swimmer. Today, more than two decades later, she is still in the world of swimming, educating professional swimmers in Croatia and beyond. In her career as a swim coach she devoted herself to the youngest ones, especially children having degenerative spinal and hip problems. For Swimming Dad as our #Blog guest, Mare Pamuković is telling us her story about flat feet and about whether and how swimming can help the children suffering f

Kao juniorka je plivala i osvajala medalje. Danas, više od dve decenije bavi se plivanjem, edukacijom stručnog plivačkog kadra u Hrvatskoj i šire. Kroz plivačku trenersku karijeru posvetila se najmlađima, posebno deci koja imaju problema sa degenerativnim promenama kičme, kukova. Za Swimming Dad kao #Blog gost, Mare Pamuković pričasvoju priču o ravnim stopalima, ali, i da li i kako plivanje može deci da olakša svaki korak sa ravnim tabanima? Kao i, da li deca koja se bave pli

Can flat feet be treated or not? There are various studies about this. Are fallen arches in children an inborn or acquired deformity? There are different views from different perspectives. Can we actually prevent the phenomenon of flat feet in children or not? Here I won’t give you the answer to this question, but I will try to explain the exercises you could do in the water in order to prevent flat feet in children. I will remind you that swimming itself can be beneficial fo

Da li se ravni tabani leče ili ne? Postoje najrazličitije studije. Da li su spuštena stopala kod dece stečena ili urođena? Odgovor i na ovo pitanje stručnjaci često objašnjavaju iz različitog ugla. Da li se može uopšte sprečiti pojava ravnih stopala kod dece? U nastavku neću odgovoriti na ovo pitanje, ni na prva dva, već ću pokušati da vam ukažem kako kroz vežbice u vodi i plivanjem možete preventivno delovati na dečija stopala. Podsetiću vas kako plivanjem možete detetu olak

It’s impossible to give the right answer to this question, because every child is unique and has different dynamics in learning how to swim. Some people learn how to swim and float at the age of two, some do it at the age of twenty-two, and some don’t even at the age of fifty-five. I know many parents who would like their children to learn how to swim right away, and swim from one pool’s edge to another after the second swimming lesson, and win a medal after only one month o

Nemoguće je dati tačan odgovor na ovo pitanje, jer svako dete je jedinstveno i samim tim uči da pliva različitim tempom. Neko nauči da pliva, održava se u vodi sa dve godine, neko sa dvadesetdve, a neko tek sa pedesetpet uđe do članka. Znam dosta roditelja, koji bi već sutra da im dete zapliva, prepliva bazen nakon drugog časa, izroni medalju nakon mesec dana… Plivanje, kao bilo koja druge veština koja se uči, je proces. Praksa je pokazala da što ranije vaše dete stupi u kont