Starting from the definition of the didactic game, one can observe how this harmoniously combines the instructive and educational aspect of children teaching with its fun part. From this perspective, the incidence of this type of game in swimming teaching at an early age is beneficial, especially because of the involvement in the teaching process of the physiological resources of children as well as the pedagogical ones of the teachers/trainers, focused on the transformation of the extrinsic motivations of both the parts involved in the teaching/learning process into intrinsic ones. Here arises a favorable situation in which the quality, the efficiency and the learning speed of swimming will know a notable increase. Thus, children who are encouraged to learn to swim through methods in which games and racing prevail, in association with the specific tasks of the didactical game, learn to swim in a pleasant manner, avoiding monotony and stereotyping. Trainers/teachers who are appreciated by children and by the other members of the staff, who are respected by colleagues and children, who use their experience in a constructive manner and take into account the particularities of each child will obtain notable results in the initiation activity, achieving faster and better results than expected.
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