THE PECULIARITIES OF CARRYING OUT SWIMMING TRAINING AMONG CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION OF 11-12 YEARS OLD

For several years the problem of increasing the effectiveness of training and swimming in children with mental retardation is in the focus of scientific research (T.V. Ermilova, 2012; T.A. Protchenko, 2007; E.S. Zhukova, 2012; B.A. Aikin, 2010 and others.) However, currently there is a trend of growth in the number of children with disabilities, including children with specific developmental delays and mental retardation. Thus, according to G.F. Morozova (2008), the number of children under 18 years with a diagnosis from 2005 to 2008 increased by 4 % and amounted to about 1 million people. Swimming has a unique, inherent only to the sport, influence on the body due to the properties of the aquatic environment dramatically different from the properties of the air environment common to man. Swimming lessons has an impact on almost all organs and systems of the body. Teaching students swimming in our country goes on the line of average educational institutions, and youth sports schools. In addition, swimming is included in the process of physical education in children’s recreation camps, especially in summer.

mental retardation, physical abilities, adaptive swimming, individual approach, physical exercises