Whether in indoor playgrounds or outdoors, you can see children playing on swings. Swings are very popular among children. For children, swings are not only a sport, but also a form of leisure and entertainment.
Is swinging a good sport?
Swinging is certainly a good sport. Swinging can increase heart rate and burn calories. When children play on the swing, they need to use leg muscles and arm muscles to maintain balance. The use of muscles can enhance children's muscle strength and improve their motor skills. In general, swinging is an aerobic activity that exercises the whole body, which can promote children's physical growth and development and is a good choice for children.
Benefits of swinging for children
Burn calories
When swinging, the muscles of the child's legs, waist, arms and shoulders are all involved in the exercise. Children need to use their leg muscles to push the swing to swing. During the swing, the arm and shoulder muscles should be kept tense to grasp the swing rope, maintain body balance and control the swing direction. The contraction and relaxation of these muscles require energy consumption, thereby promoting calorie burning.
And the exercise time on the swing is positively correlated with the amount of calories burned. The longer the child swings, the more calories he consumes. If a child swings for 30 minutes straight, the body will burn more calories than a child who swings for only 10 minutes. Heavier children need to expend more energy to move their bodies when swinging, so they usually burn more calories than lighter children. A child weighing 40 kg and a child weighing 30 kg swing at the same intensity and time, and the 40 kg child will consume more calories.
Promote brain development
When swinging, the child's body is constantly shaking and changing, and the vestibular system of the brain will continuously receive movement information and transmit this information to the brain. By processing this information, the brain can better perceive the body's position in space, direction of movement, and speed, etc., thereby helping children improve their sense of balance and spatial perception.
And the vestibular system has extensive neural connections with multiple areas in the brain, such as the cerebellum, brainstem, cerebral cortex, etc. When children swing, the constant stimulation of the vestibular system can promote the development and strengthening of these neural connections, making the transmission of neural signals between different brain regions more efficient, and helping to promote the coordinated development of the brain.
Developing sensory systems
When swinging on the swing, children's vision is constantly changing, and the surrounding scenery passes by quickly. They need to quickly adjust their visual focus and track moving objects, which helps to improve children's dynamic visual ability, so that they can more keenly capture the information of objects in motion. When children are watching sports games or participating in some games that require visual tracking, they can better keep up with the movement trajectory of objects. .
Due to the movement of the swing, the propagation direction and intensity of the sound around the child will also change constantly. Children need to judge the source and direction of the sound according to the changes in the sound, which helps to improve children's sound positioning ability, so that they can more accurately judge the direction of the sound in daily life, and can quickly determine the direction of the sound and respond.
Improve balance ability
When swinging, the swing is in a state of constant swinging, and the child on the swing needs to adjust the body posture and center of gravity in real time according to the swing's movement rhythm and direction. When the swing swings forward, the child should lean back slightly and adjust the leg posture, and lean forward when swinging backward, and keep the body balanced on the swing through constant fine-tuning. The child's sense of balance can be exercised and improved in a constantly changing environment.
When children swing, the shaking of their bodies and the acceleration and deceleration movements will strongly stimulate the vestibular organs, causing them to continuously send signals about the body's position and movement status to the brain. After receiving these signals, the brain will respond quickly and maintain the body's balance by adjusting the contraction and relaxation of muscles. Long-term swinging can make the brain's vestibular system more sensitive and efficient, and can enhance children's perception and adjustment of body balance.
Release emotions and relieve stress
Usually, swinging is mostly outdoors, such as parks, community gardens, etc. Children can get close to nature, breathe fresh air and appreciate the surrounding flowers, plants, trees and other natural landscapes when swinging. The natural environment itself has the function of relieving stress and relaxing the mood. In this environment, children can forget their worries and release their inner stress and negative emotions. During the swing, children will feel the breeze on their faces. This physical tactile experience can bring a refreshing and comfortable feeling, further enhancing the effect of relaxation. The breeze can soothe children's body and mind, making them more cheerful.
Promote social interaction
In parks or playgrounds, multiple children usually take turns to use the swings, which requires them to learn to wait and understand that everyone has the right to play. Children will consciously line up and swing when it is their turn. This can make children understand the order and rules and cultivate patience and self-discipline. And when children swing together, they will help each other push the swings, and then the two will exchange. In this way, children can experience the joy of cooperation and enhance their cooperation ability. Swinging provides children with an opportunity to make new friends. In the process of playing together, they will introduce themselves to each other and make more friends.
Exercise and play with the Tongle play swing
Swings are a interesting children's playground equipment. When designing swings, we need to pay attention to the safety of children when using them, and we can provide swings suitable for children of different ages. If you want to add swings in schools, parks or playgrounds, you can contact us for design.
