Dedicated coaches at a sports academy in Belgrade provide free weekly swimming lessons for children with disabilities. In this way, the academy is doing its bit to ensure that sport is accessible to everyone.
00:00Bojan Počuća is on hand to support and guide these children even before their swimming lesson begins.
00:07Počuća helps children with disabilities learn basic swimming skills.
00:12Premature born babies and children with autism and Down syndrome come here twice a week.
00:19For these children, this pool is a safe and happy space.
00:23We are going to take this hand to the other side.
00:30The other hand is on hand, the head is looking down to the bottom.
00:33You are waiting for this hand to the other side.
00:38Bojan Počuća is founder of the Swimbo Sports Academy in Belgrade.
00:43His goal is to help these children improve their health and psychosocial skills.
00:48The lessons are completely free of charge.
00:51His greatest reward is the children's progress.
01:00It is not just what we give to them.
01:03We get a lot of it from them.
01:06This is a work that is a waste of time.
01:10Every day, every day, we meet each other.
01:17We are happy when we get to the Basin.
01:19This love we receive from children.
01:21We receive a lot of it from them.
01:26Parents also actively participate in the lessons and are a tremendous support to their children in the pool.
01:33Many of them don't miss a single session.
01:36My daughter is very happy.
01:41It is not only an activity in the pool, which is very happy.
01:47It is a great partnership.
01:49It is also a great partnership in the pool, before training and after training.
01:52It is really one of the activities we do.
01:55It is one of the activities we do.
01:56It is one of the activities we do.
01:58It is one of the activities we do.
02:02Nenad Glombic.
02:03Nenad Glombic is one of Serbia's leading experts on Autism.
02:08He says that swimming has a positive impact on the overall health and socio-emotional development of children with disabilities.
02:15Glombic notes that research has shown that first measurable positive effects of swimming on children with Autism can usually be seen after 10 weeks.
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02:35It is not only what is directly related to the swimming.
02:39The benefits are generalised on everyday life.
02:42The children are more flexible, agile, better muscle,
02:49better posture, the body's position, balance.
02:53The middle itself presents happiness for children
02:59with autism and other development.
03:03It is a time of day that allows them to continue.
03:13Here, it's not distances and times that count.
03:17What matters is the children's desire to connect,
