Swimming as an effective way to strengthen the immunity of students

Preserving and strengthening the health of students is one of the most important tasks facing higher education. Swimming is an effective means of hardening the body and increasing the body's resistance to colds. Being in an aquatic environment and performing physical exercises in water is a powerful irritating factor for the human body, triggering the process of excitation of physiological processes that contribute to the emergence of adaptive reactions. In addition, through swimming, the cardiovascular and respiratory systems are trained, the musculoskeletal system is strengthened. In recent years, the number of various infectious diseases among students has increased, the causes of which are the deterioration of environmental conditions, increasing educational load on the body, poor nutrition and sedentary lifestyle. All this leads to deterioration of health and weakening of the immune system. One of the universal means of physical education is swimming. This work is aimed at solving the problem of strengthening immunity and preserving the health of students through swimming. The object of the study is sports training in the swimming section. The subject of the study is the level of physical fitness of students for swimming classes. The purpose of the study: to give a theoretical justification of physical fitness and to acquire knowledge in the field of swimming. The article analyzes the results of work on the study of the influence of swimming classes on the health and immune status of the body of students.