All sports teach athletes life lessons that they carry with them for the rest of their lives. Swimmers go through experiences that help them learn and grow not only as athletes, but as people, too.

Soaking wet and smiling as they stood poolside at the Walter Graham Aquatic Center in Vacaville, mother and daughter Maria Alvarez and Sue Ortiz shared more than just their participation in the Adult ...

BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Ravens and Government Employees Health Association are launching a new program with the Y in Central Maryland to help tackle the barriers to water safety by launching their ...

The USA Swimming Foundation, the philanthropic arm of USA Swimming, today announced its initial round of 2024 Learn-to-Swim Grant program funding. It awarded $780,000 to 162 swim lesson providers ...

The World's Largest Swimming Lesson™ (#WLSL) mobilizes hundreds of aquatic facilities across six continents in a synchronized 24-hour event designed to teach critical water safety skills to children ...

In her 35 years as a psychologist, NTNU researcher Audrey van der Meer has studied everything from baby swimming to what ...

A group of young swimmers jumped into the pool with an Olympic champion Saturday to learn about the importance of staying safe while in and around the water. Team USA Men's Olympic gold medal swimmer ...

In urban India, swimming is seen as more of a relaxing activity one partakes in on holidays, rather than a survival skill that people should know. Lack of public pools and swimming infrastructure in ...

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Swimmers in Pittsford are trying to break a world record as part of the World’s Largest Swim Lesson. The group coordinated hundreds of swimming facilities around the world to have a ...

For 22 years, Janet Parker has brought freedom of movement to disabled children and young adults. She believes a backyard swimming pool is one of the best ways to do so. Parker teaches a two-week swim ...

There are fears that children will have nowhere to learn to swim if a Shrewsbury pool closed. The Quarry Swimming and Fitness ...