As a teenager in high school in Southern California, I took swimming as one of my physical education classes. The first day the teacher assessed everyone’s ability level. He discovered that two of our ...

Teaching kids about water safety and building their confidence! That’s the goal of The Josh Project, which started its fall ...

Life’s unexpected challenges can sometimes bring about some of its biggest blessings. At the age of 9, young Thurman Thomas attended a party with his baseball team. But, the little boy nearly lost his ...

DEAR HELOISE: We live in Arizona, and my husband wanted to put a pool in our backyard. I agreed only if all three kids learned to swim and my husband agreed to teach them. Three years after the pool ...

Little Fins Swim School in Colorado Springs teaches kids and adults how to swim, but they focus on keeping you and your kids safe in the water.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Some of the best swimmers on the planet are from right here on the First Coast. And while swimming is a sport that can lead someone to the top of the podium, it's also an activity ...

As parents, we want to know how to teach our babies to swim because the desire to see, feel or hear water is universal. People from all walks of life seek its soothing yet refreshing nature. Water ...

In the drowning prevention community, we dread hearing the other F-word: floaties. These seemingly innocuous devices give responsible parents a false sense of security with the assumption that the ...

Millions of people flock to beaches to dip their toes in the water, and scores more spend afternoons exploring the depths of backyard pools. Upon being introduced to the water, younger children may be ...

Well before the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials open at Lucas Oil Stadium and well after they are over, the event will have a long-term impact on Indianapolis. Thanks to an agreement between the Indiana ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Kids in the Good Life City are getting the chance to have free swim lessons with Coroner Michael Fowler and the Albany YMCA’s Swim for Life Program. The Swim for Life Program has ...