Olympic swimmer Tom Dean has launched a new initiative to get more children in the water to learn how to swim. The three-time gold medallist visited Birtley Community Pool in Gateshead to kick off the ...

CHILDREN FROM DROWNING IS HAPPENING TODAY. IT’S CALLED THE WORLD’S LARGEST SWIMMING LESSON. THAT’S RIGHT. IT’S ALL IN AN EFFORT TO TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO SWIM TO PREVENT A TRAGEDY. OUR YASMINE JULMISSE ...

Watching a child learn how to swim is like witnessing a great opera. The maestro of this emotional orchestra is Bill Marsh. Swimming is the closest human beings will ever get to flying. And there is ...

WASHINGTON — There's a global movement to combat childhood drowning, and 30 pools across D.C. are participating Friday. The World's Largest Swim Lesson is open to children ages 6 to 12 and will ...

The new data shows that swimming lessons are giving children the confidence, focus and resilience they need to manage the challenges of school life and beyond. As thousands of children across England ...

“A Swim Lesson,” a documentary short film directed by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, has been picked up for distribution starting this fall. The film will get its broadcast premier on POV on PBS on ...

The state received 18,207 applications for the swimming vouchers last fiscal year and awarded nearly 5,000 to lower-income ...

Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones always loved the water, the type of kid who played in the tub until he was pruney — but he wasn't always a swimming pro. In fact, a near-drowning experience as a ...

The seventh season of “POV Shorts” will include Rashida Jones and Will McCormack’s “A Swim Lesson.” About swim coach Bill Marsh, the 20-minute doc, which recently debuted at the Telluride Film ...

Ask a parent about swimming lessons in Asheville and you’re bound to get an earful of complaints. Not enough public pools. Inconvenient class times. A lack of private instructors. Seemingly endless ...

Swimming lessons are doing far more than teaching children a life-saving skill, says new research from Swim England’s #LoveSwimming campaign, with the latest wave of the campaign aiming to encourage ...