Like many children from nonwhite households (I’m half-Japanese, half-Polish), learning to swim was simply not a priority.

Like the Robinsons, many people have their own reasons for wanting to learn. Some adults want to learn skills to be able to swim freestyle for their health, Green said. Others because of water safety.

Most triathletes focus exclusively on learning how to swim freestyle. The thinking often goes that because freestyle is what is used on race day, that's the only stroke that needs to be practiced ...

View a side-by-side comparison. In the end, you should learn a few strokes. The standard strokes every swim coach teaches are a good start (freestyle/breaststroke), then advance to the military ...

I didn’t learn how to swim freestyle. That sad state of affairs held for nearly 20 more years. What changed? As a family, we’ve spent much of the past two summers at the pool.

Admitting you can't swim in a nation girt by sea can be embarrassing. Learning to swim as an adult is difficult, but it's far from impossible. Here's where to start.

The Wiregrass Aquatics Club (WAC) may be a small team, but this group of young swimmers with a passion for water practices ...

While watching the swimmers learn freestyle and flip onto their backs in the pool during the last class, Meier said that the courage, joy and progress he’s seen during these lessons is “magical.” ...

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Also, I didn’t learn how to swim freestyle. That sad state of affairs held for nearly 20 more years. What changed? As a family, we’ve spent much of the past two summers at the pool.

Like the Robinsons, many people have their own reasons for wanting to learn. Some adults want to learn skills to be able to swim freestyle for their health, Green said. Others because of water safety.