Learning to swim is both a survival skill, and a good way to get exercise. We'll give instructions on how to do certain strokes, as well as beginning tips for adults and kids.

The kids at the Patchogue YMCA on Long Island are among the thousands of kids worldwide who are learning how to swim. It is an international effort to set the fifth world record as the world's ...

It is serious, this business of teaching infants to swim. Along the concrete sidelines of the pool, the parents sit, mentally working with their children in the water.

Long before they become competent, able to swim laps, children are learning basic safety skills. For Mindy Dennison, it was important for her three children.

African-American children are less involved in competitive swimming when compared to their white peers, comprising only 1 percent of USA Swimming membership. Some reasons African-American kids don ...