While children are more likely to drown in bathtubs or swimming pools, adults often drown in natural bodies of water such as ...

Teaching adults how to swim is different from teaching kids. Increased muscle mass causes adults to sink faster, and, unlike younger children, adults may have more understanding that drowning is ...

INDIANAPOLIS – A program aimed at teaching adults to how to swim is saving hundreds of lives, with the goal of saving even more. In the United States, there are 10 drownings every day. About 70% ...

At the YMCA, trained instructors teach all ages and abilities how to swim, including an adult swim class student, Anitha Balachandran, who’s in her 40s.

A Marin nonprofit partnership is expanding its free youth learn-to-swim classes and pool access programs to adults. Jeremy Engman, executive director of Soma Aquatics Foundation, said existing ...

Melon Dash has been teaching swimming to adults afraid to get into the water for decades, in a world where swim instruction focuses mostly on kids. But three out of four drowning deaths involve ...

Knowing how to swim can help you have fun at the pool or beach this summer. But it could also save your life. Here are some tips to start swimming at any age.

A dire shortage of lifeguards has prompted the city to once again cancel adult lap swim at public pools. It’s the third consecutive summer that the popular program for adults to swim unimpeded ...