You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. In the drowning prevention community, we dread hearing the other F-word: ...

Building trust with your furry friends is truly worthwhile and essential, especially when you’re teaching them something new, and the results are much more gratifying than expected. This video of a ...

Peggy Konzack has taught generations of babies how to swim at her local YMCA — and she doesn't plan on slowing down anytime soon Courtesy of Amber Gries Peggy Konzack and one of her students Meet the ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As we get ready for summer, pool and water safety becomes top of mind for parents. Drowning is the leading cause of death in children under the age of 4, and it can happen in an ...

BOARDMAN — Hot weather has finally arrived in the Mahoning Valley and beyond, and something a lot of children will be doing during the summer months to cool off, whether at home or on vacation, is ...

WORKWEEK. THE FORECAST FOR YOU AHEAD. THANKS, HALEY. A NEW MARKET WOMAN IS ABOUT TO HEAD TO CENTRAL AMERICA TO TEACH HER PASSION OF SWIMMING TO OTHERS. 26 YEAR OLD AUDREY DOBSON IS A SWIM INSTRUCTOR ...

The snow is melting, and the cold temperatures are warming up, which can only mean one thing: summer is coming! Summer and ...

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 ...

The Youngstown Lifeguard Academy teaches teens from the city how to swim and then trains them to be lifeguards, keeping the city's last remaining public swimming pool staffed and safe. When Kevin ...

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 ...

This article was originally published on July 16, 2025. When Kevin Tarpley was a young lifeguard in the ‘70s, the city of Youngstown had almost a dozen public swimming pools. “You had a pool on every ...