News from ADMS and USMS
Four children from Como, a historically African-American community in Fort Worth, drowned in 2015, deaths that led ...
The headlines in Fort Worth, Texas, had been harrowing. Several fatal drownings, including one of a Masters swimmer who had been swimming in a...
Aaron Taylor struggled to find students for adult learn-to-swim classes at his Sarasota, Fla., YMCA branch for the first three months of the year...
Sarasota (Fla.) Y Sharks Swimmer Bill Ewell completed the U.S. Masters Swimming’s adult learn-to-swim instructor certification course in 2016 and...
Steve Woolson was one of 29 people who signed up for adult learn-to-swim classes offered in April at a YMCA in Sarasota, Fla. Members of the...
On the morning of our last lesson, it was dark when we met. This was the earliest I’ve seen Mari at the pool, and she was ready to go. It turned...
I consider myself a free spirit. I love exploration, freedom, and change. I’ve never liked feeling restrained, and not knowing how to swim was...
In this second installment of Mari Soliman's Adult Learn-to-Swim Story, USMS catches up with USMS-certified ALTS instructor Megan Lassen to...
In this second installment of Mari Soliman's Adult Learn-to-Swim Story, USMS catches up with Mari to talk about how her swimming lessons with...
A few weeks ago while coaching a Saturday morning practice, I had the chance to meet Mari Soliman on deck. Right away, I thought, “She looks like...
Exploring and learning are two verbs that describe what I try to do daily. It’s in my nature to be curious and to discover what is unknown to me....
It’s our final swimming lesson. My instructor, Chris Holley, and I have met eight times in four weeks. Today is test day, and I’m nervous.
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Driving to my first swim lesson, a million thoughts were swimming through my head:
What the heck am I doing? Is it too late to change...
What is it like to learn to swim as an adult? We asked journalist and nonswimmer Jerry McCormick to document his journey as...
