In this conversation, we explore one of the biggest challenges in youth swimming: the transition from learn-to-swim lessons to competitive swimming.
While many children successfully complete swim lessons, far fewer continue into swim teams. We discuss why this gap exists, what skills young swimmers need before making the jump, and how creating a structured bridge program can help children build confidence, improve technique, and develop a lifelong love for the sport.
Kathryn Cole’s security camera caught the bear coming onto her deck and plopping down in the pool.
Alice Ferrari, 11, got her hair caught in the suction pump of a swimming pool in Sestri Levante. Admitted to Genoa’s Gaslini Hospital, she died last night. Her parents agreed to organ donation. A manslaughter investigation has been opened. The Genoa Prosecutor’s Office will only release the names of those under investigation after the autopsy results. In the last three months, five minors have died in swimming pools.
A young man died of apparent electrocution while swimming on Lake Vermillion, Minnesota Friday afternoon.
In this video, I’m taking you through the strength training that’s helped me compete at the highest level of swimming. I’ll walk through the lifts I prioritize, how we structure my gym sessions, and why each movement has a place in my program.
Whether you’re a swimmer looking to get faster or just interested in how an Olympic athlete trains, I hope this gives you some ideas you can apply to your own training.
Anyone who trains for triathlons knows that the most memorable workouts are the unplanned ones.
We arrived at the pool expecting just another normal swimming session. But a glance at the whiteboard was enough to realize that this day would be different.
The set was 50 x 100 meters.
At that moment, nobody knew exactly how the workout would end. The challenge wasn’t just physical. It was about maintaining technique when fatigue started to set in, controlling the mind, managing the pace, and continuing to put one stroke in front of the other.
This week on Southwold Scribblings, Janet shares a wonderfully honest and often hilarious story about growing up by the seaside, without ever learning to swim! From a woollen swimming costume knitted by her mum, to an unforgettable Duke of Edinburgh challenge, a Christmas Day rescue by the RNLI and finally taking the plunge with adult swimming lessons this September, this is a story about courage, laughter and proving it’s never too late to learn something new.
Members of the 1976 Australian Olympic swim team have returned to North Sydney Olympic pool to celebrate their 50-year reunion and revisit the venue that shaped their careers.
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Tzen will be swimming at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in July, as well as the 2026 Asian Games in September.
