Your parents may be to thank - or to blame - for how you respond to swim workouts, and the genes responsible are slowly being identified. Beyond physical traits, there ... Read More

The American Red Cross has recently released its new Lifeguarding program. Find out everything you need to know to implement this innovative new program at your aquatic facility. The new ... Read More

Marathon swimmer Martin Strel has chosen a big one this time - he plans to swim the length of the Amazon River. The Amazon Swim, all 3,375 miles (5,430 kms) ... Read More

Fourteen divers have been selected to represent the United States at the 2007 FINA World Championships. Among the divers selected to the team are two-time Olympians Laura Wilkinson (Spring, Texas) ... Read More

Researchers have shown that swimmers can improve their swimming endurance and breathing capacity through training of the respiratory muscles. Swimmer who followed a resistance-breathing training program improved their respiratory muscle ... Read More

Bill Sweetenham, the former Australian swimming coach and the current Britain national performance director, said he would be surprised if Ian Thorpe did not return to swimming competition. Thorpe announced ... Read More

So exactly how will AstralPool build a temporary swimming pool that will be used for the 12th FINA World Championships in Melbourne from 17 March to 1 April 2007? The ... Read More

Open Water Marathon Swimmer Ned Denison reports on his successful swim crossing from Santa Cruz Island to Santa Barbara, California. Swimming 20-miles in the open ocean is not for every ... Read More

So it's too hot to walk or run outside in the summer, you say? Don't feel like riding a bike or playing tennis in the brutal heat? Do you want ... Read More

The International Swimming Hall of Fame's (ISHOF) film and video archive, which dates to the 1920's, is the most extensive and comprehensive in the world. You can view classic swimming, ... Read More

Michael Phelps went 1-for-3 Sunday night at the Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming, swimming back-to-back match-ups with the best swimmers in the world in their specialty events. But ... Read More

An ESPN2 article compares the "Ultimate Degree of Difficulty" of different sports based on several factors: Endurance Strength Power Speed Agility Flexibility Nerve Durablity Handy-eye Coordination Analytic Aptitude Swimming comes in third... for distance swimming in the endurance category, and for ... Read More

Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif. / Cal Aquatics) broke her own American and U.S. Open record in the 200-yard freestyle Sunday night at the 2007 Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of ... Read More

Olympians Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) and Kaitlin Sandeno (Lake Forest, Calif.), both representing Club Wolverine, won two events apiece Saturday night at the Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming. ... Read More

Olympians Kaitlin Sandeno and Ous Mellouli kicked off the 2007 Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming Friday with victories in the timed finals of the 1000-yard freestyle at the ... Read More

FINA (Federation Internationale De Natation) is the world-wide swimming sports organization - the international governing body for swimming (pool and open water), diving, water polo, masters swimming, and synchronized swimming. ... Read More

Meet results from the 2007 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Maui, 11 Jan - 14 Jan.

Meet results from this weekend's short-course-yards, USA Swimming Grand Prix Meet in Long Beach, California 12 Jan - 15 Jan.

Olympic gold medalist Lenny Krayzelburg (Studio City, Calif. / Trojan) headlines a stacked field of 17 American Olympians expected to compete at the 2007 Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of ... Read More

The 2007 U.S. National Junior Team, comprised of America’s top young swimming talent, will compete at the 2007 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Jan. 11-15 at the Kihei Aquatic Center ... Read More

Is drinking cold water during or after exercise good for you or bad for you? Does the temperature of the water matter at all? Believe it or not, it ... Read More

Many swimmers have a funny way of forcing their arms through the water when swimming breaststroke. This happens especially when swimmers get tired and start to fall lower in the ... Read More

Swim Coach Shev Gul relates his swimming thoughts and and how he has put them into practice with swimmers. "To swim faster and with a good technique, one has to ... Read More

What were the first goggles made of? The Japanese won all the men's titles except which one in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics? How far does a tuna swim in ... Read More