As a 4-year-old, David Gillette took swimming lessons in Kirkland. To entice kids into feeling more comfortable in the water, his swimming instructor tossed pennies to the shallow-end pool bottom.

It made me angry that the obese woman could swim faster than me. In my bubble of intense training for my first triathlon, I’d fashioned an idea of justice that allowed fit people to naturally be ...

If you're new to swimming you probably won't be aware quite how different the Total Immersion [TI] approach is to more traditional methods of swimming instruction. Here are some key differences 1. The ...

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — The retirees of the New Paltz Community invite retired men and women everywhere to their monthly breakfast meeting on Monday, Aug. 5, at 8 a.m. at the New Paltz Plaza Diner, 27 New ...

It's embarrassing to admit, as a psychotherapist whose job is to help folks overcome irrational fears, that I am afraid of water. Rationally, I know swimming might one day save my life and, if often ...