If you came here for tips on how to swim like Lucy Charles-Barclay or Alistair Brownlee, you may have found yourself in the wrong place. But if you're looking to become a better all-around swimmer, ...

Down the road, the day will arrive when Ryan Murphy is inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. An Olympic and world champion on multiple occasions, the former Cal-Berkeley Bear emerged ...

Swimming is one of the marquee Olympic sports, and it comes with a long list of rules. Between individual events, relays and medleys, there are a bevy of swimming races. Add in varying distances and ...

If freestyle is the only stroke you’re doing in the pool, you’re missing out on extra swim strength and speed. Incorporating other strokes – namely, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly – will ...

May 28—Proper swim stroke techniques not only make swimming more versatile, but can help ward off injuries, according to lifeguards. "Having proper swimming technique prevents injury and exhaustion," ...

In what just might be the most expensive swim lesson of all time, Snoop Dogg jumped into the pool with Michael Phelps to brush up his strokes. "You see, me and MP? We go back like the backstroke," ...

In the summer, many Americans head to the pool or a beach to cool off and have fun. But many kids don’t know how to swim, especially in historically underrepresented communities. One New York City non ...

Today, we accept that there are four competitive strokes. But when the first rules for competitive swimming were written in the early 19th century, there was only one rule: Whoever swam the fastest ...