swimming education

A Timely Proposition
I grinned from ear to ear a couple weeks ago while reading a press release from the National Swimming Pool Foundation.  It was about a request for proposals to create a "Learn-to-Swim Index" - a system designed to track how many people are completing formal swimming lessons in the United States - and I'm still smiling today. What NSPF is after, I believe, is
Resonance
Is watershaping well served by the way things are going?   My roundabout discussion of this question, its origins and implications has occupied several of my blogs through the past half year and more.  I've enjoyed this process of stepping back and taking a long view of
2016/1.2, January 20 — Planting a Watergarden, Working Small, Lessons Learned and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS January 20, 2016 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
2015/4.2, April 22 — Water’s Dark Side, Eased Edges, Fountain Faces and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS April 22, 2015 www.watershapes.com LESSONS LEARNED…
2013/9.2, September 25 — A Connecticut Gem, a Chicago Classic, Mulholland’s Legacy and more
September 25, 2013 www.watershapes.com ESSENTIAL Teaming Perfection Every great watershaping project involves a measure of…
2013/9.2, September 25 — A Connecticut Gem, a Chicago Classic, Mulholland’s Legacy and more
September 25, 2013 www.watershapes.com ESSENTIAL Teaming Perfection Every great watershaping project involves a measure of…
A Campaign Apart
For several years now, one of the people in the watershaping realm who has impressed me most is Tom Lachocki. He’s the guiding spirit behind the research programs at the National Swimming Pool Foundation, a mover and shaker with the annual World Aquatic Health Conferences, the ambassador for 
Ripples #21
Compiled and Written by Lenny GiteckGwyneth Paltrow Burned in Freak Accident — Swimming Pool Prevents Worse Injury According to an article on Torontosun.com, Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who bought a rotisserie barbecue last year, suffered a freak accident this past summer while
NSPF’s Dr. Tom Lachocki
An Interview by Lenny Giteck In the six years since Dr. Tom Lachocki became CEO of the National Swimming Pool Foundation, NSPF has given more than $3.5 million in grant money for scientific research into aquatics, a figure that represents
African-Americans and Swimming
By Lenny Giteck A study has shown that 60 percent of African-American children don't know how to swim - twice the rate for white children. And the rate at which black children drown in this country is three times the overall drowning rate for kids. The picture for African-American adults is similarly disturbing. What are the causes for this disparity? What are the solutions? Sadly, this problem has largely been