Benefits of aquatic workouts
The benefits of an aquatic workout are extensive.
Pool Maintenance Musts as You Head into Peak Season
Pool Maintenance Musts as You Head into Peak Season It’s every commercial pool operator’s nightmare: An unsightly algae bloom appears overnight, horrifying swimmers and prompting a pool shut down for several days in July. Or worse: Previously benign hairline cracks in the pool’s foundation morph into dangerous chasms, leading to an expensive and time-consuming [...]
Considerations when servicing your automatic pool cover
When you manage a pool at your facility and winter rolls around, you'll need to quickly and efficiently prepare the often expensive investment for months of cold and other adverse conditions.
Polar bear plunges: Are they healthy or crazy?
Some groups, such as New York City's Coney Island Polar Bear Club USA, have been jumping into the freezing Atlantic for more than 100 hundred years, but does that make it a harmless tradition, or could cold water have serious health effects on unsuspecting swimmers?
Cancer survivor looks forward to future in swimming
Physical activity can prove especially cathartic and therapeutic for people who survived life-threatening illnesses.
Yearlong pool operations can promote better health
Park and recreation departments across the U.S. provide an important service.
Rescue tubes 101: Why every pool needs them
Lifeguard services today rely more heavily on rescue floatation equipment than they did in the past.
World’s largest pool is a marvel of modern pool construction
Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest swimming pool in the world in terms of area, San Alfonso del Mar's pool is a modern marvel of pool construction ingenuity.
Decorated, pioneering swimming coach Peter Daland dies at 93
The winner of numerous awards for his years of service, including the 1962 American Swimming Coaches Association Coach of the Year and a lifetime achievement award from the Amateur Athletic Union, Daland passed away October 20th at the age of 93.
Common ways parents put kids at risk in your pool
Parents might think they know what's best for their kids, but there are certain moments when pool management needs to step in and put its foot down about the proper safety techniques in and around the pool.