Not every great day spent swimming looks the same. Sometimes your best day on the water happens at a crowded beach with friends; sometimes it’s family time at a quiet lake; and sometimes it’s just splashing around in the hotel pool. The setting almost doesn’t matter, what matters is what you make of the day. That said, different bodies of water ask different things from you, and knowing a little about what to expect at each one makes for a...

Something wonderful happens when a family or group of friends gets in the water together. The phones stay tucked away. The kids stop arguing and start playing. The adults, who’ve been running through mental to-do lists since breakfast, start enjoying the moment and play right along.  No matter if it’s a backyard pool, crowded beach, or calm lake in a local state park, time spent swimming is a shared experience and has a way of making everyone enjoy the moment....