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By Foss Swim School When you walk into a Foss Swim School, you might notice something different: The pool deck area is more than just a walking path and is lined with benches often filled with parents and adults. We design our pool areas to encourage parents to take a ...

By Foss Swim School   Whether its summertime swimming in a local lake or river, or a vacation that takes you to an ocean or other enticing body of water, swimming in open water can be fun, refreshing, and a great place to play, as long as you consider water ...

By Foss Swim School   With warm weather comes increased opportunities to get outside to explore and experience nature! If your activities include water, or even if your path will take you near water, it’s always important to keep water safety top of mind and to remember that while the ...

With summer on the horizon, for many families it’s swimsuit shopping season. This year, make a choice that’s not only stylish, but also helps swimmers be safer by choosing bold, visible colors that don’t camouflage easily in a pool, lake or other body of water.   Natalie Livingston, co-founder of ...

By Foss Swim School   What comes after you reach a life goal? For Regan Smith, the answer is twofold (and might seem contradictory): More goals, and a chance to not think about goals at all. The U.S. Olympic swimmer and Foss Swim School alumna spent years of her life ...

By Foss Swim School   At Foss Swim School, we teach life-changing swim skills through fun activities, and while our heart may be in the water, we have found a new way to carry that same spirit to a new audience with a water-safety themed Story Walk in the St. ...

By Foss Swim School   At Foss Swim School, we know from experience that a lot of people – adults and children – express that they have some fear of water. Our motto is “Love Water,” and we believe that anyone can learn to be safer around water, whether it’s ...

By Sheri Scheidt, Director of Talent Acquisition, Foss Swim School   A swim school can have a state-of-the-art pool, amenities that make lessons more enjoyable, and a great curriculum on paper, but if it doesn’t have the right people teaching, students still won’t achieve their swimming goals. Fortunately, Foss Swim ...

By Foss Swim School   When Olympic medal-winner, world-record-holder and Foss Swim School alumna Regan Smith gets in the pool at the Olympic Games in Paris, few will watch with as much interest or a deeper swimming history with the Lakeville, MN native than her former high school swim coach ...

By Foss Swim School By setting a new world record in the women’s 100-meter backstroke on June 18 with an amazing time of 57.13 seconds, three-time Olympic medal winner and Foss Swim School alumni Regan Smith earned a trip to Paris to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in ...

This blog is the second part in our series breaking down the FOSS Swim Path®. Read the first part on Water Adjustment. Read our next blog on the third Swim Path® milestone, Flip to Breathe. Floating is easy, right? Either something floats or it sinks. This might seem like common ...

This blog is the first part in our series breaking down the FOSS Swim Path®. Read the introduction to this series. Read our next blog on the second Swim Path® milestone, Float Up. It may seem obvious, but the foundation of all swimming ability (and by extension water safety) is ...

With fall classes back in session, parents everywhere are getting back in the habit of checking backpacks and reminding their kids to get their homework done. While you’re at it, don’t forget to do swim school homework too! Our teachers only get a short time with students each week, so ...