Programming

Swim School
Helping adults overcome a lifelong fear of the water requires as much attention to comfort and confidence-building as it does to skills development.

Modest Proposals
Accommodating the recreation needs of Muslims is especially challenging to public aquatics providers.

Muslim Women Learn to Swim
Community raises money for a retractable shade system at local aquatics center

Dog Pounds
Members of a fitness center in Boca Raton, Fla., lose weight to help a local animal shelter.

Student Activity Club
A high school P.E. class gets a no-pressure introduction to Gold’s Gym.

Interview with Angelo State University Athletic Director Kathleen Brasfield
Brasfield discusses the success of Division II athletics programs.

Stunted Growth
Despite persistent challenges, a half-dozen schools attempt to lift competitive cheer to prestigious heights.

Healthy Relationships
More schools are realizing that student health and student recreation can be compatible cohabitants under one campus-wellness roof.

Who's Got the Keys?
A parade of off-season DUI offenses has schools seeking new ways to combat student-athlete alcohol abuse.

Hockey Night in Florida
A weekly 18-team event helped the sport gain traction at the high school level.

Uniform Rules
Prep swimming moves forward following the ban of controversial high-tech suits.

Pulling No Punches
Students at two high schools get their kicks from mixed martial arts programs.

Games On
Organizers of State Games competitions battle through the worst of the economic downturn.

Solid Relationships
While creating quality ice, volunteer outdoor rink maintenance programs can also create quality communities.

Driving Forces
Mobile units provide a relatively affordable way to benefit huge numbers of recreation-starved kids.

Mission Specific
Tweaks and new initiatives change what it means to be fit in the armed forces.

Reinforcements
Even in wartime, individual soldiers and entire units are available to bolster various community service projects.

Deployment Agency
A new $31 million initiative funds YMCA memberships for families of National Guardmembers and Reservists.

Surround and Conquer
An Iowa health club becomes locally dominant by being locally omnipresent.

Core Rhythms: The Latest Group Exercise Alternative
A workout utilizing ballroom dance moves heats up as a group exercise alternative.

Playing the Fields
Where public agencies have struggled to meet demand for recreational green space, for-profit sportsplex entrepreneurs eagerly fill the void.

Judgment Day
Local YMCAs enjoy operational autonomy, but the national Y ultimately determines financial viability.

Competitive Spirit
When outsourcing fitness operations, Jewish Community Centers must reconcile their nonprofit mission with marketplace viability.

Illogical Deduction
A tax exemption offered to Ohio's nonprofit fitness centers draws fire from just about everybody.

A Decade of Excellence
Forty-seven groups from around the world have been honored with the Excellence in Youth Sports Award.

NAYS — A Decade of Excellence
Forty-seven groups from around the world have been honored with the Excellence in Youth Sports Award.

A Decade of Excellence — Andrews Air Force Base Youth Sports
Two types of coaches, traditional and "honorary," help make these programs successful.