Stewart Vernon, CEO of American Swimming Pools has worked over 20 years in the industry, and his company services over 15,000 pools per week across the US.

To decide which one is right for you and your family, take a look at these 10 types of backyard swimming pools, listed from simple to spectacular.

By Eleni PhilippouThe much-anticipated new law on the operation of swimming pools – the Swimming Pools Law of 2025 – was passed in July 2025 with the aim of making swimming pools safer, management ...

Swimming events are broken down into four strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. For the individual medley events, all strokes are used.

At the Olympics, you'll see the four primary types of swim strokes: butterfly, freestyle, backstroke, and breastroke. Then, there's a medley, which showcases all four strokes in a single race.