Missouri safe swimming expert offers summer tips

It is prime outdoor swimming season in Missouri. 

An expert is sharing some advice for beginning swimmers and/or those who fear the water.

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Alisa Groeteke of St. Louis Parks and Rec is a big proponent of swimming lessons for children but she also knows there are many adults who never learned to swim. 

She’d like swimmers of all ages to consider some basics…

“If you fall in how to tread water, what’s the easiest way to get to the side of the pool? How to hold your breath underwater?” said Groeteke.

She says treading water and learning to float without panic are vitally important swimming safety skills- which she recommends for swimmers of all ages and abilities.