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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Water sports & recreations > Swimming & diving > General
Technique is critical in swimming performance. In the pool or open
water, coaches and athletes alike know that efficiency in entering
the water and in moving through it equates to milliseconds of
improvement-milliseconds that make all the difference in a
competition. That's where The Swimming Drill Book continues to
deliver. The first edition quickly became the best-selling drill
book in the sport. Now, this second edition ups the ante with more
drills, new variations, and expanded coverage to help every
swimmer. Inside, you'll find more than 175 drills for refining
strokes, correcting faults, and improving your feel for the water.
In addition to mastering all four competitive strokes-freestyle,
backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly-you'll learn the essentials
of body position, sculling, starts, turns, and finishes. You'll
even find all-new coverage of open-water drills and strength band
workouts to be performed poolside. See for yourself why The
Swimming Drill Book is on the shelf of every serious swimmer and
coach. It delivers every stroke, every skill, and everything you
need for swimming success.
For three decades, David Wright has coached international swimmers
who began their swimming careers in his Learn to Swim program, and
this book is based on his experience guiding these swimmers. Wright
saw many pitfalls that resulted in the sport losing 80% of its
participants in their early teenage years-pitfalls that resulted in
swimmers ending their careers broken and disillusioned. Shaping
Successful Junior Swimmers examines the nature of the sport's early
dropout rate and proposes steps to correct the problem. It
discusses qualities that should be present in good conditioning and
speed training programs as well as why these qualities encourage
continued participation and championship performance. Also included
are danger signs of poor programs that cause early dropout. In
addition to important training factors are the decisions and
behavior outside the pool that coaches, parents, administrators,
and national federations can make and do to extend and improve
every swimmer's involvement in the sport. Swimming champions are
the product of good care in and out of the pool, and using this
book provides the means for that good care.
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A Life Aloft
(Paperback)
Thomas Gompf; As told to Elaine K Howley; Foreword by Steve McFarland
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R545
Discovery Miles 5 450
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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