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This is a complete guide to learning all of the basic strokes and
perfecting techniques, for children and teens. Includes swimming
terms and drills, how to perform each of the strokes, and learning
how to lessen drag and improve your time.
Many of the short stories in Swimming Lessons have appeared in
slightly different versions in literary journals; some, including
the title story, have won awards in contests sponsored by these
journals and other organizations. The two stories in the last
section, KADDISH and THE BOX, are inspired by true happenings. The
others are fiction.
Aquatastic: Swimming Made Simple is for all individuals interested
in the teaching of swimming. This book is easy to read, follow and
understand for individuals of all abilities and backgrounds. This
book will help everyone who is learning how to teach individuals to
swim in a friendly and fun environment.
The goal of my book is to help people teach themselves and others
to swim in a fun and positive environment. Learning to swim will be
fun while increasing one's comfort level in the water. The goal
here is to learn while you are having fun and you will not realize
that you are swimming as it comes to you naturally. Safety will be
stressed in all areas of the aquatic environment. The drowning
rates in the United States are rising at an unbearable rate and
something needs to be done. By teaching people Aquatastic, I will
attempt to lower the drowning rates as people learn how to be safe
in and around the aquatic environment.
Beneath the icy waters of Lake Superior lies a vast museum of
maritime treasures, relics, and souls that in years past were lost
to the crashing waves of this massive body of water. Those, those
who remain on the surface can glimpse some of the sunken bounty,
but most of it is accessible only to those who slip into scuba gear
and brave the darkness of the deep.
In "Shipwrecks Along Lake Superior's North Shore," veteran diver
Stephen B. Daniel, in collaboration with the Great Lakes Shipwreck
Preservation Society, provides in-depth tours of the many sunken
ships submerged in the waters of this region of Lake Superior.
Readers will not only learn the maritime history and structural
details of the original vessels, they'll also find the fascinating
stories of the wrecks themselves-how they happened, what actions
were taken to save both crew and vessel, and the modern-day efforts
to preserve these sites. With detailed descriptions and hundreds of
photographs, charts, and diagrams that will impress even the most
seasoned diver, this book will also appeal to anyone who has ever
wondered what nautical mysteries lie beneath the waves of the
greatest of the Great Lakes.
Stephen B. Daniel is an active certified diver, shipwreck
historian, and current president of the Great Lakes Shipwreck
Preservation Society. He is a communications professional at 3M and
lives in Woodbury, Minnesota.
Achieving better swimming is a matter of swimming efficiently.
While proper technique is the foundation of good swimming, it is
often difficult to isolate a technique problem by simply swimming
laps. Stroke flaws can slow a swimmer's progress and can even lead
to injury if continued over time. For these reasons, swimming
drills have become a fundamental part of training at all levels of
the sport. Drill practice is a swimmer's primary tool in developing
better stroke technique. The book is organized into sections
covering the four competitive strokes: freestyle, backstroke,
breaststroke and butterfly. Each drill is explained step by step
and accompanied by comprehensive diagrams. Drill feedback charts
are included to help swimmers identify problems and make
modifications. Underwater and surface photographs give swimmers
optimal images to emulate as they practice.
"Mind Training For Swimmers" is truly everything you ever could
want to know about positive thinking and how to improve your swim
or sport performance. Written by Craig Townsend, Australia's Swim
Guru, it is filled with examples and teaching points that are
sound, thorough, and based upon solid scientific thinking. The
author is the Director of It's Mind over Matter in Sydney,
Australia; and he has worked in the area of mental training for
swimming, sports and personal development for over fifteen years He
possesses a Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis, and for over twenty years
he has researched and experimented with various methods of tapping
the potential of the human mind. His program has received world
recognition, and has now been put into book form. Bellissima
Publishing, LLC is proud to have Craig Townsend among its writers.
This is a must read book that should be required reading for every
swim coach and swimmer It is a book that can help anyone move
towards positive thinking and self-recognition.
At age forty-four, Penelope Niven was at a turning point in her
life. In need of a change for both body and spirit, she decided to
learn how to swim. While discovering the restorative effect of the
water, she also began to notice that the lessons she was learning
in the pool drew remarkable parallels with the lessons of life. The
way in which you first get into the water, for example, is similar
to trying anything new-you can jump in feet first, or dive in
headfirst, but first you have to have some idea of what you're
actually getting into. From floating to treading water, forward
strokes to the backstroke, Swimming Lessons combines the familiar
lessons of swimming with personal anecdotes and apt observations to
stirring effect. Sensible, touching, and personal, this appealing
book will be invaluable to any reader facing a life change or
simply looking for a little bit of inspiration.
A Harvest Original
Swimming is one of the most beneficial and refreshing ways to
exercise. However, many swimmers miss the greatest benefits of the
sport. These swimmers train by swimming continuously for an
allotted time or for a specified distance. By organizing and
structuring their time in the pool, swimmers can greatly increase
the benefits and enjoyment they derive from their workouts.
Swimming is one of the most beneficial and refreshing ways to
exercise. However, many swimmers miss the greatest benefits of the
sport. These swimmers train by swimming continuously for an
allotted time or for a specified distance. By organizing and
structuring their time in the pool, swimmers can greatly increase
the benefits and enjoyment they derive from their workouts.
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.
Presented in slipcase, this title includes copies of Reef Fish
Identification: Florida, Caribbean & Bahamas (3rd Edition),
Reef Creature Identification: Florida, Caribbean & Bahamas (2nd
Edition), and Reef Coral Identification: Florida, Caribbean &
Bahamas (2nd Edition). Now includes the new updated 3rd Edition
Creature and 3rd Edition Coral.
A new re-issue of the cult swimming classic, a beautiful read
filled with detailed description and powerful prose. WITH A NEW
INTRODUCTION BY AMY LIPTROT 'A luminously romantic history of
swimming' Guardian Haunts of the Black Masseur is a dazzling
introduction to the great swimming heroes, from Byron leaping into
the surf at Shelley's funeral to Hart Crane diving to his death in
the Bay of Mexico. Bursting with anecdotes, Charles Sprawson leads
us into a watery world populated by lithe demi-gods - a world that
has obsessed humans from the ancient Greeks and Romans, to Yeats,
Woolf, Fitzgerald and Hockney. Original, enticing and dripping with
references to literature, film, art and Olympic history, this cult
swimming classic pays sparkling tribute to water and the cultural
meanings we attach to it. 'This splendid and wholly original book
is as zestful as a plunge in champagne' Iris Murdoch
This book puts an end to the drudgery of merely counting laps by showing you how to create your own individual fitness program--and have fun doing it!
Learn how to:
- Determine your own fitness level
- Choose an appropriate training program and build upon that program with a variety of innovative workouts
- Use a timing clock and interval training to increase your speed and endurance
- Use various training equipment, such as kick boards, hand paddles, and swimming fins to strengthen stroke technique
- Improve your cardiovascular fitness, muscle tone, and flexibility
Included for quick reference are tips for streamlining strokes, checklists for proper stroke execution, and a helpful glossary of training terms as well as a section on the joys and challenges of open water swimming.
'What would it mean to name this place I'm in, to map it? To say:
this is the landscape. It looks like this, smells like this, at
night these are the sounds that carry on the wind.
Almost-motherhood . . .' When Miranda Ward and her husband decided
to have a baby, they were young and optimistic. But five years,
three miscarriages and one ectopic pregnancy later, she is still
dealing with the ongoing aftermath of that decision, and the shadow
it's cast over her relationship to her partner, her body and her
future. In this searing, lyrical and radically honest memoir, Ward
charts her journey through the uncertain landscape of
almost-motherhood, asking questions of geography on the most
intimate scale. How can we learn to be at home in our own bodies,
even when we feel adrift from them? What language do we have for
the spaces in between, the periods of wanting and waiting? And how
do we maintain hope as we navigate towards an unknown future?
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