Be confident in the pool or open water with Swimming: Steps to Success. This proven program will help you master these techniques: * Freestyle * Backstroke * Breaststroke * Butterfly * Starts and Turns * Open Water * Survival Swimming Step-by-step instruction and color photos show basic arm and leg movements along with proper body position for each skill. Drills reinforce the instruction and help you practice each stroke. There's even a scoring system for gauging success and determining readiness to advance to new skills. Whether you're instructing, learning to swim, or looking to improve your aquatic skills, Swimming: Steps to Success will let you develop at your own pace. Part of the highly successful Steps to Success Sport Series with more than 2.5 million copies sold, it's your guide to in-water excellence.

An isolated and unique location with caves, tunnels, lava flows, wrecks and rich marine life. This, the first detailed diving and snorkelling guide to the island is both an excellent aid to planning dives and the perfect memento of Ascension: Plan ahead: maps of sites, recommended routes and practical advice Illustrated throughout by the award-winning author s underwater photography The perfect preparation for diving and snorkelling in Ascension Includes an Index of Ascension Island Common Marine Life. "Written in a straightforward, practical style, while whetting the diver's appetite too - rather like a good dive briefing': DIVE magazine ..".if you are planning a trip to this particular middle of nowhere, there is only one guide in town " Diver ..".immerse yourself in Paul's beautiful book... for the adventurous diver who likes to get off the beaten track this is an absolute must " Joss Woolf, Chairman, British Society of Underwater Photographers. " This is the first time that anybody has published a detailed dive guide for the island and I know that plenty of people will benefit from it " Martin Edge (from the Foreword). Paul Colley is a diving instructor, President of the Royal Air Force Sub-Aqua Association, a member of the British Society of Underwater Photographers and has won international underwater photography competitions to gold medal standard. You can see more of his work at www.mpcolley.com

Hallara desde el equipo basico de natacion hasta consejos para mejorar las tecnicas de estilo, la velocidad y la resistencia. Incluye: planificacion anual de un programa de entrenamiento, objetivos, estructura de las sesiones de entrenamiento, agenda, entrenamiento para competiciones, salidas y giros, etc.

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.

'This fascinating history of how, where and why humans swim...is perfect reading for those missing a splash-about during the lockdown.' Guardian From the first recorded dip into what's now the driest spot on earth to the recreational swimmers in your local pool, humans have been getting wet for 10,000 years. And for most of modern history, swimming has caused a ripple that touches us all. Splash! dives into Egypt, winds through ancient Greece and Rome, flows mostly underground through the Dark and Middle Ages (at least in Europe), and then re-emerges in the wake of the Renaissance before taking its final lap at the modern Olympic Games. Along the way, it kicks away the idea that swimming is just about speed or great feats of aquatic endurance, revealing how its history spans religion, fashion, architecture, public health, colonialism, segregation, sexism, sexiness, guts, glory and much, much more. As refreshing as jumping into a pool on a hot summer's day, Splash! sweeps across the whole of humankind's swimming history with an irrepressible enthusiasm that will make you crave your next dip.

'Dip into this beautiful book, and understand the healing nature of wild swimming before you have even taken that first plunge' MIRANDA HART 'This book is a joy!' JO WHILEY, BBC Radio 2 'Wow! What a book. This is an emotional description of what we wild swimmers know and love. So familiar are the stories that I feel I know them all personally; if I haven't uttered the words myself, I have probably thought them often. Lived it, loved it. Fabulous.' BETH FRENCH, marathon swimmer and inspirational speaker Wild swimming changes lives. The thrill of plunging - or dipping a toe - into open water brings joy, confidence, adventure and friendship. It can wash away stress and sadness, pain and grief. Here water is a great healer, a place to feel gloriously, elementally alive and in touch with yourself, with others and with nature. Full of life-affirming personal stories and breath-taking images of scenery and swimmers, Taking the Plunge celebrates the remarkable wild swimming community. Now you too can immerse yourself in its energy, courage and irresistible joie de vivre! With practical advice on how wild swimming works and how to get started - from what you'll need (cossie and a smile!) to where best to go (rivers, oceans, lochs, lakes . . .) - there s never been a better time to take the plunge.

"Swim" is a celebration of swimming and the effect it has on our lives. It's an inquiry into why we swim--the lure, the hold, the timeless magic of being in the water. It's a look at how swimming has changed over the millennia, how this ancient activity is becoming more social than solitary today. It's about our relationship with the water, with our fishy forebearers, and with the costumes that we wear. You'll even find a few songs to sing when you push out those next laps.

Swimming enthusiast Lynn Sherr explores every aspect of the sport, from the biology of swimming to the fame of Esther Williams; from turquoise pools and wild water to the training of Olympians; and she reveals the secret of buoyancy so that anyone can avoid the example of the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who lamented, "Why can't I swim, it seems so very easy?" When his friend, the biographer Edward John Trelawny, said, "because you think you can't," Shelley plunged into Italy's Arno River and dropped like a rock. With "Swim," you can avoid that happening to you.

Missy Franklin is one of the most talented swimmers in the world. She is a four-time Olympic gold medalist and currently holds the world record in the 200-meter backstroke and American records in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke. She was Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year and the American Swimmer of the Year in 2012. This story tells of her rise in fame and humbleness in the sport.