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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Water sports & recreations > Swimming & diving
How To Swim Faster will show you everything you need to know about swimming faster. Once you have learnt how to swim, the next stage is how to swim faster. I will reveal the valuable secrets you must know to quickly achieve success. Swimming lessons will give you the basics. This book will go further than your swimming lessons and give you the winning advantage. Dive into this challenge and make the most of your effort. Don't miss your chance to discover the techniques used by professionals. Swim faster. Train better. Win more often. Achieve your goals. Topics covered in How To Swim Faster include: You've got an important decision to make. Do you want to discover how to swim faster? Unlock your potential today by reading this incredible book.
"Synchro Swimwear" is the first in Marie Porter's "Spandex Simplified" series, and is all about designing and creating spectacular and durable competitive synchronized swim costumes. This book is appropriate for beginner to advanced levels of sewing ability, and is written from both a designer, and former "performance" athlete's point of view. It will teach everything from the basics, to tricks of the trade. "Spandex Simplified: Synchro Swimwear" will prepare the reader to design and make almost any design of competitive synchro swim suit imaginable. Given the cost of decent competition suits, this manual will more than pay for itself with the savings from just one project The entire book is written completely in layman terms and carefully explained, step by step. Only basic sewing knowledge and talent is required. Learn everything from measuring, to easily creating ornate applique designs, to embellishing the finished suit in one book
The Essential Diver's Log Book is a good value book-format easy-to-use scuba diving log book. It contains boxes for all the essential details a sport diver might like to record after a dive in a clean simple layout. There is room for 50 dives - each with a two page spread. At the front you can record personal details and at the back there's lined paper for notes. Each individual log has boxes for key details - depth, time, cylinder size, gas in/out etc. There's also space for notes on equipment used, conditions and any issues encountered. You'll find graph paper for drawing dive profiles or scale drawings. There's also plenty of space for sketching or writing about the things seen on the dive. Two pages per dive. Space for 50 dives. Log depths, times, buddies, gases, consumption etc - Small, lightweight, ideal for the travelling recreational diver this is the paperback Essential Diver's Log Book.
"Sewing for Skaters" is the second title in Marie Porter's "Spandex Simplified" series, and is all about designing and creating spectacular and durable figure skating dresses. It combines techniques taught in two of Marie's early manuals ("Skaters and Gynmasts and Dancers... Oh My " & "The Skating Dress Style Book"), updated with new styles and techniques... now in beautiful full color, featuring many photos and sketches This book is appropriate for beginner to advanced levels of sewing ability, and is written from both a designer, and former figure skater's point of view. It will teach everything from the basics, to tricks of the trade. "Spandex Simplified: Sewing for Skaters" will prepare the reader to design and make almost any design of practice or competition dress imaginable. Given the cost of decent competition suits - or even practice dresses - this manual will more than pay for itself with the savings from just one project The entire book is written completely in laymans' terms and carefully explained, step by step. Only basic sewing knowledge and talent is required. Learn everything from measuring, to easily creating ornate applique designs, to embellishing the finished suit in one book
Use your weight to help you swim, while you lose that weight with swimming and triathlon training. Buy this book for your triathlete, adult swimmer, or you. Learn the applied physics behind swimming as you learn to use your mass with your stroke velocity to create the momentum that you want while swimming. Learn to see, breathe, position your weight and use your arms to guide your swim while you protect your head when swimming with others. Learn to swim your size and shape. Learn to swim given your flexibility and level of coordination. Learn what natural swimmers take for granted and don't really think about while they swim.
Created by a Divemaster this Dive Log is simple to use with graphical locations for all the important information that divers want to keep track of. Included is a graphical weighting chart designed to help divers get their weighting perfect for every dive configuration. Additionally there are custom designed pages used to track multiple day repetitive dives.
Anyone Can Learn to Swim Swimming is a healthful and rewarding sport. It provides as much fun and exercise for young people as it does for grownups. And anyone can learn In fact, some babies have been taught how to swim before they were one year old If you don't know how to swim, then now is the time to start learning. And even if you already swim, you can always learn to be a better, more proficient swimmer with added practice.The best way to learn is through personal instruction. Many communities have learn-to-swim programs where instruction is given by experts. You can easily obtain information about these classes, where and when they are held, and how you can join them. If you do join such a class, you can use this book as a study aid at home.However, if a learn-to-swim program is not available in your community, or if you don't want to wait until one is held, then you can learn to swim by carefully following the instructions in this unique guide. But there is one rule in learning to swim that you must never break: Always have someone with you when you take a lesson. This person must know how to swim so that he can help you practice and correct anything you are doing wrong. This manual is divided into three main parts. The first tells you about the fundamentals of swimming, such things as water safety, breath control, kicking, and floating. The second will tell about the different strokes, that is, the ways of moving yourself through the water. The third discusses swimming in organized racing. If you want to learn how to swim, then this book is for yo
This book will help parents understand the unique risks of their own pool environment and how to build a robust system of protection. When the Roisum family moved to Florida in 2005 they decided to install a new pool in their back yard. Everyone was excited about the aquatic fun they would enjoy for years to come. It was just another day in March when Jenna, kissed her 2 year old son Mason goodbye as she left for work. Not long after, Mason found his way to the pool and drowned. Every year, hundreds of children and infants fall victim to accidental drowning- accidents that are preventable with proper precautions. In "The Pool Safety Resource," author and pool safety consultant Geoff Dawson guides parents and pool owners through the dangers and risks and helps them identify and make educated choices regarding swimming pools and other bodies of water. He offers realworld advice and solutions to help increase safety. He discusses - understanding, evaluating, and mitigating risks;- building layers of protection;- constructing a safe, new pool;- providing aquatic survival skills and swimming lessons;- establishing and communicating pool rules;- enjoying the pool safely;- preparing for emergencies;- being a pool safety advocate. Owning a pool is a huge responsibility, but the benefits to health, happiness, and family life are immeasurable. "The Pool Safety Resource" provides a wealth of information to help families enjoy their swimming pools safely.
This book is not exactly a textbook or a manual giving divers D-I-Y advice on the specifics of technical diving, but it is essential reading for anyone wanting to venture beyond weekend-warrior status. While the six skills include some hard and fast physical guidelines, this book's focus is on the things other diving texts leave out. Perfect reading material for any level of scuba diver: even those "not interested" in going tech.
This is an exciting new diving guide covering dive sites in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Explore the wreck of the E39 submarine off Pembrokeshire or the stunning Cathedral Rock off St Abbs to the Unknown Coaster in Portland Harbour. In this title, 100 dives are described in detail from easy shore dives to more demanding boat dives. Dive locations are fully illustrated with specially commissioned maps and diagrams together with full colour photography throughout. All dives are above 18m and suitable for all levels of experience from novice to technical diver. The United Kingdom has some of the best diving available in Europe offering a mixture of scenic reef dives and spectacular wrecks. Wherever you are in the United Kingdom you are only a short distance away from one of these spectacular dives.
Reprint of the original 1940 edition. "The story you are about to read is a recital of my work for thirty-five years as a diver, on many types of assignments and in many kinds of circumstances and conditions. You will learn what I did; why, how, and for whom I did it. You will lean about others, associated with me in this fascinating profession, and some of their experiences. In giving you this account, in this way, I sincerely hope that I shall have painted a picture which will not only prove entertaining and instructive in itself, but will serve to offset the all too many inaccuracies and false impressions created by some whose experience is insufficient, or whose imaginations exceed their knowledge of the subject."- Preface to 1940 edition.
If you're a beginning snorkeler, The Ultimate Snorkeling Book will allay your fears, insure your safety, and help you snorkel like an expert. If you're already an expert, you'll learn practical new tips and gear upgrades that you will use as soon as you push off into the water. The Ultimate Snorkeling Book explains each piece of snorkeling gear and what to buy at every price range. You'll learn how to upgrade and maintain your equipment so it performs like expensive professional gear. The Ultimate Snorkeling Book focuses on safety. It explains how to protect against storms, lightening, currents, burning sun, fatigue, exposure, leaky masks, tiny jellyfish, and big scary fish. You'll learn how to care for children in the water so that everybody has a fun trip. The Ultimate Snorkeling Book is like a personal mentorship with an experienced snorkeler and zoologist who will help you identify reef creatures, understand their appearance and behavior, and learn to protect our fragile shoreline ecosystem. Pre-trip checklists make sure you arrive with everything you need. This book will help insure that your snorkeling trip will be a success. YOU can have a great time snorkeling Let's start right now
Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. WOBBLES spans the physical, psychological and spiritual growth of an athlete from childhood into her stature as a fierce, Olympic competitor. When Nadine Neumann decides that she wants to be an Olympic swimmer at age eight, she trades a normal life of school friends and parties for the rigors of elite sports training. With acute honesty, wisdom and humour, Nadine spins readers through the heartaches and loneliness of a different kind of adolescence. Enduring and overcoming Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a life-threatening accident and imposed breaks from her passion, Nadine pursues her dream as only an Olympian can--with the rarest of intensity and focus. Sweeping from Perth to Germany, India to Sydney, Brisbane to Hong Kong, the reader is invited along this journey of a remarkable young woman who stops at nothing to achieve her goals.
2009 Reprint of the original 1940 edition. Hardbound. 287pp."The story you are about to read is a recital of my work for thirty-five years as a diver, on many types of assign--ments and in many kinds of circumstances and conditions. You will learn what I did; why, how, and for whom I did it. You will lean about others, associated with me in this fascinating profession, and some of their experiences. In giving you this account, in this way, I sincerely hope that I shall have painted a picture which will not only prove entertaining and instructive in itself, but will serve to offset the all too many inaccuracies and false impressions created by some whose experience is insufficient, or whose imaginations exceed their knowledge of the subject."- Preface to 1940 edition.
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.
As long-time water sport enthusiasts, author Lee E. Pate and his sister Deb decide to get certified as scuba divers. During the training, Lee asks the instructor about sharks and is told, "You're privileged to see a dangerous shark-it's very rare to see one. You do see small, docile sharks often, but the biggest ones you'll usually see are only about three or four feet, if you're lucky." Discounting the possibility that they'll ever see a shark, Lee and Deb start diving on their own along with their brother David, who was already a certified diver. They were diving in the daytime at first, then started night diving, deep diving and finally night deep diving. Lee and David started diving deep, at night at Redondo Beach, a popular Los Angeles County Beach, often. One particular night that happened to be Friday the 13th, after having car trouble, they were late. They hurried up, drove to the beach, got in the water, went down and out along the bottom as fast as they could, ending up a few feet from a large, dangerous shark. With fear rising in his throat at a depth of ninety-one feet, Lee has only one thought-I'm dead In his memoir "91 FEET: "You're Privileged to See a Dangerous Shark,"" Lee recounts his thrilling scuba diving experiences. |
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