Swimming category: 208 books
Haunts of the Black Masseur
The Swimmer as Hero
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
In a masterful work of cultural history, Charles Sprawson, himself an obsessional swimmer and fluent diver, explores the meaning that different cultures have attached to water, and the search for the springs of classical antiquity.
In nineteenth-century England bathing was thought to be an...
Golden Girl
How Natalie Coughlin Fought Back, Challenged Conventional Wisdom, and Became America's Olympic Champion
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
The story of Natalie Coughlin's remarkable battle back from injury and burnout to be-come America's Golden Girl—a two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner in swimming and the most decorated female athlete at the 2004 Olympics
Five years ago, Natalie Coughlin's promising swimming career was all...
Missy Franklin: Swimming Sensation
Y Not Girl Volume 3
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2013
The world fell in love with U.S. swimmer Missy Franklin at the 2012 London Olympics. Winning four gold medals and one bronze, the 17-year-old gained fans for her amazing athletic skills, remarkable sportsmanship and a genuinely warm personality. Referring to the water as her second home, the beloved...
by Fred Medina
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Have you tried to learn how to swim and failed?Have you spent years and hundreds, or thousands, of dollars on lessons and you still can't swim?Would you like to swim for fun and recreation, exercise and for survival?You have just stumbled upon Swimming For Quitters: Learn to Swim...
Swimming Front Crawl
A step-by-step, simple approach to Swimming Front Crawl with video content to illustrate techniques
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2014
This detailed and informative guide to swimming front crawl is ideal for anyone wishing to learn a new technique as well as those who are looking for ways to increase the power and efficiency of their existing front crawl stroke. A clear and concise step-by-step approach supported with high...
by Eldin Onsgard
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
This book brings you all you need to know to learn swimming and to compete. It is illustrated with many photos, drawings, and videos to take you from the very beginning level of swimming to the intermediate competition level, including age group and high school swimming. It is written by a professor...
by Kyle Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
This is your complete guide to Swimming at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about swimming, who is on the American Olympic team and which athletes to expect on the podium. This guide is your complete insider look at Swimming in the 2012 London Olympics. Includes tips on how to become an Olympic swimmer!
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
- Swimming A Training Program sets out the 300 swimming schedules and 115 weight schedules making up a single six-month training cycle. While David Wright's and Garth Gilmour's Swim to the Top provided the training theory, this book sets the theory into practice. Each week's program, which in most...
Swim Smooth
The Complete Coaching System for Swimmers and Triathletes
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Transform your technique in the water and become a better swimmer with this remarkable new approach to freestyle swimming, suitable for all levels - beginner, intermediate and advanced, as well as swimming coaches. Aimed at both fitness and competitive swimmers, it explains what makes a successful...
Daisy Belle
Swimming Champion of the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Summer 1867: four-year-old Daisy Belle is about to make her debut at the Lambeth Baths in London. Her father, swimming professor Jeffrey Belle, is introducing his Family of Frogs - and Daisy is the star attraction. By the end of that day, she has only one ambition in life: she will be the greatest...
by Mark Durnford
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
Book no. 4 of The Front Crawl Series, this detailed and informative guide will provide you with numerous Front Crawl swimming drills and land training exercises to help you perfect your technique and swimming endurance in no time. A clear and concise step-by-step approach supported with high...
by John Lohn
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2010
Swimming has been an Olympic sport since the inception of the Games, with the 100, 400, and 1500 freestyles being the original events along with the 100 freestyle for sailors. While the spirit of the sport remains the same, the technology and the competitive formats have advanced tremendously through...
by Cokie Lepinski
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Ever noticed how technical swimming has become? There are so many fine points to all four strokes. You really need to break the stroke and its components down and work on them separately, and then put the stroke back together. In the process of doing this, you begin to understand much more about the...
The Mindful Art of Wild Swimming
Reflections for Zen Seekers
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
*"Tessa Wardley is a keen and knowledgeable guide” - Times Literary Supplement
The Mindful Art of Wild Swimming* explores how swimming in rivers, lakes, and seas is the very epitome of conscious living. Zen-seeker Tessa Wardley reconnects the physical and spiritual cycles of life to...