Swimming category: 208 books
Swimming For Triathlon And Open Water
Gain Confidence and Unlock Your Ideal Front Crawl
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Swimming for Triathlon and Open Water has the advice and tips you need to become more confident, more efficient and faster in the water.
The drills and practices target specific key movements and skills to help you build a simple, effective front crawl style. This means you use less energy...
by Peter Hudson
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
All you need for hours of fun is a swimming pool and this book.The Best Ever Swimming Pool Games explains how to play over 60 games, which require little or no equipment. There are games for as few as two players and games for large teams.This brightly illustrated book is a great resource for families,...
Swimming
Steps to Success
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
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...
by Dick L. Hannula, Nort Thornton
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2001
The Swim Coaching Bible offers you an all-star, international cast of swimming experts sharing their knowledge on producing the most successful individual athletes and teams in the sport. This book is sure to be a classic—one that swimming coaches reach for again and again.
Specifically,...
Swim
Why We Love the Water
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
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....
They Ruled the Pool
The 100 Greatest Swimmers in History
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Competitive swimming is one of only five sports to have been contested at every Olympic Games since the first competition of the modern era was held in 1896. While only a handful of swimming events took place that year, the sport has grown considerably since then—at the 2012 Olympic Games in London,...
by Alexandra Heminsley
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
At once inspiring, hilarious, and honest, the new book from Alexandra Heminsley chronicles her endeavor to tackle a whole new element, and the ensuing challenges and joys of open water swimming.
“It's a meditative act,” they said. But it was far from meditative for Alexandra Heminsley when...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Swimming
Jump Right in with This Illustrated, Stroke-By-Stroke Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Dive in! The water's fine.
Packed with clear, professional instructions, helpful tips and advice, and information on indoor and "open" (ocean) swimming, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Swimming, has everything a swimmer needs, no matter what skill level, to make the most of their...
by Blythe Lucero
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
The first book in the 3-book-series, called "Technique Swim Workouts" contains 100 workouts that focus on improving general swimming efficiency, with specific workouts for each of the competitive swimming strokes. The workouts in this book blend swimming drills and conditioning sets that total up to...
Triathlon Swimming
Including training sessions for event preparation, stroke adaptations, front crawl turns and video clips to illustrate techniques
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2014
Book no. 3 of the Front Crawl series, this detailed and informative guide will give you everything you need to know in order to prepare for your Triathlon Swimming events. A clear and concise step-by-step approach supported with high quality video clips throughout to instantly demonstrate the...
The Ultimate Guide to Swimming Breaststroke
Including Breaststroke Drills & Turns
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
This detailed and informative guide to swimming Breaststroke 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 Breaststroke technique. A clear and concise step-by-step approach supported with high quality...
by Chuck Slaught AA BSB MED EDD ABD
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
A MUST READ LOADED RESOURCE FOR MASTER SWIMMERS, TRIATHLETES, FITNESS SWIMMERS AND COACHES Swimming for the Mature Audience is a great resource for the above 18-year-old swimmer. This is a comprehensive guide for USMS Master Swimmers, USAT and new Triathletes, Open Water Swimmers (USA and Masters),...
by Brendan Mac Evilly
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Sea swimming is the great leveller; we’re all the same in a pair of togs. No one minds who you are or what you’ve done; the question is ‘are you getting in?’ Popular for centuries, sea swimming has had a recent surge in interest, with a growing community now taking the plunge. Brendan Mac...
by Leisel Jones
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
From the moment I am born, I am like no-one else around me. I am a fish out of water. Even in the pool.
Leisel Jones is rightly regarded as one of the greatest breaststrokers ever. At just fifteen, she won two silver medals at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000; she went on to win gold at Athens...