Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Coaches Choice
• DVD Release Date: December 21, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00077BOVK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #373,033 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

About the Actor

Michael "Mickey" Wender is the head men’s and women’s swimming coach at the University of Washington. Wnder has coached at every level from summer league to NCAA Division I in the highly competitive Pac 10. Before assuming his current position in 1998, Wender led the UC-Santa Cruz swimming and diving program to four top ten national finishes in six years. Under Wender the Washington Huskies have broken 49 school records and have qualified for the NCAA Championships each year. He has produced a national champion and compiled a dual meet record of 140-43 as an NCAA coach.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars basic backstroke swimming technique, October 30, 2006

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This review is from: Basic Backstroke Swimming Technique (DVD)

I feeled being cheated when I bought this dvd and another dvd from the
same coache: basic freestyle swimming technique for these reasons:
1. More than half of the 2 dvds are exactly the same things, just a duplicate scenes.
2. No underwater camera, can not see the body movements clear.
3. A lot of talks that are not useful for learning.
4. The prices are too high compared with other sellers.
5. More like this dvd aim at teenagers, not for adults.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars even worse than what other reviewer said, July 25, 2010

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Taylor (RESTON, VA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Basic Backstroke Swimming Technique (DVD)

Together, this video and the freestyle one are a total rip-off. Like the other reviewer said, much of the two are exactly the same. They show freestyle swimming on the backstroke DVD. The bulk of the instruction is on different drills to do, almost all focusing on hip rotation, with a minuscule amount about kicking. Neither one says anything about arm movement, and you can't get a good idea of what the arm movement is supposed to be from the video. The DVD quality is bad -- it looks like it was converted from an old video tape. I didn't buy this video, just borrowed it from the library, and even for that I could not recommend wasting your time on it.