Swimming Drills for Every Stroke (Paperback)

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Product Description

Competitive swimmers know that even minor flaws in stroke technique can mean the difference between first and last place. Swimming Drills for Every Stroke gives swimmers the edge.

Author Ruben Guzman presents 91 essential drills for reaching perfect form in the backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and butterfly. Accompanied by helpful coaching tips and focus points, these drills enable swimmers to develop more efficient technique for faster times in every event.

Swimming coaches and swimmers at all developmental levels can use this handbook for all four strokes as well as for starts and turns. Swimming Drills for Every Stroke will make practices more productive and competitions more successful.

From the Publisher

“This work by Ruben reminds coaches that they are teachers. It presents a very good system for teaching and learning the basic technical skills. It definitely provides coaches with effective tools for teaching.”

Mike Hastings 1992 assistant U.S. Olympic Coach Head Swimming Coach, California Capital Aquatics

“Swimming Drills for Every Stroke is a remarkable compilation of stroke development drills, based on nine major segments which are systematically presented. The key drills for each stroke, together with the use of detailed focus points, make this a unique work by an accomplished stroke technician.”

Cecil Colwin Member, International Swimming Hall of Fame Author of Swimming into the 21st Century

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Product Details

• Paperback: 201 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers; illustrated edition edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880117699
• ISBN-13: 978-0880117692
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #555,272 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars VERY WELL WRITTEN AND EASY TO INCORPARATE IT, August 24, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Mansfield, Ohio) - See all my reviews

I TOOK THIS BOOK OUT AT MY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND REALLY WAS EASY TO UNDERSTAND THE TECHNIQUES AND USE THEM DURING MY WORKOUTS. IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STROKE, THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU USE DRILLS TO ELEVATE THAT STROKE. A MUST READ!!

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a wonderful assset to swimmers of all abilities, October 13, 1998

By A Customer

In this book, Mr. Guzman presents key drills for each of the swimming strokes, starts, turns, and finishes. The drills presented are clear, easy to understand, and would be of value to swimmer's of any ability level. This is a wonderful compilation of drills from a distinguished coach in the sport of swimming!

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Old fashioned, September 20, 2000

By	Karen L. Vandusen "cloudpeak" (Woodinville, Washington United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This books seems to be directed at beginning swimmers. It's too basic for more experienced swimmers. Addtionally, many of the drills seem a bit dated. I may be a little biased since I am an advocate of the the Total Immersion style of swimming.