- ISBN13: 9780736045438
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Use the world’s best training system from the world’s top swim coach to become a stronger swimmer in freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, and individual medley. Bill Sweetenham is the coaching force behind Australia’s rise to international swimming acclaim. Now the national performance director of British Swimming, Sweetenham and coach John Atkinson detail their complete system of proven workouts, sets, and programs to improve stroke technique a… More >>
This is definitely one of the best books I have ever seen for the swimming training!
Rating: 5 / 5
Quite a good book – talks about a lot of details. Very interesting book it shows how to look at some details in a new light BUT sometimes leaves out a couple of new important details. However reminds me of one of the ways one of my older coaches used to coach (he was quite effective for the most part.)
Rating: 4 / 5
As a rookie coach I have found this publication invaluable. Although aimed at the ‘top end’ swimmer, with a little adjustment the lesson plans can be adapted to swimmers of any level. The drills are well laid out in a logical progression that benefits development of both the coach and the swimmer.
Bill Sweetenham shows an incedible understanding of the art and science of swimming and has managed to bring both aspects together in a clear and concise manual, can’t recommend it highly enough
Rating: 5 / 5
Lots and lots of information if you’re planning your season’s training or you’re coaching a team. There are drills for all the strokes, explanations of training zones, example workouts, and information on all aspects of swimming competitively (starts, turns, tactics, tapering,…).
What this book doesn’t have, which is reflected in the title, is in depth descriptions of the intricacies of the strokes. If you want lots of that, choose another book. If you know how the strokes are performed but want some guidance on your training, this would be a good addition to your library.
Rating: 4 / 5