Swimming
Author(s): David G. Thomas
Become more fluid in the water with "Swimming: Steps to Success." This comprehensive guide provides progressive instruction to help you master several swimming strokes and skills: backstroke, front crawl, breaststroke, butterfly, sidestroke, back crawl, trudgen, floating, diving, sculling, and underwater swimming.
Step-by-step instruction and 195 illustrations break down each stroke to the basic arm and leg movements and their timing. The multiple drills in each step include a scoring system to gauge success and determine readiness to advance to the next skill.
Part of the highly successful Steps to Success Series series, with more than 1.5 million copies sold, "Swimming: Steps to Success" is the best tool for learning to swim at your own pace and an excellent resource for mastering skills through the advanced level.
Product Information
"This edition of" Swimming: Steps to Success "is even more thorough than the second, covering a wider range of skill levels. Its complete, step-by-step progression is an excellent way to learn to swim, improve technique, or master the strokes and skills. The author's unique system of checking and scoring success for every aspect of every skill provides motivation to help readers reach their goals.""
Dick Hannula
Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
Former multiple-term president of the American Swimming Coaches Association
David Thomas has had 25 years of experience as a college swimming coach and 40 years in swimming instruction. He has written numerous articles and books on aquatics and swimming pool design.
General Fields
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- : Human Kinetics
- : Human Kinetics Publishers
- : 0.567
- : 31 December 2004
- : 279mm X 216mm X 12mm
- : United States
- : 01 January 2005
- : books
Special Fields
- : David G. Thomas
- : Paperback
- : 3rd Revised edition
- : English
- : 797.21
- : 200
- : 195 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white halftones