Swim Smooth – The Complete Coaching System for Swimmers and Triathletes - Softcover

Newsome, Paul; Young, Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119963192 ISBN 13: 9781119963196

Publisher: Fernhurst Books Ltd., 2012

Synopsis

Transform your technique and become a better swimmer with this remarkable new approach to freestyle swimming. Aimed at both fitness and competitive swimmers, it explains what makes a successful stroke and how to develop your own swimming style.

Swim Smooth contains the latest breakthroughs in swimming that can radically improve your speed, enjoyment and success. Hundreds of colour photographs and 3D graphics allow you to put the theory into practice.

There's advice for intermediate, advanced and elite swimmers. Sections on stroke technique are supplemented with detailed advice on fitness training and racing skills. Open water swimming is fully covered with practical skills for every level. Learn about nutrition, flexibility and dealing with cramp.

The Swim Smooth approach helps you identify the strengths and weaknesses of your stroke and provides drills and training tips to make the most of your time in the water. It accepts differences in individual swimmers and shows you how to understand the fundamentals of swimming to find a style that works.

The authors are highly experienced triathletes and open water swimmers who teach and train thousands of people every year. They are consultants to the British Triathlete Federation.

Swim Fast. Swim Happy. Swim Smooth.

About this title

About the Author

Paul Newsome and Adam Young are highly experienced triathletes and open water swimmers who teach and coach thousands of people every year all around the world. They are coaching consultants to the British Triathlon Federation and via their Swim Smooth organization they have literally re-written the entire swim coaching syllabus in the UK.

From the Back Cover

Transform your technique and become a better swimmer with this remarkable new approach to freestyle swimming. Aimed at both fitness and competitive swimmers, it explains what makes a successful stroke and how to develop your own swimming style.

The Swim Smooth approach helps you identify the strengths and weaknesses of your stroke and provides drills and training tips to make the most of your time in the water. It accepts differences in individual swimmers and shows you how to understand the fundamentals of swimming to find a style that works for you.

Sections on technique are supplemented with detailed advice on fitness training and racing skills. Open water swimming is fully covered.Advice for intermediate, advanced and elite swimmers.Hundreds of photos make learning easy.Improve your swimming speed, success and enjoyment.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fernhurst Books Ltd.
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119963192
• ISBN 13: 9781119963196
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 254