Mastering swimming

Author(s)

• Montgomery, Jim
• Chambers, Mo

Bibliographic Information

Mastering swimming

Jim Montgomery, Mo Chambers

（The masters athlete series）

Human Kinetics, c2009

• : soft cover

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203) and index

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Contents of Works

• Start with a vision, train with a plan
• Set the stage for success
• Develop your water sense
• Freestyle
• Backstroke
• Butterfly
• Breaststroke
• Starts, turns, and finishes
• Workout essentials
• Pool workouts
• Dry-land training
• Open-water training
• Make your plan for success
• Competing in pool events
• Competing in open water

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Trim seconds off your time, train more efficiently, or simply maximize your fitness workouts with "Mastering Swimming". Renowned coaches Jim Montgomery and Mo Chambers have teamed up to create the ultimate swimming guide for masters athletes. Swimmers aged 18 to 120 will benefit from a targeted approach that covers these essentials stroke instruction and refinement for freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly with workout plans for fitness and competition training for open-water swimming and triathlon and second-saving starts and turns. In addition, "Mastering Swimming" covers equipment, dry land training, motivational strategies, and guidance for selecting a masters coach or program. With such complete coverage, it's the one resource you'll turn to time and again for a lifetime of serious swimming.

Table of Contents

• Part I: Taking the Plunge
• Chapter 1. Start With a Vision, Train With a Plan
• Chapter 2. Set the Stage for Success
• Chapter 3. Develop Your Water Sense
• Part II: Fine Tuning Your Strokes
• Chapter 4. Freestyle
• Chapter 5. Backstroke
• Chapter 6. Butterfly
• Chapter 7. Breaststroke
• Chapter 8. Starts, Turns, and Finishes
• Part III: Conditioning for Success
• Chapter 9. Workout Essentials
• Chapter 10. Pool Workouts
• Chapter 11. Dryland Training
• Chapter 12. Open-Water Training
• Chapter 13. Make Your Plan for Success
• Part IV: Competition
• Chapter 14. Competing in Pool Events
• Chapter 15. Competing in Open Water.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA91671545
• ISBN:
  • 9780736074537
  • 9780736081696
• LCCN: 2008035439
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Champaign, IL
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 209 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GV837
  • DC22 : 797.2/1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Swimming
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB03403252