Swim Speed Strokes for Swimmers and Triathletes

Master Freestyle, Butterfly, Breaststroke and Backstroke for Your Fastest Swimming

Sheila Taormina (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2014
VeloPress (Verlag)
978-1-937715-21-2 (ISBN)

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In her best-selling book Swim Speed Secrets, 4-time Olympian and gold medalist Sheila Taormina revealed the freestyle swimming technique secret used by the world's fastest swimmers. Now in Swim Speed Strokes, Taormina shows how swimmers can swim their fastest in all four competitive swimming strokes; backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, and freestyle.

In her best-selling book Swim Speed Secrets, 4-time Olympian and gold medalist Sheila Taormina revealed the freestyle swimming technique used by the world's fastest swimmers.

Now in Swim Speed Strokes, Taormina shows swimmers and triathletes how to swim their best in all four swimming strokes--butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. Using crystal-clear photographs and her engaging, straightforward style, Coach Taormina explains the science behind power and speed in the water, explores the elements common to every stroke, and examines stroke technique in detail in individual stroke chapters.

Swim Speed Strokes features elite swimmers and Olympians, including Peter Vanderkaay, Rebecca Soni, Aaron Peirsol, Rowdy Gaines, Ashley Whitney, Vlad Morozov, Ariana Kukors, Andrew Gemmell, Laura Sogar, Nicolas Fink, Elizabeth Beisel, Doug Reynolds, and Melanie Margalis. Stunning over- and underwater photographs unveil the winning technique that has carried these athletes to the top of their sport. Whether you want to master every stroke or simply improve on your best one, Swim Speed Strokes will get you there and make you the strongest swimmer you can be.

Sheila Taormina is a 4-time Olympian, gold medalist, triathlon world champion, and swimming coach. She is one of a handful of athletes who have competed in four Olympic games and the only woman in the world to have competed in three distinctly different sports--swimming, triathlon, and modern pentathlon. At the unswimmerlike height of just 5' 2", Taormina refined her exceptional freestyle swim technique to win a gold medal in the 1996 Olympics and the 2004 ITU triathlon world championship. For 15 years, Taormina has coached elite and age-group swimmers and triathletes to develop the strong underwater pull that propelled her to such athletic success in her racing career. Taormina conducts dozens of swim clinics around the world each year. Rowdy Gaines set 10 world records between 1978-84 and won three gold medals at the 1984 Olympics. He is currently NBC's swimming commentator for the Olympics, alongside Dan Hicks, and is a masters swimming world-record holder.

Foreword by Rowdy Gaines

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Understanding the Why

2 The Look and Feel of Lift and Drag

3 The Kick, Core Movement, and Connection

4 Stroke Data

5 Butterfly

6 Backstroke

7 Breaststroke

8 Freestyle

Conclusion: Adopting Elite Technique

Appendix A: Sighting Technique for Open-Water Events

Appendix B: Sprint Freestyle: Straight-Arm Technique

References

Index

Contributors

About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.10.2014
Reihe/Serie	Swim Speed Series
Vorwort	Rowdy Gaines
Zusatzinfo	Full-color photographs throughout
Verlagsort	Boulder
Sprache	englisch
Maße	177 x 228 mm
Gewicht	589 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
ISBN-10	1-937715-21-3 / 1937715213
ISBN-13	978-1-937715-21-2 / 9781937715212
Zustand	Neuware