Swimming Science (eBook)

Optimum performance in the water

John G. Mullen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
192 Seiten
Ivy Press (Verlag)
978-1-78240-693-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Just one hundredth of a second separates elite swimmers from the podium, but what are the physical forces at work behind these tiny margins, and how can an understanding of them be used to improve your own technique in thepool?Swimming Scienceinvestigates, with each chapter focussing on a different area. From swimming technology, physiology, and psychology to hydrodynamics, the key principles of swimming science are addressed, with the contentorganised around a series of questions. What creates the drag in the water? How have swim suits evolved? Which muscles generate propulsion? How much force do elite swimmers use? Each question is investigated using up-to-date science and explanatory info-graphics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.4.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
• Schlagworte: 2020 • 2021 • Athlete • best swimming book • book about swimming • Bronze • Coaching • competitive swimming • drag • drag in water • elite swimmers • Fitness • Gold • how swimming works • Hydrodynamics • illustrated swimming book • improve swimming technique • improve your swimming • Infographics • Lift • mechanics of swimming • Mental Training • musculoskeletal indicators • new swimming books • Nutrition • Olympics • peak performance • Performance • Performance enhancement • performance in water • Physics • pool equipment • Power • professional swimmers • professional swimmers tips • professional swimming secrets • professional swimming techniques • Propulsion • Psychology • Recovery • Science of success • science of swimming • Silver • sport psychologists • sport psychology • Sports • sports biology • sports infographics • Sports Science • sport success • stroke biomechanics • Strokes • swim • swimming • swimming book • swimming facts • swimming guide • swimming health • swimming infographics • swimming information • swimming injuries • swimming performance • swimming physiology • swimming questions • swimming secrets • swimming techniques • swim psychology • Tokyo • torque • Training • Water • Waves • worlds best swimmers
• ISBN-10: 1-78240-693-X / 178240693X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78240-693-8 / 9781782406938