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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 613.716 EAN: 9780736074575 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0736074570 Label: Human Kinetics Publishers Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: June 30, 2008 Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Studio: Human Kinetics Publishers Editorial Review: Product Description: This new edition will provide easy-to-follow, progressive workouts for swimmers of varying fitness levels. The workouts and training programmes will be supported by valuable advice on stroke techniques. Concise yet thorough, this book will offer structure and variety to readers' workouts, while the techniques covered lead to faster, more efficient swimming. Respected swimming coach Emmett Hines shows the reader how to achieve maximum results from every workout, whether trying to enhance their overall fitness or training for an upcoming triathlon. The focus of the book is putting an end to monotonous workouts and instead swimming varied, meaningful laps that will quickly get the reader into shape.This completely updated edition includes, all-new progressive workouts, updated chapters on getting equipped, assessing fitness, freestyle technique, stretching, warm-ups and cool-downs. There is also new coverage of freestyle flip turns and more technique instruction and tips throughout. Readers can use this book to put together their own complete training programme and this will improve both swim conditioning and technique. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Your Personal Swim CoachI love this book. It's like having a personal swimming coach in my gear bag. I'm a novice lap swimmer who wants to improve my skills in order to use swimming as my primary means of exercise, so I have found Part II ("Swimming the Right Way") to be extremely helpful. The emphasis on posture and balance in Chapter 4 has been particularly enlightening for me. I am looking forward to starting the various workouts. The workouts are categorized into 6 levels, ranging from "Basic Skills Workouts" ... Read More Rating: - Very good bookI am a semi novice swimmer, I found very important information on this book, and for the contents I think it has a lot of interesting info for advance swimmer. I would hightly recommend it. Rating:  - All you need to coach yourselfSwimming is such a technique oriented sport and it is almost impossible to hone your technique without a coach. I have been fortunate to have been coached by Emmett for the past seven years and I find something to work on at each practice. This is an excellent book for swimmers who have the discipline to coach themselves. The second part, Swimming the Right Way describes the techniques to streamline your body and maximize your power. By integrating this technical information with the workouts in part three ... Read More Rating: - Next Best Thing to Studying with Emmett in PersonI grew up swimming competitively. I was introduced to Emmett in my early thirties and began attending his master classes a few years ago. Emmett is a fabulous communicator, and the concepts that he teaches completely revolutionized my swimming. I am now able to swim longer, faster, and with much less energy than ever before. Just recently, I placed second in my age group in a 2.4 mile swim in Austin, TX, and it was Emmett's training that took me the entire way. I was at first skeptical that ... Read More Rating: - Great book for new swimmers and experienced swimmers.I really enjoyed reading this book and wanted to take the time to reivew it. I am an experienced swimmer, swimming for many years, coaching age group and master's teams over the years. I have also taught swimming at many levels. I tried to look at this book from the eyes of a beginner and found it very helpful. The book covered such topics as how to pick out a suit and goggles all the way to pool etiquette. How glad I am that Emmett covered that! As an experienced swimmer I found the workout information ... Read More |
