Breakthrough swimming

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"In Breakthrough Swimming, swimming coach and historian Cecil Colwin describes how competitive swimmers of the modern era - such as swimming giants Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett - apply innovative training methods and stroke techniques to set new standards of performance. All four strokes as well as starts and turns are presented in thorough detail in Colwin's easy-to-grasp instructional style."--Jacket.

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Full title :Breakthrough swimming / Cecil Colwin.

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Publication Date:©2002.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Human Kinetics
Place of Publication:Champaign, IL
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2002.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 247 pages : : illustrations ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0736037772, 9780736037778
oclc:ocm48045854
LC Classification:GV836.4
Dewey Decimal:797.2/1/09

History of the swimming stroke -- Breakthroughs in stroke techniques -- Strokes, starts, and turns -- Understanding hydrodynamics -- Propulsive mechanisms of speed swimming -- Coaching the feel of the water -- Progression of training methods -- Principles of modern training -- Physiological research and applications -- Development of a training program -- Evolution of competitive swimming -- Doping, testing, and modern efforts to gain an edge -- Looking back, looking ahead.