687732SW

Coaching Swimming Successfully

Veteran and beginning coaches will learn how to motivate swimmers, become better communicators, and be prepared for the challenges of competitive meets. The Author reveals his personal coaching philosophy and helps coaches develop their own code of ethics as they build a winning swimming program in and out of the pool. Detailed advice on how to evaluate swimmers performances in practice and in competition, as well as the entire swim program, makes this the complete guide to coaching the sport.

687779A

Steps To Success - Advanced Swimming

Offer swimmers 18 proven steps for mastering advanced skills. In Advanced Swimming: Steps to Success, swimmers climb 18 additional steps to advanced swimming success. This unique skill progression reviews and improves the crawl and breast strokes, introduces the new competitive back and butterfly strokes, and helps swimmers learn competitive strokes and turns. Each step: explains why the concept or skill is important, identifies the keys to proper technique, helps swimmers correct common errors, explains how to practice each skill in realistic ways, lists specific performance goals for each drill, gives swimmers a summary checklist for evaluating proper technique, and lets swimmers proceed at their own pace.

687792

Wet Games (RLSS)

Wet Games provides teachers with a collection of games and activities that bring to participants of all ages and at all levels the chance to acquire and perfect swimming skills and to develop techniques of rescue and survival. The range is from simple games in ankle-deep water to advanced procedures that simulate difficulties any swimmer may face from time to time, the importance of safety is emphasised throughout. This book is 'splash proof' to enable the user to keep it handy by the side of the pool throughout the lesson.