The 100 Best Swimming Drills

by Blythe Lucero

Achieving better swimming is a matter of swimming efficiently. While proper technique is the foundation of good swimming, it is often difficult to isolate a technique problem by simply swimming laps. Stroke flaws can slow a swimmer s progress and can even lead to injury if continued over time. For these reasons, swimming drills have become a fundamental part of training at all levels of the sport. Drill practice is a swimmer s primary tool in developing better stroke technique. Drills allow a swimmer to concentrate on a single aspect of a stroke at one time. By providing specific, repetitive practice, and immediate feedback, drills teach a swimmer to maximize efficiency while minimizing effort. The book is organized into sections covering the four competitive strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. Each drill is explained step by step and accompanied by comprehensive diagrams. Drill feedback charts are included to help swimmers identify problems and make modifications. Underwater and surface photographs give swimmers optimal images to emulate as they practice. The 100 Best Swimming Drills is an excellent resource for swimmers at any level in the quest for better swimming.

Genres: Sports, Fitness, Nonfiction, Health

280 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2007

Reviews

[Mostafa · Rating 5 out of 5]

rat it

[Jana Rađa · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are a swimmer (or, perhaps, even a coach) looking for some fresh swimming drills, and you seem to have exhausted even the immensely vast repertoire of YouTube, you'll most definitely find something interesting in The 100 Best Swimming Drills. There are some basic drills in the book that will be familiar to everyone, but there are also some that I haven't seen anywhere yet. The text itself is easy to follow, and the descriptions are transparent; doing the exercises should be simple enough even without a DVD. Happy swimming!

[librarianh20 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Also need my own copy!

[Designerjasmine Sharif]

How do we read it