Mastering Swimming

Jim P. Montgomery, Mo A. Chambers

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN: 9780736074537
• eBook ISBN: 9781492583981
• Edition: 1

Trim seconds off your time, train more efficiently, or simply maximize your fitness workouts with Mastering Swimming.

Renowned coaches Jim Montgomery and Mo Chambers have teamed up to create the ultimate swimming guide for masters athletes. Swimmers aged 18 to 120 will benefit from a targeted approach that covers these essentials:

-Stroke instruction and refinement for freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly

-Workout plans for fitness and competition

-Training for open-water swimming and triathlon

-Second-saving starts and turns

In addition, Mastering Swimming covers equipment, dryland training, motivational strategies, and guidance for selecting a masters coach or program. With such complete coverage, it's the one resource you'll turn to time and again for a lifetime of serious swimming.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part I Taking the Plunge
• Start With a Vision, Train With a Plan
• Chapter 2 Set the Stage for Success
• Chapter 3 Develop Your Water Sense
• Part II Fine-Tuning Your Strokes
• Chapter 4 Freestyle
• Chapter 5 Backstroke
• Chapter 6 Butterfly
• Chapter 7 Breaststroke
• Chapter 8 Starts, Turns, and Finishes
• Part III Conditioning for Success
• Chapter 9 Workout Essentials
• Chapter 10 Pool Workouts
• Chapter 11 Dry-Land Training
• Chapter 12 Open-Water Training
• Chapter 13 Make Your Plan for Success
• Part IV Competition
• Chapter 14 Competing in Pool Events
• Chapter 15 Competing in Open Water
• Appendix: Sample Workout Sets
• Bibliography
• About the Authors