100 more swimming drills / by Blythe Lucero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lucero, Blythe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swimming--Study and teaching.

Swimming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead, United Kingdom : Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To swim better, we have to swim more efficiently. While good technique is the foundation of efficient swimming, it is difficult to achieve by simply swimming lap after lap. Ongoing stroke problems leave many people feeling unrewarded. Therefore, swimming drills are a fundamental and ongoing element of practice at all levels of the sport. Following the successful book 100 Best Swimming Drills, swimming coach Blythe Lucero has compiled another collection of the most effective swimming drills in 100 More Swimming Drills. The purpose of each drill is clearly defined so a swimmer can focus on a

Contents:

Cover; The Author; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. How to use this book; 2. The quest for better swimming; 3. What's in a drill?; Drills for freestyle; Body position drills; 1. Tip forward; 2. Lateral balance; 3. Streamline; 4. Power zone; Kick drills; 5. Fish don't have knees; 6. Kick the ball; 7. Invisible kickboard; Arm stroke drills; 8. Over the barrel; 9. Elbow extension; 10. 3D freestyle; 11. Accelerate the arm stroke; Recovery drills; 12. Trailing hand; 13. Loose hand swing; 14. Pocket; Breathing drills; 15. Reach to inhale; 16. Breathe from the hips

17. Constant breathingLeverage drills; 18. Lean in, lean out; 19. No flat freestyle!; 20. Maintain the centerline; 21. The kick lever; Coordination drills; 22. United strokes; 23. Reach and recover; 24. Catch and push; 25. Swimming tall; Drills for backstroke; Body position drills; 26. Spine line; 27. Head on a pillow; 28. Banana; Kick drills; 29. Kick up!; 30. No knees/no toes; 31. Streamline back kick; 32. The ankle drill; 33. Good knee, bad knee; Arm stroke drills; 34. Z Pull; 35. Descend to catch; 36. Short pull, long push; 37. Throw it!; Recovery drills; 38. Release to recover

39. Non-Stop recovery40. Eleven o'clock and one o'clock; 41. Firm elbow, loose wrist; Breathing drills; 42. Nose breathing/mouth breathing; 43. Fuel your stroke; Leverage drills; 44. Hip to hip; 45. The independent head; 46. The perfect angle; Coordination drills; 47. Home base checkpoint; 48. Find your X; 49. Backstroke silhouette; 50. Core stability/core power; Drills for breaststroke; Body position drills; 51. Two balance points; 52. Long float; 53. Short float; Kick drills; 54. Foot awareness; 55. Around the knees; 56. Recover first; 57. Straight hip line; 58. Feet outside knees

Arm stroke drills59. Sweep out, sweep in; 60. Hairpin; 61. Accelerate and abbreviate; 62. Elbow grease; Recovery drills; 63. Speed recovery; 64. Get back to streamline; Breathing drills; 65. Inhale with the insweep; 66. Exhale with the kick; 67. No nodding!; Leverage drills; 68. Exaggerated breaststroke; 69. Teeter-Totter; 70. Breastroke Wave; 71. Ride the glide; Coordination drills; 72. 3-phase breaststroke; 73. Arms then legs; 74. Counting breaststroke; 75. Breaststroke silhouette; Drills for butterfly; Body position drills; 76. Active floating; 77. Hang from your hips

78. Short and long balanceKick drills; 79. Head to toe dolphin; 80. No bones; 81. High/low; 82. Dolphin with fins; 83. Spirals; Arm stroke drills; 84. Pull/push butterfly; 85. Catch wide; 86. Lean in, lean out; 87. Deep and shallow; 88. Finish and release; Recovery Drills; 89. One arch; 90. Hands follow; Breathing Drills; 91. Low profile; 92. Turtle; 93. Head then hands; 94. Breathing rhythms; Leverage drills; 95. Pike; 96. The moth; 97. Kick and catch, kick and breathe; Coordination drills; 98. Grab and go!; 99. Weightless fly; 100. Full body fly; 4. 100 drills; Conclusion; Credits

Notes:

Dedicated to PB, special spirit, special soul.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 4, 2014).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78255-343-6

1-78255-679-6

OCLC:

858862064