Swim Speed Secrets for Swimmers and Triathletes: Master the Freestyle Technique Used by the World's Fastest Swimmers Author: Visit Amazon's Sheila Taormina Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1934030880 | Format: PDF
Swim Speed Secrets for Swimmers and Triathletes: Master the Freestyle Technique Used by the World's Fastest Swimmers Description
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"The concept of 'holding' water and generating propulsion is fundamental to swimming performance, and Sheila's book clearly unlocks the secrets of this through words and vivid underwater photos. It is what every top swimmer trains and searches for each day at practice, and it is what allowed me to win Olympic medals as a teenager and into my 40s." — Dara Torres, 12-time Olympic medalist
"In her book, Sheila Taormina gives a great understanding of the art of high performance swimming. With her help, you can stop swimming for survival and start swimming like a pro." — Laura Bennett, 2010 ITU #1-ranked swimmer, four-time ITU World Triathlon Championship medalist, Olympian, and two-time U.S. triathlon champion
"A ripper! Great to get a no-b.s. perspective on swimming from a champion." — Chris McCormack, 2-time Ironman® World Champion
“Taormina’s Swim Speed Secrets is a compendium and reference, a tool box no triathlon swimmer can afford to ignore… Taormina has seen thousands of open-water and competitive swimmers of all levels...The insights and lessons provided in SwimSpeed Secrets are the distillation of those decades of experience, thousands of hours of coaching and training and thousands of competitions in only 174 pages…This book is a more effective training aid than paddles, a kickboard and even a swimming pool. Swim Speed Secrets is your most important swim tool.” — TriSports
"Sheila's book Swim Speed Secrets is the best swim manual—PERIOD!" — Ashley Whitney, Olympic Gold Medalist
"Sheila Taormina may be the greatest athlete in the modern Olympic era. She's the only person I know who has made four Olympic teams in three different sports." — Jim Richardson, Head Coach of the University of Michigan women’s swim team
"Sheila T. is just 5' 2" but she swims like she is 6' 2". We still use her as a model for our swimmers today on how to swim the strokes." — Jack Bauerle, Team USA Olympic Swim Coach and Head Coach of the University of Georgia swim team
From the Back Cover
SPORTS/SWIMMINGUnlock the secret to faster swimming!InSwim Speed Secrets, 4-time Olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion Sheila Taormina reveals the swim technique used by the world's fastest swimmers. Too many swimmers and triathletes neglect the key to speed, distracted by stroke count or perfecting body position or streamlining. Taormina uses simple science and crystal-clear underwater photos of top Olympic athletes, from Johnny Weissmuller to Peter Vanderkaay , to show how thehigh-elbow underwater pullis the most crucial technique for faster swimming. With a well-honed, commonsense approach that comes from decades of practice and 15 years of hands-on coaching experience, Taormina'sSwim Speed Secretsgives triathletes and swimmers the power to overhaul their swim stroke and find the speed that's eluded them.Swim Speed Secrets, an expanded version of Taormina's ground-breaking bookCall the Suitincludes:
- The best drills to cultivate a more sensitive feel for the water
- Dry-land and strength-building exercises to develop arm position and upper body musculature
- Striking photos of Olympic swimmers in their high-elbow underwater pull
- Clear descriptions of the key elements of the underwater pull
- Tips and secrets that helped Taormina perform at a world-class level for two decades
Swim Speed Secretsbrings the focus back where it belongs—to a powerful underwater stroke. With this book, triathletes and swimmers can stop swimming for survival and break through to new levels of speed and confidence in the water.
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- Series: Swim Speed Series
- Paperback: 212 pages
- Publisher: Velo Press; Reprint edition (May 1, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1934030880
- ISBN-13: 978-1934030882
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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