Product Description

This is the most comprehensive drill book on the market with 131 drills, every turn and finish scenarios and every start possibility. Each drill explains purpose, description, focus points and modifications, accompanied by illustrations that show proper technique and position. A useful 16-week training chart provides guidance on how to plan a training programme using the drills and a two-page layout of each drill. This book builds a foundation of form and efficiency with dozens of drills to improve buoyancy, body position, breathing, kicking and sculling.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18352 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 296 pages

About the Author
Ruben Guzman has been a certified coach with United States Swimming for more than 25 years at the recreational, high school, collegiate and competitive year-round levels, leading swimmers to the Olympic trials. He has augmented that experience by advanced study in exercise and behavioural sciences to refine the way he coaches the sport. Guzman is the head coach of an aquatics programme in Sacramento, USA and conducts clinics and training for teams and coaches.

Customer Reviews

back to basics but well worth having
I'm a masters swimmer who trains most of the time on my own so a book like this is a reall boon. There are some very noddy beginners drills but the stroke development drills are well explained and the reasons for doing them set out.

Think it would make a good additon to most club coaches collection - most of the drills you'll be familiar with but good to have them in one collection an so clealy explained.

One book every swimming tacher & coach should have - poolside!
Not content with one copy I got my club to purchase another seven. A few months later the transformation poolside is noticeable - teachers & assistant teachers refer to the book all the time and create their own mix of drills when teaching right through the courses we deliver. We have our favourites. All work. The progressions into each competitive stroke could not be better, there are fun practical drills too ... and of course dives & turns. My wish is for a large format version that I could better use poolside when demonstrating to swimmers. Great stuff.