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Whether youre a coach looking to build or supplement your program or a swimmer seeking to improve your technique and time, youll benefit from swim coaching legend Bill Sweetenhams proven methods for improving performance in the backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. Sweetenham has spent his career developing world-class swimmersfirst for Australia, then for Hong Kong, and now for Great Britain. He engineered Australias success at four Olympic Games and five Commonwealth Games and has coached 63 top swimmers in international competitions to 27 Olympic and World Championship medals. Now, through Championship Swim Training, he and coauthor John Atkinson, a former national team coach in Australia and current national youth coach with British Swimming, provide the detailed plans and strategies to help all swimmers maximize their swimming potential. Beginning with Sweetenhams five golden rules for swimming that apply to all swimmersregardles s of their backgroundChampio nship Swim Training is divided into two parts. Part I, Technique Drills and Sets, deals with training zones and benchmark sets so critical to effective training and goal setting. Also included is a series of drill progressions and checklists that can be applied to each stroke and the individual medley. These progressions will help pinpoint stroke deficiencies and improve stroke technique as well as sculling, starts, turns, finishes, and kick and pull training. The checklists give swimmers and coaches tips for training and competition. Less

This lightweight training aid features an open side design with contoured body shaping for freedom of movement. The fully adjustable body and center straps assure a comfortable, secure fit. Colorful nylon shell covers the closed cell foam flotation elements. The superior, all-around buoyancy helps to build the confidence of beginning and advancing young swimmers. (shipping weight 2 lbs) Small - Age: 3 to 6 years, height: up to 45", weight: up to 45 lbs.Medium - Age: 6 to 10 years, height: up to 55", weight: up to 65 lbs.Large - Age: 8 to 11 years, height: up to 62", weight: up to 80 lbs.(Size Large is not available to ship until January 2010.) Less

Although Swim Smooth is an educational DVD aimed particularly at triathletes and swimmers of a novice to intermediate level with moderate swimming knowledge or history in the sport, the Swim Smooth DVD has been used very effectively by everyone from Learn-to-Swim all the way up to several elite Olympic and Ironman distance athletes. DVD Disc # 1: The first Swim Smooth DVD runs for approximately 76 mins and breaks down the freestyle stroke into the following areas: Breathing, Body Roll, Leg Kick, Head Position, Hand Entry, Catch and Pull Through. Each section features 6 or 7 different drills to help you improve your swimming. The DVD is rounded off with an excellent Visualization section with Bill Kirby. The first disc also contains many visual demonstrations on the common mistakes you should look out for with your own stroke. DVD Disc # 2: The second Swim Smooth DVD is divided into three separate sections: Strength and Flexibility; Open Water Skills and an Extras section which features a great little section on how to write your own swim program. This disc runs for approximately 45 mins. The Strength and Flexibility section discusses appropriate stretching routines, a core stabilization section and a physiotherapist guided section on how to avoid common swimming injuries. The Open Water Skills section takes the viewer down to beautiful Scarborough Beach in Western Australia and with the aid of World Master's Surf Life Saving Champion, Colin Mustoe, and open water expert Blythe Hartnett, shows you how to adapt your stroke to varying swim conditions. Swimming in the open water can be far removed from swimming in the pool and you need to know how to be versatile with your stroke to account for this. CD-ROM Disc # 3: We are very pleased to be able to offer every Swim Smooth DVD Boxset user their very own 8-week or 25 session training program which they can print off and take down to the pool and follow as though instructed by a coach. NTSC (U.S. and Canada) Less