By D. Thomas
1990
This is the second-level continuation of "Swimming: Steps to Success". The book features 18 steps designed to help swimmers review and improve the crawl and breast strokes, learn the new competitive back and butterfly strokes, and master competitive strokes and turns.

Pb. 164pp illus. 279x216mm

By P. Butler
2000
This is a guide designed for people taking the Amateur Swimming Association's Assistant Teacher course, providing material on all aspects of the subject such as: teaching skills and lesson planning, working with non-swimmers, the scientific principles of swimming, swimming techniques and practices, survival skills and the club swimmer.

Pb. 160pp 246x190mm

RRP £14.99 OUR PRICE £11.99

By C. Colwin
2002
Accompanied by richly detailed illustrations, this engaging text is one of the most insightful written works on the sport. It makes clear sense out of the scientific principles and puts into context the historical changes in the sport. Not only will you gain a greater understanding of competitive swimming through its origins and evolution, but you’ll also gain these valuable skills - stroke technique, starts, turns, reacting to the flow of the water, understanding the hydrodynamics of swimming, training,.

Pb. 262pp

By Tracey McFarlane-Mirande

The author is an Olympic Gold Medalist and this book brings Olympic level techniques and training to intermediate swimmers who want to achieve their best.

Step by step drills to improve stokes and more enjoyable workouts, tips to eliminate drag, swim more powerfully with less effort, easy to follow inllustrations.

192pp Pb

By J. Atkinson, B. Sweetenham
2003

Bill Sweetenham and John Atkinson cover these coaches' proven plans for improving stroke and performance in the backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley.

Pb. 301pp 181 illus. 71 photos. 279x216mm

By D. Hannula
2003
Over the course of a distinguished coaching career, Dick Hannula led his high school teams to 24 consecutive state championships, was a two-time president of the American Swim Coaches Association, and is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Hannula shares more than 50 years of coaching experience and knowledge in Coaching Swimming Successfully.

With input from successful U.S. and international coaches, Hannula presents the latest stroke improvements for greater efficiency and speed as well as new instruction on underwater dolphin kicking techniques. Full practice plans help coaches accomplish more in each training session.

Pb. 192pp

By A. Lynn
2007
Out of pool conditioning is a vital part of preparation for competitive swimming and this book is essential reading for all swimmers wishing to improve their performance. Aimed at novices through to elite competitors, as well as coaches, lecturers, PE teachers, sports students and parents.

Pb 160pp 200 b&w photos and diag.

By D. Salo, S. Riewald
2008

From more powerful strokes to quicker turns, propel yourself to improved times with Complete Conditioning for Swimming.

This multidimensional training program uses fitness assessments to tailor strength, endurance, and flexibility exercises to each swimmer’s individual needs.
Exercises and drills for each stroke; Event-based workouts and programs; Dryland training;
Tapering for peak performance;
Year-round conditioning plans;
Nutrition before, during, and after swim meets.

Pb. 256pp

By L. Cox
2006
The real-life story of how the world's most famous female long-distance swimmer encountered a grey whale separated from its mother - and how she helped to reunite them. Lynne Cox is the author of 'Swimming to Antarctica', a memoir of her life as a swimmer. From the age of fourteen she has been breaking records for long-distance swimming, culminating in a mile-long swim in Antarctica, in zero degree-temperature water.

When Lynne was 17, and on a training swim off the California mainland, she found herself swimming with a grey whale that had lost its mother. For the next seven hours, she swam with the whale - through pods of dolphin, and schools of sun-fish, between the pilings of a pier, and out to the base of an oil-rig, diving down as deeply as Lynne was able to, losing sight of the whale for minutes only to have it return and listen to its strange clicking and singing - in an increasingly desperate attempt to locate its mother. The whale was too young to survive by itself, and Lynne's account of the hours she spent swimming with it, and of the moment when they finally found its mother is remarkable.

Hb. 128pp 185x118mm 4 b/w photos

By K. Cann
2005

By D. Lawrence
2008
A complete guide to planning and instruction for Fitness professionals

Pb 230x189 mm. 272pp b/w photos

RRP £16.99 OUR PRICE £13.99

By M. Brems

Tips for streamlining strokes, checks for proper stroke execution, glossary of training terms, section on open water swimming.

128pp Pb

By E. Hines
2008
Want more from your workout? Whether you seek to improve your technique, trim your times, swim greater distances, or simply improve your fitness level, Fitness Swimming will help you achieve your goals, all in full-color.

Expert swim coach Emmett Hines has created 60 new workouts and 16 sample programs, each arranged into suggested training zones to correspond to your fitness level and performance goals. The text covers stretching, warm-up and cool-down methods, heart rate zone targets, expanded instruction for stroke efficacy, progressive drills, conditioning tips, and fitness assessments.

Pb.

By K. Juba
2005
Get Fit: Swimming is the essential practical handbook that no new swimmer should be without. Whether you want to swim for pleasure or simply to get fit and lose weight, swimming offers you a great way to improve your level of health and well-being.

Whatever your motivation, this handy pocket-sized book offers all the practical advice you need to get started, including: advice on buying the right kit; safety; developing your strokes; training programmes for all levels of fitness; nutrition and meal planner advice.

Pb. 128pp 200x135mm colour photos.

RRP £9.99 OUR PRICE £7.99

By G. Mortimer

Hb. 360pp illus. 1 map

Swimmer as Hero
By C. Sprawson
1993
Charles Sprawson - himself an obsessional swimmer and diver - explores the meaning that different cultures have attached to water. He gives the reader glimpses of the great swimming heroes: Byron leaping dramatically into the surf at Shelley's beach funeral; Hart Crane, swallow-diving to his death in the Bay of Mexico; Ulysses, Leander, Weismuller, Spitz and a host of others

Pb. 320pp

By A. Lynn

Guides the reader through technical and scientific aspects of high performance swimming and provides information about the programmes and practices of elite coaches and swimmers.

Pb. 160pp 235x165mm

By N. Gillingham
2003

Pb. 10pp 24 line draws. 9 photos, 9 laminates. 300x215mm

By Janet Evans
2007
Whether you have been swimming laps for years, want to get back into the water, or have a competitive streak for masters meets or triathlons, Janet Evans’ Total Swimming has you covered.

A total of 60 workouts and 12 progressive programs allow you to tailor your swim sessions by distance, intensity, and goal. The gold-medal information also details proper stroke technique, advantages of various gear, concepts such as interval sets and training phases, and making each workout more productive by stretching, building core strength, warming up, and cooling down.

Pb. 224pp

By K. Juba
2007
A lesson plans book in the relaunched, reformatted, Leapfrogs design, to help implement the swimming physical education curriculum for Key Stage 2 (KS2). Swimming is a compulsory part of the curriculum at KS2, and is often taught at KS1. Aimed at anyone involved in the teaching of swimming at primary school, from ASA (Amateur Swimming Association) qualified private swimming teachers to primary school teachers with and without experience of teaching swimming, and adults other than teachers, who assist with swimming lessons.

Pb. 96pp 297x220mm line drawings

RRP £16.99 OUR PRICE £13.50

By M. Mohlke, M. Strel
2008
In April 2007, after 66 days, Martin Stel became the first person to swim the Amazon, 3,272 miles from the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic shores of Brazil.

On this extraordinary journey he dodged piranhas, sharks and river pirates, met indigenous tribes who either revered him as a god or chased him with machetes, and swam from dawn to dusk for 60 miles every single day.

Pb. 320pp 198x129mm

By S. Shaw
2006
This book is based on a 35-year voyage of discovery into the art of swimming. Steven Shaw's method takes the Alexander Technique into the swimming pool - focusing on releasing tension from the head, neck and back. Steven has evolved a unique way of breaking down strokes into a series of therapeutic movements, which can be practised individually or with a partner, in a pool or on dry land.

These provide the building blocks, which combine to make it possible for anyone to recraft their own strokes in a way that promote good body use and avoid injuries. Instead of performing physical actions in an automatic way, you begin to learn body awareness.

Pb. 160pp 220x175mm

By J. Montgomery, M. Chambers
2009

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

Renowned coaches Jim Montgomery and Mo Chambers have created the ultimate swimming guide for athletes. Swimmers of all ages 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.

Pb. 224pp

YMCA of the USA
2001
4th Ed.
On the Guard II brings lifeguarding concepts to life with more than 500 new full-color photos, tables, and illustrations that show exactly how to perform the procedures necessary to prevent drowning and perform rescues.
Each chapter has been updated and organized to include key opening points and closing review questions.

Pb and CD-Rom 352pp

By P. Dean
1998
It's the one book that can serve as a complete manual for this demanding form of swimming. Covers suit technology and selection, training programs (both mental and physical), navigation, safety, and communicating with coaches.

Pb. 228pp 105 photos.

By F. O'Brien
2003

Written by the unquestioned master coach of the sport over the past 30 years, Ron O'Brien's Springboard and Platform Diving provides an instructional blueprint to diving success. Springboard and Platform Diving includes physical and mental preparation keys to maximise competitive performance and presents the fundamentals and the fine-tuned movements that add aesthetic appeal for judges in competition.

Pb. 216pp 75 illus. 10 photos. 279x216mm

By G. Gimour
2002
New Zealand swimming coach David Wright sought the help of running guru Arthur Lydiard to gain better results. He had already used Lydiard's endurance training schedules while living and working in England to establish his wife, Alison, as one of New Zealand's premier middle-distance runners, and wondered how Lydiard's methods could be applied in the swimming pool.

Pb. 132pp 30 colour photos. & illus. 148x120mm

By N. Gillingham
2003
Pb and 16 looseleaf items and 2 cards.

20pp 12 draws. 15 photos and 16 laminates

By D. Hannula
2001
An all-star, international cast of swimming experts sharing their knowledge on producing the most successful individual athletes and teams in the sport.

Pb. 376pp

By A. Lynn

Contains colour sequence photographs and diagrams, provides key points and top tips. Analyses techniques, coaching, training and all other aspects of the strokes,turns and starts.

Pb. 128pp 246x189mm

by John Verrier

This text is part of a series of instructional sports books written by some of the country's leading sports coaches. This book covers swimming for the recreational swimmer wishing to improve, the more serious swimmer thinking of competing, or a teacher or coach. Starting with the principles of buoyancy, floatation and propulsion, it analyzes all the strokes, supported by underwater photographic sequences.

Pb. 128pp

By J. Dixon

Swim faster and better using the techniques discussed in this book, which helps to design tailor made coaching programmes.

Pb. 192pp 235x165mm

By L. Cox
2006
Lynne Cox was first to swim the Bering Strait from Alaska to Siberia, thereby opening the U.S.-Soviet border for the first time in 48 years; and the first to swim the Cape of Good Hope (a shark emerged from the kelp, its jaws wide open, and was shot as it headed straight for her). And finally she is the first person to have swum a mile in 0 degree water in Antarctica.Lynne Cox writes about swimming the way Saint-Exupery wrote about flying, and one sees how swimming, like flying, can stretch the wings of the spirit. A thrilling, modest, vivid and lyrical, account of an inspiring life.

Pb. 336pp 197x128mm illus.

By R. Guzman
2007
Improve your times by improving your technique! Whether you are a competitive swimmer, coach, triathlete, or dedicated fitness enthusiast, The Swimming Drill Book will propel you to better results by maximizing efficiency in the water.

With 128 highly effective drills, expert instruction, and more than 375 detailed illustrations, you can use this comprehensive resource to improve every facet of your swimming. Establish a greater sense of balance and position in the water; maintain perfect form for the freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly; and master the techniques for starts, turns, and finishes.

Pb. 296pp

For Individuals, partners and groups of children.
By A. Cregeen, J. Noble
2009
Tried and tested by teachers for over 15 years, Swimming Games and Activities is a comprehensive reference manual for teaching children the basics of water competence. With over 200 graded games and activities, it provides enjoyable ideas to stimulate children of all ages and includes:

- confidence-building games for non-swimmers and beginners
- more advanced activities such as sculling, treading water and diving so more advanced swimmers can develop their skills
- practical advice on lesson planning, using music, running a gala, teaching survival skills and testing a child's progress.

Pb. 128pp 234x156mm line drawings.

RRP £12.99 OUR PRICE £10.99

By E. Maglischo
2003
This book is the definitive reference on stroke technique and training methods for swimming. It shows you how to apply scientific information to the training process so that you can swim stronger and faster. Swimming Fastest addresses not only the how but also the why of training. It’s the one source that you can turn to for reliable information about hydrodynamics and exercise physiology, giving you all the information you need to evaluate present and future concepts of training and stroke mechanics.

Swimming Fastest covers every aspect of competitive swimming. The book is heavily illustrated, with more than 500 illustrations and photos featuring world-class swimmers. Sequences of photos taken from the front, side, and underneath views show you exactly how to perform competitive strokes, starts, and turns.

Hb. 800pp

By Amateur Swimming Association
2006

The Know the Game series is firmly established as the leading introduction to a huge range of sports. For years they have been the first step into a new sport for many people, children and adults alike. The series has now been relaunched in a new format and a modern design.

Pb. 64pp 198x129mm

By M. Goldstein, D. Turner
1999
Swimming Past 50 offers age-appropriate fitness and competition training programs as well as many valuable insights for swimmers who have lapped the 50-year mark. Swimming is increasingly popular among this growing age group as it is an ideal sport for developing cardiovascular fitness while putting little or no wear and tear on bones and joints. This book provides special insights and recommendations for mature swimmers. Whether you swim to stay in shape or compete as a Masters swimmer, you’ll find the material useful and accurate.

Pb. 216pp

By D. Thomas
2005
Become more fluid in the water with Swimming: Steps to Success. This comprehensive guide provides progressive instruction to help you master several swimming strokes and skills: backstroke, front crawl, breaststroke, butterfly, sidestroke, back crawl, trudgen, floating, diving, sculling, and underwater swimming.

Step-by-step instruction and 195 illustrations break down each stroke to the basic arm and leg movements and their timing. The multiple drills in each step include a scoring system to gauge success and determine readiness to advance to the next skill.

Pb. 200pp

By S. Meredith, K. Rogers
2006
Practical advice on how to teach their child to swim. It is useful for children of age 3 months and upwards. Guiding parents from first activities to do with their child in the water, through how to teach all the major strokes, diving, swimming underwater, floating techniques and emergency procedures such as conserving body heat, this is an indispensable yet accessible guide to teaching your child one of life's major skills.

Pb. 96pp 260x195mm

By Austswim Inc.
2001
Teaching Infant and Preschool Aquatics provides important guidelines for introducing infants and toddlers to water safely and effectively. Aquatic education experts describe children’s motor, cognitive, and emotional development during six stages, from newborn to preschool, and how the stages relate to aquatic activity. They also coach you on how to structure lessons and activities based on the stages of development. Covers:
Effective ways to familiarize children with water,
Important infant health and water safety considerations,
Role of teachers and parents in early aquatic experiences.
How to encourage a child’s natural curiosity and playfulness to develop important aquatic skills.

Pb. 160pp

By T. Laughlin
2004
Laughlin turns traditional swimming beliefs inside out as he explains that it's technique - not athletic ability - that makes a strong swimmer. Laughlin teaches 'Fishlike Swimming,' focusing on slipping through the water rather than using muscle to overpower it. The key is working with the water, not against it - learning to swim ever faster and farther without losing a sense of flow, grace, economy, and balance.

Pb. 288pp 210x188mm

Australian Council for Teaching Swimming and Water Safety
2000

This "AUSTSWIM" text provides a programme for introducing children to swimming and water safety. Topics include safety procedures and planning; water familiarization; floating, propulsion and deepwater skills; diving basice; and the development of the six common strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, sidestroke, and survival backstroke.

Pb. 180pp 186 illus.

Twenty weeks to success in five hours a week
By M. Barfield, British Triathlon Association
August 2008

Pb. 234x156mm 120 colour photos.

By S. Tarpinian
July 2008
The Endurance Training Guide to Swimming is essential reading for swimmers who want to improve their swim split, athletes who want to incorporate swimming into a multi-sport programme and anyone considering training for their first triathlon.
Easily explained and implemented cutting-edge swimming techniques
- open-water training techniques for speed and safety, fitness, competition, strength and flexibility training programmes
- mental training and motivation
- effective equipment use.

Pb. 192pp 234x156mm

A Swimmers Journey Through Britain
By R. Deakin
2000
Inspired by John Cheever's short story "The Swimmer", Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles. From the sea, from rock pools, from rivers and streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos, swimming pools, and spas, Deakin presents an alternative perspective on Britain.

Pb. 352pp 197x129mm

By K. Rew
2008
River, Lake, Lido and Sea - The Best Places to Swim in Britain.

A stunning full colour guide covering 200 lidos, lakes, rivers, tidal pools, seas and estuaries. Stunning photography throughout.

Hb. 208pp 246x190mm

RRP £16.99 OUR PRICE £13.50