Download or read book How to Create Fun and Effective Developmental Swim Practices written by Jeffrey Napolski and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes coaching competitive swimming can be as easy as writing a set on a whiteboard and letting your swimmers push off the wall at the right time doing the correct stroke or drill. But that is boring. That isn't really coaching. Developmental swimming establishes habit, tone, and technique. We are the first contact many young people have to the sport of swimming. We need to provide a stimulating, fun, encouraging and exciting experience to capture those new swimmers and keep them throughout their career. We have to compete against football, soccer, the Nintendo Switch, Minecraft, and a whole world of other activities and sports. Your developmental program is crucial to the success of your competitive swimming club or team. Do you want to have swim parents that tell your coaches, "she LOVES swimming. She begs me to let her come all fours days of practice," or "He gets mad at me when he can't come to practice... so here we are!" I regularly hear from my participant's parents how much their kids "love swimming," love coming to practice, and how much fun they have. We have fun at swim team. We play games, do activities that are challenging and stimulating, and provide targeted effective instruction so our swimmers improve rapidly while establishing essential habits that will carry them to performance success. I've been coaching with a competitive USA Swimming Level 4 team full-time for 10 years. In that time I've coached state champions, had 8 year-olds qualify for regionals and state, and played hundreds of games with varying results. Learn from my mistakes. Learn from my failures. See how I've iterated with the help of my assistant coaches and swimmers to create a framework that produces effective instruction along with fun activities and games designed to stimulate attention, foster deliberate practice and produce results. We'll look at how you can cram every minute of your practices full of deliberate practice opportunities. Discover how to build short distance sets with multiple attempts to teach complicated strokes like breaststroke and butterfly to beginners. Save time, confusion, and the rigors of trial and error by reading this quick book. You'll have better, more effective and more fun practices immediately!

Download or read book How to Create Fun and Effective Swim Games written by Jeffrey Napolski and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you need to create fun in your swim program turn to this simple yet powerful formula. One of the most difficult things in swim lessons and on swim teams is creating a fun and productive learning environment. The best way to have fun and learn swimming is to play effective swim games. We give you the basic categories of swim games and the general swimming specific skills (as found in the SLI Swim Instructor Training Workbook). This book will teach you how to draw on your knowledge of swimming, or any other sport, to work with the people at practice that day and create on the fly a fun and engaging game. You won't be wasting your valuable teaching time anymore, or doing activities that serve no purpose just because they're "fun." Create fun and effective swim games quickly and on the spot following this great formula for success. Be the favorite swim coach, the best swim teacher, and create an awesome swim program by learning how you can invent fun and engaging swim games.

Download or read book How to Create Fun and Effective Swim Games written by Swimming Ideas and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you need to create fun in your swim program turn to this simple yet powerful formula. One of the most difficult things in swim lessons and on swim teams is creating a fun and productive learning environment. The best way to have fun and learn swimming is to play effective swim games. We give you the basic categories of swim games and the general swimming specific skills (as found in the SLI Swim Instructor Training Workbook). This book will teach you how to draw on your knowledge of swimming, or any other sport, to work with the people at practice that day and create on the fly a fun and engaging game. You won't be wasting your valuable teaching time anymore, or doing activities that serve no purpose just because they're "fun." Create fun and effective swim games quickly and on the spot following this great formula for success. Be the favorite swim coach, the best swim teacher, and create an awesome swim program by learning how you can invent fun and engaging swim games.

Download or read book Swim Like a Pro written by Fares Ksebati and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swim Like A Pro is the most comprehensive guide for swimmers looking to improve their performance and health!Fares Ksebati is one of the most trusted swim coaches in the world and has created a proven training program that has helped hundreds of thousands of swimmers improve their stroke technique and swim more efficiently.Swim Like A Pro uses a holistic approach to help you swim faster with less effort and with more enjoyment. If you're just getting started in your swimming journey, this couldn't be a better time to start!The resources in this book in this book and the online course will not only expose you to the fundamentals of technique training but also the world of strength and conditioning, nutrition, and injury prevention. Swim Like A Pro will offer you:- A Fresh Perspective On Swimming- A Deeper Understanding of Stroke Technique and Training- A Strategy to Set SMART Swimming Goals- A Holistic Approach To Swim Smarter: Nutrition, Dryland, and Mental Training- A Series of Inspiring StoriesAre you ready to swim faster and smarter than ever before?Take action towards your goals, and order Swim Like A Pro now!!ONLINE COURSE:Swim Like A Pro offers an online video course that includes swim drills, workouts, links to additional video content and an exclusive Q&A section that will grow over time.swimlikeapro.comEvery chapter has a corresponding video(s) and section in the online course. You'll be able to see and hear my explanation for each concept and stroke technique in this book. Seeing a visual representation of each concept can make all the difference in how fast you make progress.The online course has bonus video sections, a swim workout template, and interviews with swimmers who have lost weight, completed ironmans, and even won Olympic Medals! While the online video course is not required, it's highly encouraged.

Download or read book Swim Smooth written by Paul Newsome and published by Fernhurst Books Limited. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform your technique in the water and become a better swimmer with this remarkable new approach to freestyle swimming, suitable for all levels - beginner, intermediate and advanced, as well as swimming coaches. Aimed at both fitness and competitive swimmers, it explains what makes a successful stroke and how to develop your own swimming style. _x000D_The Swim Smooth approach, developed by consultants to the gold medal winning British Triathlon team, helps you identify the strengths and weaknesses of your stroke and provides drill and training tips to make the most of your time in the water. It accepts differences in individual swimmers and shows you how to understand the fundamentals of swimming to find a style that works for you. Technique, fitness training, racing skills and open water swimming are all covered, with photographs and 3D graphics helping you to put theory into practice. _x000D_Swim efficiently. Swim fast. Swim Smooth.

Download or read book Total Immersion written by Terry Laughlin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swim better—and enjoy every lap—with Total Immersion, a guide to improving your swimming from an expert with more than thirty years of experience in the water. Terry Laughlin, the world’s #1 authority on swimming success, has made his unique approach even easier for anyone to master. Whether you’re an accomplished swimmer or have always found swimming to be a struggle, Total Immersion will show you that it’s mindful fluid movement—not athletic ability—that will turn you into an efficient swimmer. This new edition of the bestselling Total Immersion features: -A thoughtfully choreographed series of skill drills—practiced in the mindful spirit of yoga—that can help anyone swim more enjoyably -A holistic approach to becoming one with the water and to developing a swimming style that’s always comfortable -Simple but thorough guidance on how to improve fitness and form -A complementary land-and-water program for achieving a strong and supple body at any age Based on more than thirty years of teaching, coaching, and research, Total Immersion has dramatically improved the physical and mental experience of swimming for thousands of people of all ages and abilities.

Download or read book 100 More Swimming Drills written by Blythe Lucero and published by Meyer & Meyer Verlag. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 specific goal while practicing. Each drill is explained step by step. Drill Feedback Charts are included to help swimmers identify problems and make modifications. Underwater and surface photographs give swimmers optimal images to emulate as they practice. 100 More Swimming Drills is an excellent resource for coaches and swimmers at any level in the quest for better swimming.

Download or read book Developing Swimmers written by Michael Brooks and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talent, skill, and a passion to compete: These are the characteristics that define elite-level swimmers. But as the sport’s best coaches know, even the most gifted of athletes won’t develop these traits without a plan—one that recognizes talent, develops skills, and nurtures success. Developing Swimmers is the only book to offer a comprehensive, long-term plan beginning at an age-group level. Renowned coach Michael Brooks shares the insights, secrets, and strategies that have transformed his athletes and swim teams from novice competitors to distinguished champions. Developing Swimmers will show you how to -evaluate and identify talent in even the youngest swimmers; -establish realistic yet challenging short- and long-term goals for your athletes; -assess and refine strokes for greater power and efficiency; -improve starts, turns, and finishes for faster times; -structure positive and productive practices for swimmers and swim teams; and -foster your swimmers’ passion, bolster commitment, and instill winning attitudes. From motivation to meet management to race-day tactics, Developing Swimmers covers it all. It is the guide every coach should have on the shelf. With Developing Swimmers, you will improve the performance of your swimmers—and your entire team.

Download or read book Adjusting to the Water written by Veronika Aretz and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-25 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is especially for parents and grandparents, but instructors of small groups can also benefit from the valuable educational tips. Simple exercises help the child to overcome their fear and begin adjusting to the water - at the same time, the over 120 exercises are also great fun. The pictures are mostly self-explanatory; one glance is all you need to carry out the exercise. Cut out the pages along the dashed line and laminate the sheets - to make teaching your children to swim an effortless and stress-free experience. What to expect from this book: Suitable from 4 years old Games in the shower and in the shallow pool where the child can touch the bottom Fun stories and exercises for warming up Simple balancing exercises with pool noodle, kickboard, or balloon Information on gliding, underwater work, and jumping from the pool edge Tips for ideal body position in breaststroke, crawl, and backstroke With lots of colorful illustrations and descriptive texts Other editions of Swimming for Kids: 1: Adjusting to the Water 2: Underwater Work 3: Breaststroke 4: Crawl 5: Backstroke 6: Atoms Game & Warm Up 7: Jumping 8: Games in Water 9: Bathing Rules 10: Theory: 15 tips for a good swim lesson 11: Swimming course Special Edition (many new, but also exercises from Swimming for Kids 1 to 7): 12 Pool Noodles Dive into these exercises together and help your child learn to swim. Find out how to help them overcome their fear of water - they will be a little fish in no time! Take advantage of the experience of numerous swim instructors, who focus in this edition on bathing fun and water adjustment. Overcome a child's fears with play and show them that swimming is just great. Let them feel the water's resistance and learn to take advantage of it. Teach children to swim: The ideal age is around five years. Initially, it is not about gaining a badge and swimming perfectly, but about adjusting to the water and becoming familiar with it. Body control and motor skills for learning to swim only reach maturity when the child can ride a bicycle without training wheels. Playing around in the water means positive experiences during development. When introduced cautiously and with games, the child builds self-confidence as many of the exercises are easier in water than on land. Digital-swim-coach has been active in German-speaking countries since 2009, initially in published form but more recently in an easier-to-handle digital format. The material has been compiled, tested, and assessed by specialists from different fields. The multi-part series contains over 800 exercises with over 1300 illustrations.

Download or read book Swimming for Masters Triathletes Open Water Fitness Swimmers Coaches Including Workout Development Workout Modification and Workout Sets written by Chuck Slaught AA BSB MED EDD ABD and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A MUST READ LOADED RESOURCE FOR MASTER SWIMMERS, TRIATHLETES, FITNESS SWIMMERS AND COACHES Swimming for the Mature Audience is a great resource for the above 18-year-old swimmer. This is a comprehensive guide for USMS Master Swimmers, USAT and new Triathletes, Open Water Swimmers (USA and Masters), Fitness Swimmers, and Coaches designed to help explain what works and why in the sport of swimming. It contains all the nuts and bolts of sound and effective practices that work! It is also an introduction for new athletes to the sport with all the knowledge needed to fit in immediately. Youll find insight into the sport, including how to modify and even build workouts that work for you designed to alleviate the learning curve and fear associated with anything new. A wealth experience, knowledge, and sound practices are contained in this easy-to-read resource guaranteed to help everyone.

Download or read book BRB I Need to Go to Swim Practice written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join 9-year old swimmer Luciana Alessi as she describes how swimming has help her, and other girls learn to overcome disappointments, continuously improve, think past bullying and have fun with swimming.

Download or read book Underwater Work written by Veronika Aretz and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-26 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, children who are afraid of water are encouraged to dip into the underwater world and have fun. In small steps they learn to exhale correctly and open their eyes underwater. Once their fear is overcome, there are lots of games and exercises that are great fun - so it's hard to get them out of the water! What to expect from this book: Suitable from 4 years old Exhaling correctly underwater Eyes open - important when swimming and going underwater How do I quickly get down deep? Going underwater for rings and other objects Fun exercises and swimming through tunnels Games and puzzles Correct breathing for breaststroke and crawl With lots of colorful illustrations and descriptive texts Children who are not confident to go underwater must first learn that the water will not "damage" them. Splashing is uncomfortable for them and they wipe splashes away immediately, which gets in the way of good swimming. It is important to proceed cautiously to get them used to going underwater. The child should never be forced or pushed into the water as fear is a poor teacher. The aim is for them to overcome their fear and carry out the exercises voluntarily. Child-oriented illustrations inspire the child to copy the exercises, and they will quickly experience success! Digital-swim-coach has been active in German-speaking countries since 2009, initially in published form but more recently in an easier-to-handle digital format. The material has been compiled, tested, and assessed by specialists from different fields. The multi-part series contains over 800 exercises with over 1300 illustrations.

Download or read book Healthy Tipping Point written by Caitlin Boyle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start small for big results with this inspiring guide to lifelong wellness—from popular health blogger and author of Operation Beautiful. In Healthy Tipping Point, Caitlin Boyle shares the down-to-earth philosophy and authoritative advice that has made her websites so popular. Believing that reaching a tipping point means much more than tipping the scales, Boyle helps readers find their personal ideal balance in food, fitness, love, and life, in a breakthrough program organized around three shifts: • Get Real: Challenge negative-thought patterns to create space for success • Eat Clean: Ditch conventional “diet” advice and follow a simple eating plan tailored to keep energy high, while helping the environment—including forty-five delicious vegetarian recipes for foodies on the go • Embrace Strength: Commit to a high-powered fitness program designed to help one learn to love exercise and build a strong, lean body—with targeted guidance for novice runners, bikers, swimmers, and others Featuring twenty inspiring success stories and photos of people who have transformed their lives, the book proves that a healthy body is absolutely attainable. Healthy living and a healthy self-image go hand in hand. For anyone who struggles to get fit, Healthy Tipping Point provides the drive to thrive.

Download or read book Becoming Brilliant written by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In just a few years, today’s children and teens will forge careers that look nothing like those that were available to their parents or grandparents. While the U.S. economy becomes ever more information-driven, our system of education seems stuck on the idea that “content is king,” neglecting other skills that 21st century citizens sorely need. Becoming Brilliant offers solutions that parents can implement right now. Backed by the latest scientific evidence and illustrated with examples of what’s being done right in schools today, this book introduces the 6Cs—collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creative innovation, and confidence—along with ways parents can nurture their children’s development in each area.

Download or read book Pool Nudles written by Veronika Aretz and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special edition with new, but also some exercises from "Swimming for Kids" programs 1 to 7 where a pool noddle is used. Pool noodles are versatile, especially when children are learning to swim without water wings. These cards show great exercises for 1 to 3 children that make learning to swim fun and remain firm favorites! Advantages and disadvantages are explained for each exercise, to help with orientation. Other editions of Swimming for Kids: 1: Adjusting to the Water 2: Underwater Work 3: Breaststroke 4: Crawl 5: Backstroke 6: Atoms Game & Warm Up 7: Jumping 8: Games in Water 9: Bathing Rules 10: Theory: 15 tips for a good swim lesson 11: Learn to swim in 12 lessons Special Edition (many new, but also exercises from Swimming for Kids 1 to 7): 12 Pool Noodles Digital-swim-coach has been active in German-speaking countries since 2009, initially in published form but more recently in an easier-to-handle digital format. The material has been compiled, tested, and assessed by specialists from different fields. The multi-part series contains over 800 exercises with over 1300 illustrations.

Download or read book Swimming written by Scott Bay and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be confident in the pool or open water with Swimming: Steps to Success. This proven program will help you master these techniques: • Freestyle • Backstroke • Breaststroke • Butterfly • Starts and Turns • Open Water • Survival Swimming Step-by-step instruction and full color photos show basic arm and leg movements along with proper body position for each skill. Drills reinforce the instruction and help you practice each stroke. There’s even a scoring system for gauging success and determining readiness to advance to new skills. Whether you’re instructing, learning to swim, or looking to improve your aquatic skills, Swimming: Steps to Success will let you develop at your own pace. Part of the highly successful Steps to Success Sport Series with more than 1.6 million copies sold, it’s your guide to in-water excellence.

Download or read book Running Rewired written by Jay Dicharry and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become a stronger, faster, and more durable runner with a program created by America’s leading endurance sports physical therapist—now updated to include the latest research and a new chapter to help runners combat common overuse injuries. In this second edition of Running Rewired, Jay Dicharry distills cutting-edge biomechanical research into 16 workouts any runner can slot into their training program to begin seeing real results in as soon as 6 weeks. For better or worse, your body drives your running form. Running Rewired will show you how to shed old injuries, mobility problems, weaknesses, and imbalances and rewire your body-brain movement patterns. You’ll rebuild your dynamics and transform your running within one season. The rebuilding process targets the four essential skills required for faster, safer running, Runners must practice quality movement as they build strength for their sport. In this new edition of Running Rewired, you’ll find: 11 self-tests for joint mobility, posture stability, rotation, and alignment 80 exercises to fix blocks, move with precision, build strength, and improve power 16 rewire workouts to amplify any training plan from 5K to ultramarathon New research-driven strategies to optimize your bones, tendons, and muscles for the demands of running New instruction to guide everyone from new + young runners to masters and elite runners on successfully implementing the Running Rewired program Dicharry’s Running Rewired pulls in the best practices from the fields of physical therapy, biomechanics, and sports performance to optimize your body and your run for durability, longevity, and success.