Download or read book The Swimmer s Mind Mastering the Mental Side of Swimming written by Will Jonathan and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're in the pursuit of excellence and success as a swimmer. At the end of the day, it's not physical talent, physical skill, or physical ability that's going to make the difference. What makes the difference is mindset, mentality, and attitude. What separates good swimmers from great swimmers is the mental side of the sport. This book is designed to help swimmers such as yourself to develop the mental strength and emotional resilience necessary to think strong, feel confident, swim fast, and be your best. To do that, The Swimmer's Mind contains 320 pages of the same strategies and methodologies I use when working with my individual clients and NCAA D1 Nationally-Ranked Swim Programs which have produced proven results and success at the Age-Group, National, NCAA, and International level. Readers will learn how to master the core aspects of the mental side of swimming such as how to be confident, how to eliminate nerves, how to create a strong racing mindset, and much, much more. If you're only focused on the physical side of the sport and not currently working to improve your mind for swimming, then you're neglecting the most important tool you have as a swimmer.
Download or read book Mind Training For Swimmers written by Craig Townsend and published by Bellissima Publishing. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mind Training For Swimmers" is truly everything you ever could want to know about positive thinking and how to improve your swim or sport performance. Written by Craig Townsend, Australia's Swim Guru, it is filled with examples and teaching points that are sound, thorough, and based upon solid scientific thinking. The author is the Director of It's Mind over Matter in Sydney, Australia; and he has worked in the area of mental training for swimming, sports and personal development for over fifteen years! He possesses a Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis, and for over twenty years he has researched and experimented with various methods of tapping the potential of the human mind. His program has received world recognition, and has now been put into book form. Bellissima Publishing, LLC is proud to have Craig Townsend among its writers. This is a must read book that should be required reading for every swim coach and swimmer! It is a book that can help anyone move towards positive thinking and self-recognition.
Download or read book Mastering Swimming written by Jim P. Montgomery and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2008-10-27 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trim seconds off your time, train more efficiently, or simply maximize your fitness workouts with Mastering Swimming. Renowned coaches Jim Montgomery and Mo Chambers have teamed up to create the ultimate swimming guide for masters athletes. Swimmers aged 18 to 120 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. With such complete coverage, it's the one resource you'll turn to time and again for a lifetime of serious swimming.
Download or read book Mind Body Skill written by Nick Baker and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his latest book, Olympic Coach Nick Baker challenges swimmers to create change in a BIG WAY to achieve the results they desire! A swimmer who improves their mental outlook can enhance their level of swimming performance to one degree or another. The same holds true for technique or fitness. But when a swimmer focuses on boosting all three at once, the paradigm shifts and EXCELLENCE happens!"There is beauty in a job well done, like developing yourself into the most exceptional swimmer that you can be. To pursue this mighty purpose, you must think of yourself as a three-legged stool that can only stand if all three legs are strong. In the same manner, you can only succeed to the level of your swimming ambition if your mind, body, and skill are of equal strength. Maintaining a wise balance in your training will provide you with an opportunity to develop yourself in a three-sided fashion and without weakness in one area or another. It will also compel you to climb far higher than your fellow competitors and achieve what you cherish most in swimming." - Coach Nick Baker
Download or read book Mastering Swimming written by Jim Montgomery and published by Human Kinetics Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Montgomery and Mo Chambers present readers with everything they need to create their own training plans - plus numerous sample programs - whether they swim for fitness or competition.
Download or read book Swim Like A Pro written by Fares Ksebati and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 232 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.orgEvery 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.TESTIMONIALS: "As a former professional swimmer, I understand how important proper technique training is to reaching your goals. Swim Like A Pro makes swimming accessible to beginners while also helping seasoned athletes reach their full potential. The online video course helps you visualize the correct technique in order to swim faster with less effort." - Peter Vanderkaay, 3x Olympian, 4x Olympic Medalist "Fares translated his passion and enthusiasm for swimming into the user-friendly app that is MySwimPro. Whether you are looking to swim for fitness or train for the English Channel the holistic approach and vast library of dryland videos, technique tips, and workouts will help you accomplish your goal. Be ready to find a new love for swimming and the water!" - Catherine Breed, 4x Open Water Record Holder, 2x Pan American Gold Medalist "Swim Like A Pro is a MUST read for any triathlete looking to improve their swimming technique and training! Fares has helped thousands of swimmers and triathletes of all ages and abilities reach their full athletic potential. This book offers the perfect entry point for someone looking to take their swimming to the next level!" - Mitch Thrower, 23x Ironman, 11x Ironman World ChampionshipsABOUT THE AUTHOR: Fares Ksebati is an entrepreneur, swimmer, coach, and mentor, helping people turn their dreams into a reality. He has been featured by Apple, Forbes, Sports Illustrated and Men's Health. Fares is the Co-Founder of MySwimPro, World Swim Day, and multiple business ventures that have impacted millions of people around the world. Fares is an avid world traveler and keynote speaker. He is a Bosphorus Cross-continental swimmer, and three time U.S. Masters Swimming individual national champion. His goal is to inspire and empower others to take action on their dreams. He advocates for a growth mindset and continuous self-improvement! Follow Fares on social media @FaresKsebati.
Download or read book Instinctive Swimming written by Limitless Mind Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2024-06-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a groundbreaking guide that will revolutionize your approach to swimming. In addition to the content, this book includes 74 instructional videos demonstrating each of the exercises described. Written in an unprecedented language in sports literature, the Instinctive Swimming book introduces an innovative method for activating the primal skill of swimming, guiding readers through the development of backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, and breaststroke styles. Designed for everyone interested in swimming and its instruction, the author, with extensive experience working with both children and internationally competitive athletes, has created a new form of teaching the four styles that is exceptionally engaging and understandable for children while maintaining high effectiveness. After reading this book, your understanding of swimming and its instruction will be revolutionized. You'll learn to perceive swimming from a new angle, focusing on the feel of the water and its impact on efficiency. By working with the Instinctive Swimming method, your students will quickly discover their ability to swim. Teaching and perfecting these four styles will shape swimmers with exceptional aesthetics and efficiency, as well as immense potential for development in competitive swimming. By Getting this Book with Videos, You Will Become an Elite Coach, Creating the Beauty of Swimming.
Download or read book SwimEQ Emotional Intelligence for Triathletes and Swimmers written by Dinah Mistilis and published by . This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the thought of swimming in open water make you nervous? Do you get anxious on race day? Do you find it difficult to find the same mental clarity in the open water that you have in the pool?The key to successful swimming in pool, open water and racing environments is mental strength. SwimEQ provides you with logical and sequential tools to maximize your emotional intelligence, strengthening the pathway between feeling and performance.Read SwimEQ to raise your emotional intelligence and to train, race and perform with success. In this book you will find: Why you feel emotional fluctuations such as stress, fear or anxiety and what is happening to your body How to assess your EQ at any time How to manage your emotions to be in the optimal mental state to learn, race and perform your best How to apply SwimEQ to your training and racing 12 week SwimEQ training plan to build mental strength and swim skills How to manage emotions in the lead up to a race
Download or read book Fitness Swimming written by Emmett W. Hines and published by Human Kinetics Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book not only provides step-by-step instructions for building a more effective and efficient freestyle stroke, it also explains how to set up a complete swimming fitness and training plan. 17 photos.
Download or read book Foundations of Strength Training for Swimmers written by Deniz Hekmati and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swimming is among the most physically demanding sports on the planet, involving endless hours of grueling training. Intensity and volume often overrule other critical aspects of performance, like preparing the body to withstand such taxing work. As a result, swimmers suffer from more overuse injuries than almost all other athletes.It does not have to be this way. Success in the pool means taking into account all aspects of training. With this book, Deniz Hekmati takes a deep dive into how strength training and recovery impact performance for swimmers of all ages, ranging from complete novices to Olympians. His science-based solutions will challenge your views on the relationship between strength training and fast swimming.This book is for all the swimming enthusiasts who realize that they themselves hold the keys to their own success. It is for the coaches who are passionate about making swimmers faster and addressing their injuries. And it is for the devoted swimmer parent looking to understand the sport and set their child up for success and good health.
Download or read book Mind Gym written by Gary Mack and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2002-06-24 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Mind Gym "Believing in yourself is paramount to success for any athlete. Gary's lessons and David's writing provide examples of the importance of the mental game." --Ben Crenshaw, two-time Masters champion and former Ryder Cup captain "Mind Gym hits a home run. If you want to build mental muscle for the major leagues, read this book." --Ken Griffey Jr., Major League Baseball MVP "I read Mind Gym on my way to the Sydney Olympics and really got a lot out of it. Gary has important lessons to teach, and you'll find the exercises fun and beneficial." --Jason Kidd, NBA All-Star and Olympic gold-medal winner In Mind Gym, noted sports psychology consultant Gary Mack explains how your mind influences your performance on the field or on the court as much as your physical skill does, if not more so. Through forty accessible lessons and inspirational anecdotes from prominent athletes--many of whom he has worked with--you will learn the same techniques and exercises Mack uses to help elite athletes build mental "muscle." Mind Gym will give you the "head edge" over the competition.
Download or read book The Warrior Elite written by Dick Couch and published by Crown. This book was released on 2003-01-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toughest, longest, and most relentless military training in the world. What does it take to become a Navy SEAL? What makes talented, intelligent young men volunteer for physical punishment, cold water, and days without sleep? In The Warrior Elite, former Navy SEAL Dick Couch documents the process that transforms young men into warriors. SEAL training is the distillation of the human spirit, a tradition-bound ordeal that seeks to find men with character, courage, and the burning desire to win at all costs, men who would rather die than quit.
Download or read book The 4 Hour Body written by Timothy Ferriss and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The game-changing author of The 4-Hour Workweek teaches you how to reach your peak physical potential with minimum effort. “A practical crash course in how to reinvent yourself.”—Kevin Kelly, Wired Is it possible to reach your genetic potential in 6 months? Sleep 2 hours per day and perform better than on 8 hours? Lose more fat than a marathoner by bingeing? Indeed, and much more. The 4-Hour Body is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to hack the human body using data science. It contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes, dozens of MDs, and thousands of hours of jaw-dropping personal experimentation. From Olympic training centers to black-market laboratories, from Silicon Valley to South Africa, Tim Ferriss fixated on one life-changing question: For all things physical, what are the tiniest changes that produce the biggest results? Thousands of tests later, this book contains the answers for both men and women. It’s the wisdom Tim used to gain 34 pounds of muscle in 28 days, without steroids, and in four hours of total gym time. From the gym to the bedroom, it’s all here, and it all works. You will learn (in less than 30 minutes each): • How to lose those last 5-10 pounds (or 100+ pounds) with odd combinations of food and safe chemical cocktails • How to prevent fat gain while bingeing over the weekend or the holidays • How to sleep 2 hours per day and feel fully rested • How to produce 15-minute female orgasms • How to triple testosterone and double sperm count • How to go from running 5 kilometers to 50 kilometers in 12 weeks • How to reverse “permanent” injuries • How to pay for a beach vacation with one hospital visit And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There are more than 50 topics covered, all with real-world experiments, many including more than 200 test subjects. You don't need better genetics or more exercise. You need immediate results that compel you to continue. That’s exactly what The 4-Hour Body delivers.
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 High Performance Youth Swimming written by Jeanne Dekerle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-25 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High Performance Youth Swimming provides an in-depth view of the physiological, biomechanical, and multifaceted underpinning of swimming success, with a focus on youth. Considerations of both growth and maturation processes and the intricacies of the swimming training environment are core throughout the book. Divided into sections on physiology of swimming, motor control, biomechanics, and long-term well-being, the book also includes chapters from international contributors on: Strength and conditioning Skill acquisition Overtraining Burnout Respiratory health This volume is for those interested in enhancing their art of coaching through a deeper understanding of the science of swimming, including swimming coaches, those who wish – and question how – to best support youth swimming performance, or anyone interested in swimming science more generally.
Download or read book The Ego Tunnel written by Thomas Metzinger and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-05-21 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're used to thinking about the self as an independent entity, something that we either have or are. In The Ego Tunnel, philosopher Thomas Metzinger claims otherwise: No such thing as a self exists. The conscious self is the content of a model created by our brain - an internal image, but one we cannot experience as an image. Everything we experience is ''a virtual self in a virtual reality.'' But if the self is not ''real,'' why and how did it evolve? How does the brain construct it? Do we still have souls, free will, personal autonomy, or moral accountability? In a time when the science of cognition is becoming as controversial as evolution, The Ego Tunnel provides a stunningly original take on the mystery of the mind.
Download or read book Mr Palomar written by Italo Calvino and published by HMH. This book was released on 1986-09-22 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel of a delightful eccentric on a search for truth, by the renowned author of Invisible Cities. In The New York Times Book Review, the poet Seamus Heaney praised Mr. Palomar as a series of “beautiful, nimble, solitary feats of imagination.” Throughout these twenty-seven intricately structured chapters, the musings of the crusty Mr. Palomar consistently render the world sublime and ridiculous. Like the telescope for which he is named, Mr. Palomar is a natural observer. “It is only after you have come to know the surface of things,” he believes, “that you can venture to seek what is underneath.” Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, or a topless sunbather, he tends to let his meditations stray from the present moment to the great beyond. And though he may fail as an objective spectator, he is the best of company. “Each brief chapter reads like an exploded haiku,” wrote Time Out. A play on a world fragmented by our individual perceptions, this inventive and irresistible novel encapsulates the life’s work of an artist of the highest order, “the greatest Italian writer of the twentieth century” (The Guardian).
