Description

This version of Swim Coaching Science includes over 150 pages that details the science of optimal technique.

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION
Chapter One: Conventional Wisdom Limits Performance
Chapter Two: Trust in Science
Chapter Three: Scientific Basis for Technique
Chapter Four: Body Position and Movement Terminology

PART ONE: MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter Five: Newton’s Laws of Motion
Chapter Six: Archimedes’ Law of Buoyancy
Chapter Seven: The Drag Equation
Chapter Eight: Archimedes’ Law of Levers
Chapter Nine: Conservation of Angular Momentum
Chapter Ten: Conservation of Energy
Chapter Eleven: Summation of Forces
Chapter Twelve: The Bernoulli Principle
Chapter Thirteen: The Principle of Superposition
Chapter Fourteen: The Reynolds Number
Chapter Fifteen: The Froude Number
Chapter Sixteen: The Strouhal Number
Chapter Seventeen: Drag and Lift Force Vectors

PART TWO: FRAMES OF REFERENCE
Chapter Eighteen: Hand, Body, and Water Frames of Reference
Chapter Nineteen: Hand Path and Pitch with Respect to Body and Water
Chapter Twenty: Head Position and Motion

PART THREE: BASE OF SUPPORT
Chapter Twenty-One: General Factors
Chapter Twenty-Two: Breaststroke
Chapter Twenty-Three: Butterfly
Chapter Twenty-Four: Freestyle
Chapter Twenty-Five: Backstroke
Chapter Twenty-Six: Head Position and Motion

EPILOGUE: The Last Word
APPENDIX A: SELECTED REFERENCES

This book was prompted, in part, by the many misconceptions about freestyle technique, some of which have become “conventional wisdom.” For example, ineffective arm synchronization (like catch-up stroke), counterproductive drills (like one arm freestyle), and nonscientific analysis procedures (like adopting a technique element of a champion only because he/she swims fast) have contributed to the proliferation of misconceptions. In contrast, all the technique elements presented in this book are based on principles of physics and decades of research, including thousands of trials using Aquanex (the patented force-measurement technology developed by Swimming Technology Research).

This book is based on:

  • more than 30 years of research
  • supported by specific experience in coaching (from age group to college level)
  • consulting with domestic and international swim teams
  • the author’s work with individual swimmers at every performance level (from beginners to world record holders).

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