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Offers advice and tips on swimming as a form of exercise, includes chapters on stroke styles, techniques and exercise programs.

This new authoritative text is ideal for anyone looking to improve their fitness levels and swimming ability. Comprehensive chapters cover everything from the basics of the sport and the equipment needed, to tips on honing your technique and really boosting your performance. The books is rounded off with an in-depth cross-training manual and suggested training programmes to put the advice given into action, illustrated with clear anatomical diagrams to show which muscles are being used. Full inf...

Kaitlin Sandeno was one of the world's greatest and most versatile swimmers. Competing at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, she was a part of the world record breaking 4x200-meter relay team and is one of an elite few to medal in three different strokes. In Golden Glow: How Kaitlin Sandeno Achieved Gold in the Pool and in Life, Dan D'Addona recounts Sandeno's amazing swimming career, including her spectacular Olympic performances, and details the impact she has made in the world outside the pool. Br...

Introduce your child to swimming: an expert guide shown step by step in more than 200 photographs. This is a unique series of exercises to encourage co-ordination, strength and confidence, and enhance mutual enjoyment in the water for you and your baby or toddler. You can learn how to submerge your baby safely, progress through to diving and jumping, and finally experience the thrill of watching your child swim freely. It shows how your toddler can discover the freedom of buoyancy and underwater...