Advanced Swimming: Steps to Success (Steps to Success Activity Series)
Now that you've mastered the basics of swimming, continue your steps to success with Advanced Swimming: Steps to Success. This second-level swimming book combines the knowledge and experience of master teacher David Thomas with the latest research on learning and teaching swimming. Advanced Swimming: Steps to Success is a breakthrough in sport skill instruction through its development of complete learning progressions--the steps to success. These 18 steps ? take you through the evolution of various swimming strokes, ? review and improve your crawl and breaststroke, ? introduce the new competitive back and butterfly strokes, ? present the competitive turns, and ? introduce you to the nontraditional world of "watermanship"--mastery of the aquatic element. Like its predecessor, Swimming: Steps to Success, each step ? explains why the concept or skill is important, ? identifies the keys to proper technique, ? helps you correct common errors, ? explains how to practice each skill in realistic ways, ? lists specific performance goals for each drill, ? gives you a summary checklist for evaluating proper technique, and ? lets you proceed at your own pace. With Advanced Swimming: Steps to Success, you will bring your strokes up to competitive standards as well as prepare yourself for a lifetime of swimming enjoyment.
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ProductReviews75/100 (4 Reviews)
Recent Reviews
- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-02-2000
- Poorly illustrated. Not very helpful.
I bought this book to improve my crawl stroke and to learn butterfly. This book does not help me.The book, 8.5x11, 159 pages, has 18 chapters ("steps"). Just to give an example, the butterfly stroke occupies 4 chapters (the dolphin...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-14-1999
- Good diagramatic approach book
A good book if this is you are looking for a simple to understand basic book. Frankly like many other sports, you cannot just swim by looking at the pictures. I wish the book has more step-by-step pictures.
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Mar-15-1999
- Very detailed on how you go about swimming!
It showed you the understanting of swimming.It motivated me to be an excellent swimmer.
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-30-1998
- Good efficient program,improved my speed and stamina.
Good pictures, good directions, good systems of instructions. It corrected my bad habits. IT IS WORTH IT.
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Selected Reviews
- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-14-1999
- Good diagramatic approach book
A good book if this is you are looking for a simple to understand basic book. Frankly like many other sports, you cannot just swim by looking at the pictures. I wish the book has more step-by-step pictures.
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-02-2000
- Poorly illustrated. Not very helpful.
I bought this book to improve my crawl stroke and to learn butterfly. This book does not help me.The book, 8.5x11, 159 pages, has 18 chapters ("steps"). Just to give an example, the butterfly stroke occupies 4 chapters (the dolphin...
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