Been looking for some books on how to swim "The Other Strokes." As it stands now, all I can do with some degree of proficiency is freestyle. Are there any books out there that are considered 'the books' when it comes to teaching ***, fly and back?
Thanks,
John
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I think you are much better off with a DVD than a book. I like the Go Swim videos from goswim.tv because they have a lot of good long sequences of excellent swimmers demonstrating excellent technique along with "common errors" and focal points that you can concentrate on while practicing. But unless you are gifted it will be very useful to have a good coach or instructor who can look at your stroke and point out problems. Failing that you can get yourself videoed. Check out their web site, in addition to selling the DVDs they have lots of articles and clips that demonstrate drills.
The Total Immersion people make DVDs that are more instructional, taking a step by step, drill by drill, approach to learning each stroke. Again, you are much better off if you have someone to watch and provide feedback because it is very easy to practice what you think you are supposed to be practicing while you're actually not.
Hopefully over the next few years someone will do a good job of creating and organizing a set of video clips that show good technique and common flaws etc. along with explanatory text or voice over that is freely available on the web. You can find a good set of clips at:
http://youtube.com/swimee
I think you are much better off with a DVD than a book. I like the Go Swim videos from goswim.tv because they have a lot of good long sequences of excellent swimmers demonstrating excellent technique along with "common errors" and focal points that you can concentrate on while practicing. But unless you are gifted it will be very useful to have a good coach or instructor who can look at your stroke and point out problems. Failing that you can get yourself videoed. Check out their web site, in addition to selling the DVDs they have lots of articles and clips that demonstrate drills.
The Total Immersion people make DVDs that are more instructional, taking a step by step, drill by drill, approach to learning each stroke. Again, you are much better off if you have someone to watch and provide feedback because it is very easy to practice what you think you are supposed to be practicing while you're actually not.
Hopefully over the next few years someone will do a good job of creating and organizing a set of video clips that show good technique and common flaws etc. along with explanatory text or voice over that is freely available on the web. You can find a good set of clips at:
http://youtube.com/swimee
