Howdy.
I'm returning to the pool after many years away.
Since I don't have a coach, I'm attempting to get back into it on my own.
Anyone care to recommend must-have books?
Of course, I'm not going to try to collect a library or anything. So the question is, if you had to do it on your own, which books would you consider essential?
Right now I'm looking at 3 quite seriously:
Mastering Swimming
Complete Conditioning for Swimming
Breakthrough Swimming
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Well, do share. What books have benefited you and how?
Breakthrough Swimming took the stroke off my 25yds. I was pulling too shallow. Gave me some nice visualization to get a feel for where I needed to be.
Just got done with my first modified dry-land workout, based on Complete Conditioning for Swimming. It feels good. Will take some time to see how it works out. But I'm optimistic.
I've also expanded my warm-ups and cool-downs based on Mastering Swimming, and will be incorporating some of the drills and more kicking next time I'm in the pool.
Swimming Fastest is going to take more time to absorb before I start using it. I'll likely begin by shaping my general workouts (pool/land) and improving my basic stroke forms with the 3 shorter books first -- along with resources on this site/forum -- then tackle Fastest to improve over that.
I've had the books less than a week, so I'm still working my way through. It'll be a while before I'm able to get all the juice out of them.
Well, do share. What books have benefited you and how?
Breakthrough Swimming took the stroke off my 25yds. I was pulling too shallow. Gave me some nice visualization to get a feel for where I needed to be.
Just got done with my first modified dry-land workout, based on Complete Conditioning for Swimming. It feels good. Will take some time to see how it works out. But I'm optimistic.
I've also expanded my warm-ups and cool-downs based on Mastering Swimming, and will be incorporating some of the drills and more kicking next time I'm in the pool.
Swimming Fastest is going to take more time to absorb before I start using it. I'll likely begin by shaping my general workouts (pool/land) and improving my basic stroke forms with the 3 shorter books first -- along with resources on this site/forum -- then tackle Fastest to improve over that.
I've had the books less than a week, so I'm still working my way through. It'll be a while before I'm able to get all the juice out of them.
