{"product_id":"breakthrough-swimming-epub","title":"Breakthrough Swimming epub","description":"\u003c!-- split --\u003e\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab-description\" id=\"display-description\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab-tableofcontents\" id=\"display-tableofcontents\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab-author\" id=\"display-author\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab-quote\" id=\"display-quote\"\u003eQuotes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab-description\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Never before has one book taken such a comprehensive look at the evolution, science, and coaching application of competitive swimming. In\u003ci\u003e Breakthrough Swimming\u003c\/i\u003e, legendary swimming coach and researcher Cecil Colwin provides a rich perspective on the development of the sport and explains major advances in stroke mechanics, training methods, and racing techniques. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Accompanied by richly detailed illustrations, this engaging text is one of the most insightful written works on the sport. It makes clear sense out of the scientific principles and puts into context the historical changes in the sport. Not only will you gain a greater understanding of competitive swimming through its origins and evolution, but you’ll also gain these valuable skills: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e • Improve your stroke technique, starts, and turns. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e • Improve your feel of the water by learning to anticipate and effectively manipulate the reacting flow of the water. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e • Understand the hydrodynamics of swimming and learn how water reacts to the forces you apply with each swimming stroke. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e • Improve your conditioning and develop a better training program by understanding the principles of training. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e • Learn how to design different types of workouts to produce specific physiological effects. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e • Learn how to plan a seasonal program and how to relate your training to the pace of the race you intend to swim. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The book includes a chapter contributed by Dr. David Pyne, sport physiologist to the 2000 Australian Olympic swimming team. Pyne covers the physiology of modern swimming training and the preparation of swimming teams for top-flight international competition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreakthrough Swimming\u003c\/i\u003e covers every aspect of competitive swimming from its spawning ground in early 19th-century England to the present day, including the profound changes that occurred in the last decade of the 20th century. The book also explains the societal changes of recent years, such as the advent of professional swimming and the specter of performance-enhancing drugs. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Combining history with the latest innovations, \u003ci\u003eBreakthrough Swimming\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive work on the past, present, and future of competitive swimming. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c!--end tabDescription--\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab-tableofcontents\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Development of Stroke Fundamentals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1 History of the Swimming Strokes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2 Breakthroughs in Stroke Techniques \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3 Strokes, Starts, and Turns \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Movement Through Water\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 4 Understanding Hydrodynamics \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 5 Propulsive Mechanisms of Speed Swimming \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 6 Coaching a Feel for the Water \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Advances in Training\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 7 Progression of Training Methods \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 8 Principles of Modern Training \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 9 Training Applications of New Research \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 10 Development of a Training Program \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Past, Present, and Future of the Sport\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 11 Evolution of Competitive Swimming \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 12 Doping, Testing, and Modern Efforts to Gain an Edge \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 13 Looking Back, Looking Ahead \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c!--end tabTableOfContents--\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab-author\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCecil M. Colwin\u003c\/b\u003e, who passed away in summer 2012, is a legend among swimming coaches. He had a distinguished international coaching career in which he developed Olympic medalists, world-record holders, and national champions. Colwin is also acknowledged as one of the swimming world's most influential coach educators and historians. His indelible mark on the sport spans from pioneering swim training in South Africa to coaching Canadian national and international competitors. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A former national technical director of Canadian swimming, Colwin was instrumental in researching, designing, and implementing Canadian Swimming's National Plan for the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games as well as the Canadian National Apprenticeship Program for training coaches in all sports. He also designed and conducted coaching certification courses for Level III coaches in the United States and Australia. In 1985 and 1986, he received the American Swimming Coaches Association's (ASCA) certificate of excellence for outstanding coaching achievement in the United States. In 1993 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Colwin authored hundreds of articles, papers, and books on competitive swimming, and served as a consultant to administrators, coaches, and swimmers worldwide. He was a regular contributor to several swimming magazines, including \u003ci\u003eSwimnews, Swimming World, Swimming Technique\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe American Swimmer\u003c\/i\u003e. Known as one of the swimming world's most inspirational lecturers, he addressed the World Swimming Coaches' Conference on several occasions and gave hundreds of lectures and clinic presentations worldwide. Colwin was the founder of Cecil Colwin's International Swim Camps, a leading stroke clinic and training experience for swimmers and coaches from many countries. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c!--end tabAuthor--\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab-quote\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"What a marvelous undertaking! Readers can use as much or as little of the information as one would want; those just beginning their careers can gain enough relevant data to get started on a correct course, while seasoned coaches and swimmers will certainly be challenged by the book’s in-depth information.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Bergen-- \u003c\/b\u003eMember of the International Hall of Fame, Has coached 10 swimmers to 22 world records \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"In \u003c\/i\u003eBreakthrough Swimming\u003ci\u003e, Cecil Colwin has called upon all of his years of experience as a coach, teacher, historian, scientific analyst, writer and iconoclast to create a brilliant, comprehensive and eminently readable work of art. Colwin's unique insights make this book an absolute must-read for every serious swimmer, coach, and lover of the sport. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Breakthrough Swimming\u003ci\u003e has reconfirmed Colwin as the dean of the world's swimming scholars.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhillip Whitten-- \u003c\/b\u003eEditor-in-Chief Sports Publications, Inc. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Cecil Colwin continues his major contributions to the thought processes of swimming in a fascinating book that gives meaning and relevance to a mountain of information .\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Leonard--\u003c\/b\u003e Executive Director, American Swimming Coaches' Association, Editor, American Swimming Magazine \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Like Counsilman's \u003c\/i\u003eThe Science of Swimming\u003ci\u003e, Colwin's \u003c\/i\u003eBreakthrough Swimming\u003ci\u003e serves as a comprehensive technical manual on competitive strokes and training, and is certain to stimulate creative thinking on the part of novice and veteran coaches alike.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMurray Stephens--\u003c\/b\u003e Director, North Baltimore Aquatic Club, USA Olympic Coach \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c!--end tabQuote--\u003e","brand":"Cecil M. 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