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The concept of holding water and generating propulsion is fundamental to swimming performance, and sheilas book clearly unlocks the secrets of this through words and dara torres, 12time olympic medalistmaster swimmers and coaches at every level can learn something from swim speed secrets. Swim speed secrets 2 edition by sheila taormina paperback. In her bestselling book swim speed secrets, 4time olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion sheila taormina revealed the swimming technique. Swim speed workouts feels like a natural followup, where instruction continues with a 16week swim training program. Taorminas swim speed secrets is a compendium and reference, a tool box no triathlon swimmer can afford to ignore. Any new swimmer would benefit by learning the language before showing up to his first masters workout.
Drawing from her 30year racing and coaching career, taorminas swim speed programme is carefully designed to build freestyle swim speed one crucial step at a time. Each virtual track walk video will help you learn and drive some of the most challenging circuits in north america in less time. This onehour workout will round out your pedal stroke and keep you building fitness until youre back to regular training. Swim speed secrets for swimmers and triathletes book. Swim speed secrets by sheila taormina overdrive rakuten. In swim speed secrets, 4time olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion. Many swimmers get real tense when asked to go fast and recruit a whole bunch of muscles that dont help them swim faster, which robs them of energy. Jun 15, 2012 in her book swim speed secrets for swimmers and triathletes, 4time olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion sheila taormina reveals the swim technique used by the worlds fastest.
With this book, triathletes and swimmers can stop swimming for survival and break through to new levels of speed and confidence in the water. Praise for the swim speed series there is no one in our sport more accomplished in swimming than sheila taormina. Now in swim speed strokes, taormina shows swimmers and triathletes how to swim their best in all four swimming strokes. Trisports university as a lifelong coach, the fourtime olympian shares what shes learned with clarity and authority, explaining all of the small details that go into mastering freestyle. Sheila taorminas swim speed series is americas favorite guide to faster swimming. Swim speed strokes american swimming coaches association. Tips that helped her perform at a worldclass level for two decades. Swim speed secrets sheila taormina paperback books. Swim speed secrets for swimmers and triathletes by sheila taormina. May 01, 2012 swim speed secrets is your most important swim tool. Swim speed secrets, an expanded version of taorminas groundbreaking book call the suit includes. Buy swim speed secrets for swimmers and triathletes. Ashley whitney, olympic gold medalist in swim speed secrets, sheila taormina gives a great understanding of the art of high performance swimming.
In swim speed secrets, 4time olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion sheila taormina reveals the swim technique used by the worlds fastest swimmers over the course of 4 olympic games and throughout her career as a world champion triathlete, taormina refined her exceptional technique as a student of the sport, studying the worlds best swimmers using underwater photographs. Taorminas guidance is clear and easily understood so any swimmer or triathlete can learn and master the fastest. These are drills that appeared in the swim training plan in the april 20 issue of triathlete, taken from fourtime olympian sheila taorminas book swim speed workouts. To get to relaxed or easy speed, its important to learn how to not tense up when you go for speed. Master swimmers and coaches at every level can learn something from this bookboth the book and the swim speed workouts training. Swim speed secrets brings the focus back where it belongsto a powerful underwater stroke. Now in swim speed strokes, taormina shows how swimmers can swim their fastest in all four competitive swimming strokes. Master the freestyle technique used by the worlds fastest swimmers sheila taormina.
Master the freestyle technique used by the worlds fastest swimmers. In the appendix there is a brief listing of swim lingo. In her book swim speed secrets for swimmers and triathletes, 4time olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion sheila taormina. Sheila possesses a great depth of knowledge and passion about swimming that she has often shared with me and many other athletes. These are drills are taken from fourtime olympian sheila taorminas book swim speed workouts. Please feel free to take a look around our website to. Taorminas swim speed secrets is a compendium and reference, a tool box no triathlon swimmer can afford to ignore taormina has seen thousands of openwater and competitive swimmers of all levels. Her new book will be a very useful tool to anyone who wants to improve their performance in the water. Swim speed strokes for swimmers and triathletes by sheila. Ive watched with uneasiness as coaches and swimmers revile the s pull to such an extent. His work has appeared on usa swimming, swimswam, stack, nbc. Published on jun 15, 2012 in her book swim speed secrets for swimmers and triathletes, 4time olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion sheila.
Being stuck at home can be a great opportunity to work on your form. The best drills to cultivate a more sensitive feel for the waterdryland and strengthbuilding exercises to develop arm position and upper body musculaturestriking photos of olympic swimmers in their highelbow underwater pullclear. Swim speed secrets by sheila taormina books for cyclists. In swim speed secrets, 4time olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion sheila taormina reveals the swim technique used by the worlds fastest swimmers. Sheila taormina in this new edition of the bestselling swim speed secrets, the 4time olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion reveals the swim technique used by the worlds fastest swimmers. Jack bauerle, team usa olympic swim coach and head coach of the university of georgia swim team. Its much more than just a best of album, a compilation of all my previous books while it does do that, too, as ive added a lot of new material and updated the old. Fire up your kick with this usrpt set for faster kicking. Master the freestyle technique used by the worlds fastest swimmers swim speed series ebook. Taorminas guidance is clear and easily understood so any swimmer or triathlete can learn and master the fastest way to swim. While this book would be excellent for swim coaches and students of swim kinesiology, it is also a good reference for the hobby swimmer, swim. Oct 01, 2014 featuring 4 completely new speed secrets, new drills, and an allnew chapter, swim speed secrets offers taorminas essential guidance and new discoveries that are vital for swimmers, triathletes, and coaches. Download swim speed secrets for swimmers and triathletes.
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