Swimming: Steps to Success - 3rd Edition (Steps to Success Sports Series) - Softcover

Thomas, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0736054367 ISBN 13: 9780736054362

Publisher: Human Kinetics, 2005

Synopsis

Become more fluid in the water with Swimming: Steps to Success. This comprehensive guide provides progressive instruction to help you master several swimming strokes and skills: backstroke, front crawl, breaststroke, butterfly, sidestroke, back crawl, trudgen, floating, diving, sculling, and underwater swimming.

Step-by-step instruction and 195 illustrations break down each stroke to the basic arm and leg movements and their timing. The multiple drills in each step include a scoring system to gauge success and determine readiness to advance to the next skill.

Part of the highly successful Steps to Success Series series, with more than 1.5 million copies sold, Swimming: Steps to Success is the best tool for learning to swim at your own pace and an excellent resource for mastering skills through the advanced level.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"This is an excellent book for the adult learner. Very complete with thorough explanations and details that explain the why as well as the how."

John Leonard Executive Director American Swimming Coaches Association

"Of undeniable value to self-taught swimmers, the book is also great for swim teachers. The positive approach and sequential steps are excellent."

Louise Priest Executive Director Council on National Cooperation in Aquatics

"Dave Thomas, the old master aquatic instructor and coach, improves on a good thing with his second edition of Swimming: Steps to Success. This is a must for every aquatic teacher’s and coach’s library."

Stephen J. Langendorfer, PhD American Red Cross WSIT Bowling Green State University

About the Author:

David G. Thomas has been a swimming teacher and coach since 1948, when he became a water-safety field representative for the American Red Cross. In 1955 he became swimming coach and aquatics director at Berea High School in Berea, Ohio. Eight years later he moved to the State University of New York at Binghamton, where he was director of aquatics and swimming coach until retiring as professor emeritus in 1985.

Thomas gained nationwide prominence in 1972 by producing a textbook, teaching guide, exams, and visual aids for training swimming pool operators. The Swimming Pool Operators Handbook and the other materials were published by the National Swimming Pool Institute as the basis for its Certified Pool Operators program.

Since retirement, Thomas has focused much of his attention on writing. He has published numerous articles on aquatic subjects and is a contributing author to several books on swimming pool design and operation, including Professional Aquatic Management. He is the author of Teaching Swimming: Steps to Success, Advanced Swimming: Steps to Success, Competitive Swimming Management, and the video Water Is Friendly: The First Step in Learning to Swim.

A consultant in aquatics and pool design and operation, Thomas lives with his wife, Virginia, in Anderson, South Carolina. He swims each day for fitness.

About this edition

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0736054367
• ISBN 13: 9780736054362
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 200