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Book Description
The Swim Coaching Bible sets a new high water mark for competitive swim coaching resources. Experts from around the world offer a wealth of knowledge on
• coaching principles and program administration,
• conducting effective practice sessions,
• teaching techniques for every stroke, and
• training programs for every event.
The contributors are the most prolific group of swimming coaches, past and present, ever assembled in a single book: Jack Bauerle, Mike Bottom, Peter Daland, Rick DeMont, Jean Freeman, Doug Frost, Don Gambril, Shane Gould, Dick Hannula, Dick Jochums, Skip Kenney, John Leonard, Bruce Mason, David Marsh, Pablo Morales, Richard Quick, Eddie Reese, Randy Reese, Bill Rose, Dick Shoulberg, Deryk Snelling, David Salo, Jill Sterkel, Bill Sweetenham, Nort Thornton, John Trembley, and Jon Urbanchek.
The Swim Coaching Bible is a landmark work in competitive swimming. If you coach the sport or want a competitive edge, this book will be the one you refer to again and again.
About the Author
Dick Hannula is one of the winningest high school and club coaches in the history of swimming. While serving as the boys' swimming coach at Wilson High School in Tacoma, Washington, from 1959 to 1983, Hannula racked up the longest high school undefeated streak on record, winning 323 consecutive meets without a loss including 24 consecutive boys' Washington state high school swimming championships.
Hannula is a former multiple-term president of the American Swimming Coaches Association and currently a vice president of the World Swim Coaches Association. He has been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Hannula also authored the Human Kinetics book Coaching Swimming Successfully. He resides in Tacoma, Washington.
Nort Thornton is the head men's swimming coach at the University of California at Berkeley. Thornton's Cal teams have consistently finished in the top 10 in the nation over the past 30 years. Thornton has coached Cal to two NCAA Championships and was named the NCAA Coach of the Year in 1979 and 1980. An inductee into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, he has coached the U.S. national team at the Olympics and Pan American Games. He has also served the swimming community as the president of the American Swimming Coaches Association.
Contributors: Twenty-five highly respected and successful experts in the swimming world contributed to The Swim Coaching Bible. Here is a brief list of their accomplishments and awards:
• Earned Olympic team coaching assignments for the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia
• Claimed 48 NCAA Division I national team titles, including the last 17 women's titles and 19 of the last 20 men's titles
• Earned 19 Coach of the Year awards from the American Swimming Coaches Association
• 10 have been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Three have won Olympic gold medals
The Swim Coaching Bible,Dick Hannula,Nort Thornton,Human Kinetics Publishers,0736036466,Coaching,General,Sports,Sports & Recreation,Swimming,Swimming And Diving
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