swiming books

biomed32

Can anyone reccomend a book that would be good for training or improving, basically swim drills?? very much appreciated

mad m

You in Dublin Bio? Have a couple I could give you a loan of.....I bought one a while back which gives you some good dryland training sessions also....

okane1

I have two. One purely swim drills which is ok: The Swimming Drill Book by Ruben Guzman.

I also have an excellent book, detailing technique, training and program design. This book is huge, 790 pages and very detailed: Swimming Fastest by Ernest W. Maglischo

mickmc7

It's not a swimming instruction book per se but I'm currently reading Swim- Why We Love the Water by Lynn Sherr. It's a great read, only published last year I think. Covers the whole history of swimming and includes everything from Weissmuller to phelps to total immersion to the authors own efforts to swim the Hellespont. Strongly recommended.

biomed32

Thanks for the feedback
@madm, I live in the Blanchardstown area so in dublin I might take you up on the offer of the dry land training book.
I purchased this book off Amazon last night as it had good reviews and it was waterproof and I could take it directly to the poolside, Ill let you know how I get on with it.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1934030759/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
again I appreciate the feedback, just getting back into the swing of things and want to make a decent go of it this time

promethius

okane1 wrote: »

I have two. One purely swim drills which is ok: The Swimming Drill Book by Ruben Guzman.

I also have an excellent book, detailing technique, training and program design. This book is huge, 790 pages and very detailed: Swimming Fastest by Ernest W. Maglischo

i have the Maglischo book too, it's like a bible of swimming! not much it doesn't cover

valerie

I'm a big fan of the SwimSmooth book - identifies 6 types of swimmer (I'm an overglider!), what they're doing wrong and gives drills to work on. Breaks down the stroke quite nicely.

promethius

valerie wrote: »

I'm a big fan of the SwimSmooth book - identifies 6 types of swimmer (I'm an overglider!), what they're doing wrong and gives drills to work on. Breaks down the stroke quite nicely.

anything from swim smooth would be good i'd say. didn't realise they had a book must check it out. their weekly email subscription is excellent for tips and drills too

valerie

promethius wrote: »

anything from swim smooth would be good i'd say. didn't realise they had a book must check it out. their weekly email subscription is excellent for tips and drills too

I picked it up in Read's on Nassau st.

biomed32

My wee swim workout book arrived this morning and only getting in the door now, looks really good, well thought out excercises and training schemes. Ill let you know how I get on with it