Paul Mason

Swimming For Triathlon And Open Water (eBook, ePUB)

Gain Confidence and Unlock Your Ideal Front Crawl

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Swimming for Triathlon and Open Water has the advice and tips you need to become more confident, more efficient and faster in the water.

The drills and practices target specific key movements and skills to help you build a simple, effective front crawl style. This means you use less energy and swim further in comfort than ever before. Ideal for open-water swims and for longer-distance pool-based swimming.

As well as technique, find advice about how to train for an event, on-the-day preparations, what happens during a swim, the psychological side of open-water swimming, race tactics, nutrition and equipment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472936448
• Artikelnr.: 48185454

Autorenporträt

Paul Mason is an experienced freelance writer and editor of a variety of children's information books, with subjects including extreme sports, geography and travel. Paul is a keen sportsman and particularly enjoys surfing, mountain biking and snowboarding.

Paul is a former international swimmer, British champion and record holder. Though retired from top-level racing, he still competes regularly in open-water events and triathlons. Today he combines a career as a writer with swim coaching.

Inhaltsangabe

Want to swim better front crawl? 1 Technique Basics 2 Arm Stroke 3 Body
Position 4 Breathing 5 Kick 6 Timing and Rhythm 7 Turns 8 Open-Water Events
9 Skills and Fitness 10 Flexibility Glossary About the author
Acknowledgements Index