Swim Speed Strokes for Swimmers and Triathletes: Master Freestyle, Butterfly, Breaststroke and Backstroke for Your Fastest Swimming (Swim Speed Series) Paperback – July 7, 2023

My grandson is a competitive swimmer and he has won any number of awards and accolades. When I try to find a book for him, I am swimming in murky waters because I know so little and the actual demands of the sport. When I sent this book to him, I got the kind of phone call a grandmother loves to get! He called to thank me for the book and told me what a perfect book it is. I told him I didn't know what to pick out but he said that the book is choked full of excellent advice,, techniques, and tid bits that he was excited to dive into. Coming from an accomplished high school athlete, I find that to be the perfect review for any book!

This is not the definitive book of swimming, but it is the probably the best single book for the individual swimmer to understand how to improve their technique and the science of it. It is a nice read with excellent photos. It shows you exactly how you should be doing it, photo by photo. You can apply what you read immediately even if you just read the chapter for a specific stroke.. written by a swimmer for swimmers. It had an immediate impact on my technique and time..

I've read most of the books on competitive swimming technique going all the way back to Counsilman's "Science of Swimming" and if I was going to own only one book, this would be it. It is clearly written with beautifully clear photos that make it a pleasure to read over and over. Each time, I get something more out of it, or refresh something I'd forgotten. The best part is it's accuracy. Sheila uses world record holders and world record performances to illustrate the physics, form and turnover rate we should be using. As a competitive swimmer and coach, this is a gold mine of great information!

good use of pictures to support dialogue. I'm too old to get 12,500 hours of practice in, so maybe this will help.

This has been beneficial in terms of understanding the various strokes. I am going to go back and look at her earlier book and look at companion videos. The pictures are extremely beneficial because it has allowed me the opportunity to see what the hand position looks like through the pull and check body position. Utilizing several athletes allows the chance to compare the strokes and see the similarities and differences. Well done.

A great sequel to her first book. It is the best book on stroke technique out there. The book would be worth buying for the photos alone.I wound up buying 3 copies of her first book because I loaned them to people who loved it. They loaned the book to people, who loaned it to people, who loaned it..., etc. I am telling no one I bought this.

I have 2 swimmers and have been in the sport for over 2 decades. I've read dozens and dozens of swim books and this is the best book I've ever seen to explain visually and verbally the process of swimming fast. Clear. Concise. Efficient. If you want to maximize your speed or the speed of someone you know, this is the book.Sheila rocks!

Bought for my 15 year old Grandson who is a very successful swimmer. He has regular lessons with a coach everyday but this book has given him a look into some 'finer' points of swimming and of course reading about it is a whole lot different then instruction IN the pool I guess? He is very impressed with it.