Encyclopaedia of Swimming
Contents: I. Frontcrawl: 1. Introduction. 2. Coaching tips for frontcrawl swimming. 3. Frontcrawl swimming skills. 4. Frontcrawl turning. 5. Propulsion in frontcrawl swimming. 6. International symposium of biomechanics and medicine in frontcrawl swimming\'s strokes. 7. Performance-enhancing coaching tips for frontcrawl swimming. 8. Frontcrawl swimming programmes for the learners. II. Breaststroke: 1. Introduction. 2. Brief history of breaststroke swimming. 3. Breaststroke skills and techniques. 4. Some safety guidelines. 5. Physical fitness for breaststrokers. 6. Rules of breaststroke swimming. III. Butterfly: 1. Introduction. 2. Brief history of butterfly swimming. 3. Equipments. 4. Butterfly swimming skills and techniques. 5. Teaching butterfly swimming kick. 6. Butterfly swimming starts. 7. Expert\'s thoughts on butterfly swimming technique. 8. Rules of butterfly swimming. IV. Backcrawl: 1. Introduction. 2. Backstroke/backcrawl skills. 3. Some coaching drills in backstroke swimming. 4. Water safety instructions for backstrokes. 5. Stroke development training in backcrawling. 6. Evaluation of training programme in backcrawling swimming. 7. Physical exercises for the swimmers. 8. Essentials for backcrawl swimming. 9. Backcrawl swimming rules.
"Encyclopaedia of Swimming comprises of all the aspects of swimming and its four important strokes. In this comprehensive Encyclopaedia all the swimming strokes viz., breaststroke, butterfly, backcrawl and frontcrawl are described in a lucid form. Some comprehensive illustrations are also given with the skills and techniques of swimming strokes.
Thus, the present work is truly called an Encyclopaedia of swimming, as it has all the essential ingredients of swimming, its strokes with skills, techniques and rules with relevant illustrations.
Hopefully, the present Encyclopaedia will be very useful for the students of physical education and sports sciences, teachers, instructors, aspirant swimmers who wish to sharpen their swimming skills and for the sports enthusiasts." (jacket)
