Teach Yourself Butterfly Swimming

Contents: 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.

"Butterfly occured from the breaststroke which demands both stamina, calibre, and concentration. The movements you need to make, however, are not difficult because you will have done many of them before in other strokes.

The butterfly stroke is generally taught after the swimmer has established basic skills in the other three competitive strokes. The butterfly stroke relies on good timing and simultaneous arm and leg actions. The stroke is best taught by breaking it down into three phases: kick, arm action and breathing.

The present book deals with all aspects of butterfly swimming viz., historical background, skills and techniques, and rules. The text are arranged in a lucid form and being written in simple colloquial English.

In this way, the present book has wide scope for the new aspirant swimmers especially butterfly who wish to develop and sharpen their butterfly skills, students and teachers of physical education and sports etc." (jacket)