Coaching swimming successfully / Dick Hannula.
By: Hannula, Dick
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BookPublisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2003Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xii, 179 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0736045198 ; 9780736045193.Subject(s): Swimming -- CoachingDDC classification: 797.21 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Over the course of a distinguished coaching career, Dick Hannula led his high school teams to 24 consecutive state championships, was a two-time president of the American Swim Coaches Association, and is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Hannula shares more than 50 years of coaching experience and knowledge in Coaching Swimming Successfully .
With input from successful U.S. and international coaches, Hannula presents the latest stroke improvements for greater efficiency and speed as well as new instruction on underwater dolphin kicking techniques. Full practice plans help coaches accomplish more in each training session.
Veteran and beginning coaches will learn how to motivate swimmers, become better communicators, and be prepared for the challenges of competitive meets. Hannula reveals his personal coaching philosophy and helps coaches develop their own code of ethics as they build a winning swimming program in and out of the pool. Detailed advice on how to evaluate swimmers' performances in practice and in competition, as well as the entire swim program, makes this the complete guide to coaching the sport.
No matter where you coach, Coaching Swimming Successfully will be the guide you refer to season after season.
Includes index.
Part I: Coaching Foundation -- Developing a swimming coaching philosophy -- Communicating your approach -- Motivating swimmers -- Building a swimming program -- Part II: Coaching Stroke Technique -- Basic principles in teaching strokes -- Dolphin or butterfly kick -- Crawl stroke -- Backstroke -- Breaststroke -- Butterfly -- Part III: Coaching Plans -- Planning training -- Preparation for practices -- Part IV: Coaching Meets -- Preparation for meets -- Handling meets -- Part V: Coaching Evaluation -- Evaluating swimmers\' performances -- Evaluating your program.
CIT Module SPRT 7005 - Core reading
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. vii)
- Acknowledgments (p. ix)
- Introduction (p. xi)
- Part I Coaching Foundation (p. 1)
- Chapter 1 Developing a Swimming Coaching Philosophy (p. 3)
- Chapter 2 Communicating Your Approach (p. 9)
- Chapter 3 Motivating Swimmers (p. 19)
- Chapter 4 Building a Swimming Program (p. 31)
- Part II Coaching Stroke Technique (p. 41)
- Chapter 5 Basic Principles in Teaching Strokes (p. 43)
- Chapter 6 Dolphin or Butterfly Kick (p. 51)
- Chapter 7 Crawl Stroke (p. 57)
- Chapter 8 Backstroke (p. 75)
- Chapter 9 Breaststroke (p. 87)
- Chapter 10 Butterfly (p. 101)
- Part III Coaching Plans (p. 111)
- Chapter 11 Planning Training (p. 113)
- Chapter 12 Preparing for Practices (p. 127)
- Part IV Coaching Meets (p. 139)
- Chapter 13 Preparing for Meets (p. 141)
- Chapter 14 Handling Meets (p. 151)
- Part V Coaching Evaluation (p. 159)
- Chapter 15 Evaluating Swimmers' Performance (p. 161)
- Chapter 16 Evaluating Your Program (p. 167)
- Index (p. 173)
- About the Author (p. 179)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Dick Hannula is one of the winningest high school and club coaches in the history of swimming, having racked up the longest high school undefeated streak on record, undefeated in 323 consecutive meets--including 24 consecutive Washington state high school boys' swimming championships. He is also one of the most respected coaches in swimming, having coached or consulted with teams from high school to the Olympic level. Hannula is a former multiple-term president of the American Swimming Coaches Association and a former vice-president of the World Swimming Coaches Association. He is a member of both the American Swim Coaches Association's Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Hannula resides in Tacoma, Washington.