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Rookie Coaches Swimming Guide
The Rookie Coaches Swimming Guide provides a unique combination of coaching advice and swimming expertise for the beginning youth swimming coach. This concise book presents the basic principles of coaching and shows you how to teach fundamental swimming skills to young swimmers. The Rookie Coaches Swimming Guide was developed by the American Sport Education Program—America’s premier coaching education program. With contributions by John Leonard, executive director of the American Swim Coaches Association, this guide details:
- your major responsibilities as a coach,
- the tools required to be an effective coach,
- the communication skills necessary for coaching young athletes,
- the steps in planning practices and teaching swimming skills,
- the methods for preventing and caring for injuries, and
- how to protect yourself from legal liability.
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Springboard and Platform Diving-2nd Edition
Inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1988, Ron O’Brien coached two-time Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis and many others during his extensive reign as the U.S. Olympic team’s head diving coach. Now, in the latest edition of Springboard & Platform Diving, the best-known diving coach in the United States shares new information and training plans never before published. Along with a wealth of technical instruction, Springboard and Platform Diving gives you the fundamentals of the sport. O’Brien shows you how to plan for the training year and adapt the six-week peaking-for-competition program he used for training champion athletes. From solid fundamentals to fine-tuned movements that add aesthetic appeal for judges, O’Brien describes each type of dive in detail. He augments his instruction with numerous sequential illustrations that highlight the best and most current technical elements of each dive. A special board work checklist will help coaches and divers pinpoint deficient skills.
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Coaching Swimming Successfully-2nd Edition
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.
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Adapted Aquatics Programming - A Professional Guide 2nd Edition
The second edition of Adapted Aquatics Programming: A Professional Guide
- clarifies rationales for adapted aquatics programming,
- broadens the scope of and enriches traditional programs for people with disabilities,
- guides instructors in improving teaching methods and safety management, and
- educates professionals on providing safe and effective adapted aquatics programs.
The second edition of Adapted Aquatics Programming: A Professional Guide is packed with new material, including up-to-date information on relevant legislation, guidelines on architectural accessibility, instructional strategies, equipment, safety management, and competitive and recreational aquatics activities. This comprehensive resource is a significant addition to the aquatics literature, providing a practical learning tool for the field. The authors infuse each chapter with specific techniques as well as rationales for adapted aquatics programming. They also provide readers with
- Best practices in adapted aquatics programming
- A description of the scope of traditional adapted programs with enrichment ideas
- Guidance in improving teaching methods and safety management
- Instruction in providing safe and effective adapted aquatics programs.
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