The Swim Coaching Bible » (1st Edition)

Dick Hannula is one of the winningest high school and club coaches in the history of swimming. While serving as the boys' swimming coach at Wilson High School in Tacoma, Washington, from 1959 to 1983, Hannula racked up the longest high school undefeated streak on record, winning 323 consecutive meets without a loss including 24 consecutive boys' Washington state high school swimming championships.

Hannula is a former multiple-term president of the American Swimming Coaches Association and is on the World Swimming Coaches Association board of directors. He is in the American swim coaches' hall of fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Hannula also authored the Human Kinetics book Coaching Swimming Successfully. He resides in Tacoma, Washington.

Nort Thornton is the head men's swimming coach at the University of California at Berkeley. Thornton's Cal teams have consistently finished in the top 10 in the nation over the past 30 years. Thornton has coached Cal to two NCAA Championships and was named the NCAA Coach of the Year in 1979 and 1980. An inductee into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, he has coached the U.S. national team at the Olympics and Pan American Games. He has also served the swimming community as the president of the American Swimming Coaches Association.

Destined to be the dog-eared manual every swimming coach reaches for again and again, The Swim Coaching Bible presents the knowledge of the most prolific group of swimming experts ever assembled in a book. This compilation covers every key to a successful swim program, with the world's leading authorities sharing their expertise in all aspects of the sport.

Endorsed by the World Swimming Coaches Association, the book offers specific drills and techniques for coaching each swimming stroke, as well as detailed training programs for every event. In addition, readers are presented with valuable insight into the priorities and principles top coaches apply to their programs, recommendations on program administration, and suggestions for practice sessions.

The contributors represent swimming's best and brightest coaches from clubs, colleges, and national teams from around the world. From Richard Quick and Eddie Reese, to Pable Morales and Jill Sterkel, to Australian Doug Frost and British and Canadian national coach Deryk Snelling, the names will be familiar to serious swim coaches at all levels of competition.

The Swim Coaching Bible covers every facet of swim coaching and shares the wisdom of the world's leading coaches, addressing the topics they know best. Serious swimmers will enjoy and learn from this book, but swim coaches will treasure it for years to come.