Publisher's Synopsis
Hall of Fame coach Cecil M. Colwin as been involved in competitive swimming for more than fifty years. In Swimming Dynamics: Winning Techniques and Strategies he covers every aspect of the sport. From improving team morale to improving stroke mechanics, Colwin offers a variety of approaches that give new insights into honing skills and handling the many challenges facing swimmers and coaches today. He also profiles some of the most influential swimmers of the past and present, tracing the history of swimming's development into a competitive sport. One of the swimming world's outstanding thinkers, Colwin has written an essential reference that will inform, instruct, and enlighten everyone interested in competitive swimming. A competitive swimming coach since 1945, Colwin has long been known for his work on the technical aspects and history of swimming. He has written more than one hundred articles and papers for a variety of periodicals and is the author of several books about the sport, including Swimming into the 21st Century. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1993.
