Championship Swim Training Author:Bill Sweetenham, John Atkinson Use the worlds best training system from the worlds top swim coach to become a stronger swimmer in freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, and individual medley. Bill Sweetenham is the coaching force behind Australias rise to international swimming acclaim. Now the national performance director of British Swimming, Sw... more »eetenham and coach John Atkinson detail their complete system of proven workouts, sets, and programs to improve stroke technique and race performance. Championship Swim Training starts with benchmark test sets to evaluate ability, find specific training zones, and plot future training targets. Drill progressions and checklists for every stroke can be applied to individual swimmers or entire squads for technique enhancement. The next section explains proper program planning for juniors through master swimmers and provides sample training sets for all levels of swimmers. The final chapters provide tapering tips, racing strategies, and dryland conditioning recommendations to take the guesswork out of constructing the perfect year-round program.« less