The Rookie Coaches Swimming Guide gives you the fundamentals of coaching and swimming all in one, easy-to-follow book. Learn the basic principles of coaching as well as how to teach swimming skills to your team.

• Paperback
• 80 pages
• Imported

Includes:
• 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
• How to protect yourself from legal liability
• Information on swimming pools and equipment
• A discussion of the operational procedures of swim meets
• Key teaching points for the four competitive strokes—freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly
• 19 drills for isolating and improving specific skills
• Techniques for detecting and correcting errors commonly made with each of the four strokes
• Instruction on how to properly execute starts and turns
• A sample season plan
• A glossary that defines 50 common swimming terms

Contents:
• Unit 1: Who, Me…a Coach?
• Unit 2: What Tools Do I Need to Coach?
• Unit 3: How Should I Communicate with My Swimmers?
• Unit 4: How Do I Get My Team Ready to Compete?
• Unit 5: What Can I Do for Safety?
• Unit 6: What Is Swimming All About?
• Unit 7: What Swimming Skills and Drills Should I Teach?
• Unit 8: Building a Strong Swimming Team
• Appendix: Sample Season Plan for Swimmers