This comprehensive guide provides progressive instruction to help you master several swimming strokes and skills: backstroke, front crawl, breaststroke, butterfly, sidestroke, back crawl, trudgen, floating, diving, sculling and underwater swimming.

Step-by-step instruction and 195 illustrations break down each stroke to the basic arm leg movements and their timing. The multiple drills in each step include a scoring system to gauge success and determine readiness to advance to the next skill.