Swim Speed Secrets for Swimmers and Triathletes: Master the Freestyle Technique Used by the World's Fastest Swimmers (Swim Speed Series)
"The concept of 'holding' water and generating propulsion is fundamental to swimming performance, and Sheila's book clearly unlocks the secrets of this through words and vivid underwater photos. It is what every top swimmer trains and searches for each day at practice, and it is what allowed me to win Olympic medals as a teenager and into my 40s." —Dara Torres, 12-time Olympic medalist"In her book, Sheila Taormina gives a great understanding of the art of high performance swimming. With her help, you can stop swimming for survival and start swimming like a pro." —Laura Bennett, 2010 ITU #1-ranked swimmer, four-time ITU World Triathlon Championship medalist, Olympian, and two-time U.S. triathlon champion"A ripper! Great to get a no-b.s. perspective on swimming from a champion." —Chris McCormack, 2-time Ironman® World Champion“Taormina’s Swim Speed Secretsis a compendium and reference, a tool box no triathlon swimmer can afford to ignore… Taormina has seen thousands of open-water and competitive swimmers of all levels...The insights and lessons provided inSwimSpeed Secretsare the distillation of those decades of experience, thousands of hours of coaching and training and thousands of competitions in only 174 pages…This book is a more effective training aid than paddles, a kickboard and even a swimming pool.Swim Speed Secretsis your most important swim tool.” —TriSports"Sheila's bookSwim Speed Secretsis the best swim manual—PERIOD!" —Ashley Whitney, Olympic Gold Medalist"Sheila Taormina may be the greatest athlete in the modern Olympic era. She's the only person I know who has made four Olympic teams in three different sports." —Jim Richardson, Head Coach of the University of Michigan women’s swim team"Sheila T. is just 5' 2" but she swims like she is 6' 2". We still use her as a model for our swimmers today on how to swim the strokes." —Jack Bauerle, Team USA Olympic Swim Coach and Head Coach of the University of Georgia swim team