Sailing Drills: How to Sail Better, Faster, Smarter, Safer
By Randy Smyth, Two-Time Olympic Medalist: "Rick White has virtually dissected sailing into individual skills. Using time-tested, on-the-water drills he has provided this book to elevate any sailor's proficiency. I used these drills daily while preparing for my Silver Medal-winning '92 Olympic Campaign. Now, (as a coach) I've introduced the '96 Olympic Team hopefuls to rick's methodology." Greg Fisher, North American/National Champion in many classes: "Sailing Drills will be an invaluable asset and THE tool in theh library of any coach, sailing instructor, or anyone looking to improve boat-handling skills." Dick Tillman, Laser National Champ and Author: "If you want a big jump on the learning curve, you'll want this book and you'll want to select the specific drill Rick White has developed to help you. Whan it comes to sailing schools, Rick White's Sailing Seminars have proven to be the best. Now you can continue and expand upon what you have learned by execcuting your own drills." Jim Young, Head Coach, Swiss Olympic Sailing Team: "This book finally compiles under one cover most of the drills used by coaches around the world. It summarizes neatly most of the work required in sailing to get the boat to behave the way you want. This books is the best way, the fastest way, to improve skills -- to break it into pieces and repeat the pieces over and over. As a professional coach, working for years with my own notebook full of drills and ideas, it is very nice to finally have a printed version, not only for my own use, but one that I can leave with my sailors to work with when I -- and my notebook -- are not around." Eric Sharp, National Sports Writer: "When the musician asked the hippie, 'How do I get to Carnegie Hall?' the answer was, 'Practice, man, practice!' The same reply holds for the question, 'How do I become a better sailor?' The book 'Sailing Drills' lets Conductor White's baton lead his students no matter how far away they might be." --Book Review