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Master the Art of Swimming: Raising Your Performance with the Alexander Technique | 
 enlarge | Author: Steven Shaw
Publisher: Collins & Brown
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 359340
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 6.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1843403498
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.21
EAN: 9781843403494
ASIN: 1843403498
Publication Date: May 28, 2006
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Product Description
Swimming improves flexibility, tones the body, helps boost self-esteem, and produces a sense of well-being. Here, enhanced with the unique insights of the Alexander Technique, is a complete guide to swimming for health, fitness, and emotional relaxation. Breaking down each stroke into a series of therapeutic movements—which can be practiced alone or with a partner, in water or on dry land—it provides the building blocks for a better, more healthful swimming experience. Instead of performing physical actions in an automatic way, the reader learns to develop body awareness, and soon begins to move more freely, openly, and gracefully. Covering all the most popular strokes, this approach allows anyone to swim with maximum efficiency and minimum strain.
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 Swim well with perfection July 4, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
In my opinion, I rate this book with 5 stars. I have been swimming since childhood and went to a professional swimming school but have never come across a good swimming method like the "Shaw method" Alexander Technique. The book is very well illustrated and explains step by step how the swim without strain in freedom. With a good technique comes great speed without injury. This book has all you need to swim well in safety and perfection. I myself have tried all these methods and techniques and have improved my swimming. I gain more confidence in water taking out benefits from precious time. This book taught me to appreciate swimming in a graceful way with better performance. I let go and went with the flow instead of pushing myself. For example, I learnt to swim butterfly the "Shaw method" believe me I swim the technique with less strain limiting the energy expended on non propulsive movements. Try it yourself, I feel more confidant in water with these methods in all my stroke :-)
Louis Henriques.
 Not for advanced swimmers July 21, 2006
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
1-2 stars because, while I have to admit I do not practice the Alexander Technique, I thought I would examine this book to see how it may help my strokes. Well, the printing is wonderful and it is a well produced book, but it really seemed less geared toward advanced/competitive swimmers than I expected. There was alot of basic stroke breakdown, which is good for intermediate swimmers but not for advanced swimmers (or maybe just me?) who have had coaching. I personally prefer the book Swimming Fastest for technique--it is the bible. I am continually disappointed by the clarity of swim books (mainly because nothing takes the place of good instruction--you can't see yourself swim!), but Swimming Fastest still is my favorite for guidance and I continually reference it. If you are intermediate and looking for stroke improvement, this could be good for hints and has clear photography (it does excel at this). It did illustrate some things I do overlook! Bottom line was I returned it, unfortunately.
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