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The Art of Swimming: In a New Direction with the Alexander Technique | 
 enlarge | Authors: Steven Shaw, Armand D'angour
Publisher: Ashgrove Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 689200
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.3
ISBN: 1853981400
Dewey Decimal Number: 797
EAN: 9781853981401
ASIN: 1853981400
Publication Date: September 2001
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Condition: The Alexander Method. Product was purchased in bulk directly from publisher, never distributed, never read condition is A++++
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Book Description
Enlarged, redesigned edition has underwater photos in full color, as well as new line drawings and cartoons.
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Of benefit to the experienced swimmer November 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Whether you swim for exercise, relaxation or pleasure, this book is sure to help. While a good proportion of the text is devoted to explaining and justifying the principles behind the ideas it promotes (and I did tend to skip much of that, although I am sure it is interesting in itself), it does contain some really good advice.
I swim for an hour or more on an almost daily basis. Being a swimmer who at one time swam competitively I was finding it hard to do anything other than swim all out in the pool, but the suggestions here really helped me gain a new perspective, and derive much greater pleasure from my swimming.
Some sections are devoted to specific advice on individual strokes, highlighting both good and bad practices. Interestingly many of the suggestions contained in the book do not contradict typically taught methods, but rather they compliment or enhance them. However it does also warm against some practices which it considers physically harmful, especially some practices adopted by competitive swimmers. Overall its message is to encourage swimming techniques that are both relaxing and that make swimming a pleasure.
I found this a most useful book, every bit as beneficial for the experienced swimmer as much as the novice.
If you swim, you should get this book. August 23, 1998
48 out of 51 found this review helpful
I've been a regualr swimmer for about 30 years - 4 to 5 times a week, an hour or so each time. About 2 years ago, a friend gave me a book about the Alexander Technique to read, saying it might be of interest to me and my swimming. I was quite interested and managed to attend a workshop where I got some hands-on experience with the work. One evening, a group of us went to the pool with one of the teachers and she showed us how to apply some of the ideas to swimming. I couldn't believe how much of difference that little bit of information made! I realized that I had been using too much, and the wrong kind of effort, particularly with my back stroke. I'd always loved to swim, and the feel of the water, but now swimming became a whole new experience for me. Much more fluid and with less effort, and yet just as invigorating. Several friends have commented on the change. The Art of Swimming is, as far as I know, the only book devoted specifically to swimming and the Alexander Technique. I found it very readable and I think it would make a good introduction to the ideas of the Technique for swimmers. I'd also recommend the book that got me started by Rickover, called "Fitness Without Stress - A Guide to the Alexander Technique". Also a book called "The Authorised Summaries of the Four Books of F.M. Alexander". END
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