Swimming basics

By Charles Rob Orr

Text and illustrations introduce the fundamentals of swimming with emphasis on different types of strokes and breathing techniques. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0138796017
• ISBN13: 9780138796013
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Swimming isn't so basic

When I went to a lot of my friends pool parties and I was too embarassed to go in the water because I didn't know how to swim, I decided it was time I learned how to. However, I was a little shy of having a real person teach me (possibly because of my race) so I bought a book called, "Swimming Basics". This novel taught me the simple facts about how to stay afloat and how to move your arms and legs in sequence so you can swim through the water. Since the novel was written by the excellent swim coach of Princeton University, I felt reading the book gave me enough confidence to jump in the water. So, at the next swim party I was invited to, I went off the diving board, sunk to the bottom, and had to be saved by the lifeguard. I found out that swimming was, in fact, not so basic and that certain people, like me, should never swim. My brother Casey tried to read the book and then swim but he was unfortunate and drowned. However, if you don't have a learning disability like myself, then "swimming basics" is an excellent book to get you started swimming.

AMAZING

I TOOK ONE LOOK AT THE COVER ON THIS BOOK, AND I KNEW HOW TO SWIM LIKE A SEA URCHIN! HIGHLY RECCOMENDED

AMAZING

I TOOK ONE LOOK AT THIS BOOKS COVER, AND I KNEW HOW TO SWIM!HIGHLY RECCOMENDED