In Swim Speed Secrets, 4-time Olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion Sheila Taormina reveals the swim technique used by the world's fastest swimmers.

 

Over the course of 4 Olympic Games and throughout her career as a world champion triathlete, Taormina refined her exceptional technique as a student of the sport, studying the world''s best swimmers using underwater photographs and video analysis. From Johnny Weissmuller to Michael Phelps, the world's fastest swimmers share one common element: a high-elbow underwater pull.

 

Too many swimmers and triathletes neglect the pull, distracted by stroke count or perfecting details like body position or streamlining. Taormina uses simple science and crystal clear underwater photos of Olympic athletes to show how the high-elbow underwater pull is the most crucial technique for faster swimming.

 

With a commonsense approach that comes from decades of practice and 15 years of hands-on coaching experience, Taormina's Swim Speed Secrets gives triathletes and swimmers the clear direction they need to overhaul their swim stroke and find the speed that's been eluding them. Swim Speed Secrets includes:

 

·         The best drills to cultivate a more sensitive feel for the water

·         Dryland and strength building exercises to develop arm position and upper body musculature

·         Crisp photos of Olympic swimmers and variations in their high-elbow underwater pull

·         Clear descriptions of the key moments of the underwater pull

·         Tips that helped her perform at a world-class level for two decades

 

Swim Speed Secrets brings the focus back where it belongs-to a powerful underwater stroke. With this book, triathletes and swimmers can stop swimming for survival and break through to new levels of speed and confidence in the water.

 

In Swim Speed Secrets, 4-time Olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion Sheila Taormina reveals the swim technique used by the world's fastest swimmers.

 

Too many swimmers and triathletes neglect the key to speed, distracted by stroke count or perfecting body position or streamlining. Taormina uses simple science and crystal-clear underwater photos of top Olympic athletes, from Johnny Weissmuller to Peter Vanderkaay , to show how the high-elbow underwater pull is the most crucial technique for faster swimming.

 

With a well-honed, commonsense approach that comes from decades of practice and 15 years of hands-on coaching experience, Taormina's Swim Speed Secrets gives triathletes and swimmers the power to overhaul their swim stroke and find the speed that's eluded them. Swim Speed Secrets, an expanded version of Taormina's ground-breaking book Call the Suit includes:

 

 

Swim Speed Secrets brings the focus back where it belongs-to a powerful underwater stroke. With this book, triathletes and swimmers can stop swimming for survival and break through to new levels of speed and confidence in the water.

Sheila Taormina has competed in four Olympic games and is the only woman in the world to have competed in three different sports on the Olympic stage-swimming, triathlon, and modern pentathlon. At just 5' 2" tall, Taormina refined her exceptional freestyle swim technique to  win a gold medal in the 1996 Olympics and the 2004 ITU triathlon world championship. Taormina has coached elite and age-group swimmers and triathletes for 15 years, helping them to develop the same strong underwater pull that propelled her to athletic success in her racing career. Taormina conducts dozens of swim clinics around the world each year. For more information, please visit sheilat.com.