Swimming Products
Here's a list of products that are discussed in The Athlete Village community, and possibly in your analysis. Click any of the photo's to purchase an item from an authorized retailer. (Send us a note if we missed anything.)
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Tactics and Techniques of Elite Open Water Swimmers:
An Up-close Analysis of World-class Swimmers
"This DVD inserts you directly into the race, immersing you into never before action - at times brutal, at times thrilling, but never dull."
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Fundamentals of Fast Swimming (DVD)
Produced by Gary Hall and The Race Club
Fundamentals of Fast Swimming is the perfect add on to The Athlete Village stroke analysis. This DVD reduces the complex laws that govern all stroke techniques, drag, motion and inertia, into simple and meaningful training methods. For each of these fundamentals, specific drills are demonstrated that will help swimmers improve their efficiency and speed in the water. Discover the important details of swimming technique that separate the fastest swimmers in the world from all the others.
Are you interested in beginning a yoga practice or taking your yoga practice to the next level? Have you ever wondered how the principles of yoga can be incorporated into your own life? This journal will guide you from the foundation of yoga to developing your own personal yoga practice and provide a method for you to record your path along the way. Whether you are new to yoga or a seasoned yogi or yogini, writing in your Yoga Journal will help to keep you focused on achieving your yoga goals. Recording your experiences is a wonderful way to document and reflect on your path.
Yoga and swimming complement and enhance each other. When done together they make for a more balanced athlete. The Yoga for Swimming and More DVD program was designed to enhance swimming with dry land training. Not only does the practice of yoga promote t
he elongation and fluidity of muscles so important in swimming, it will help correct strength and flexibility imbalances caused by the repetitive nature of swimming. Through regular practice you ll notice the deeper effects: a clearer mind and a nervous system which will be better able to handle stress.
Freestyle with Kara Lynn Joyce
Olympian, Undefeated NCAA Champion, American record holder, and great friend of The Athlete Village Kara Lynn Joyce shares the key focus points that she uses to develop her awesome freestyle technique. Kara Lynn’s six focus points work for every level of swimmer – novice to elite – and you can start to apply them immediately, next time you go to the pool. The extraordinary swimming footage of Kara Lynn, combined with clear, step-by-step instruction, will help take your freestyle to the next level.
The Three Styles of Freestyle
The World Team consists of over 20 swimmers training at The Race Club under world-renowned sprint coach Mike Bottom. They are all focused on one goal, Gold. Shot at their training location in the Florida Keys, this film documents the innovative philosophies and training methods of The Race Club, including ten-time Olympic medalist Gary Hall Jr.
Discover the secrets of Mike Bottom's 'Three Styles of Freestyle' in preparing his athletes for the biggest stage in sport.
Featuring Gary Hall Jr., and the World Team
This is perfect for grabbing some swimming video. It is really easy to use, and provides high quality video. In fact, we keep one in our swim bag at all times just in case.
The Flip is the most popular camera used by Villagers due to it's great price, ease of use, and incredible performance.
Complete Conditioning for Swimming.
Written by swimming legend Dave Salo and our very own Scott Riewald.
"With exercises and programs tailored to address the physical demands of every stroke and event, Complete Conditioning for Swimming is a competitive swimmer's dream."
Amanda Beard
7 time Olympic medalist
Swimming Anatomy
See how to achieve stronger starts, more explosive turns, and faster times! Swimming Anatomy will show you how to improve your performance by increasing muscle strength and optimizing the efficiency of every stroke.
Swimming Anatomy goes beyond exercises by placing you on the starting block, in the water, and into the throes of competition. Illustrations of the active muscles for starts, turns, and the four competitive strokes show you how each exercise is fundamentally linked to swimming performance.
Whether you are training for a 50-meter freestyle race or the open-water stage of a triathlon, Swimming Anatomy will ensure you enter the water prepared to achieve every performance goal.
Gold in The Water.
The inspirational Journey of 2 swimmers chasing the Olympic Dream. This is the best description of the life of a swimmer that we have found.
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