Sports & Recreation - Water Sports - Swimming & Diving

Back when he was first learning to fly an airplane, Tom Gompf found himself applying terms from his beloved sport of diving to the maneuvers he was mastering. The line began blurring between the two disciplines, and he realized being a pilot and being...

Peek into the mind of a champion swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time (28 medals, including 23 gold) In this candid memoir, Phelps talks openly about his battle with attention deficit disorder, the trauma of his parents' divorce, and the...

Overcome Fear in Water - Become Safe, Confident, and in ControlYes, you can learn to swim with a book.What You'll LearnThis book guides you through every non-threatening step to: * Overcome fear in water from the inside out* Focus on the key to overcoming...

Eat Right, Swim Faster is the ultimate nutrition resource for competitive swimmers of all ages. It is a smartly written book of highly practical and very accessible information for swimmers interested in what food can do for them in their pursuit of maximum performance...

By 1983, the Hawaii Ironman was seven races old. ABC Sports and Sports Illustrated had discovered it. So had Budweiser-and soon, Timex would too. Despite growing corporate backing, Ironman was still seen more as amusing entertainment than serious competition.That changed in 1984. For the...

A New York Times bestselling memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and the most decorated US female Olympian in history: Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky has won more individual Olympic races than any female swimmer in history. She is a four-time Olympian, a nine-time...

A New York Times bestselling memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and the most decorated US female Olympian in history: Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky has won more individual Olympic races than any female swimmer in history. She is a four-time Olympian, a nine-time...

An unforgettable memoir from New York City's first female lifeguard chief, this coming-of-age story plunges into the rough-and-tumble, sun-soaked world of Rockaway Beach in the 1970s and 1980s. The first time I ever saw a lifeguard get horned was in the summer of 1974....

Nada más rápido, mejora tu técnica y aumenta tu resistencia. Esta guía completa analiza en profundidad los músculos y sistemas del cuerpo involucrados en la natación para explicarte cómo funcionan en el agua y mostrarte cómo puedes aplicar esta información y perfeccionar así tu...

Fresh from his triumphant and extraordinary achievement at the Olympic Games in Beijing, Michael Phelps--up from working-class, born-in-the-USA roots--shows us the secrets to his remarkable success--from training to execution. For years the world has followed Michael Phelps's progress from teen sensation in Sydney to...

★Ocean Worlds coloring book ★Great underwater landscapes with corals and plants, fishes, octopuses, manta rays, whale sharks and much more. The coloring book contains 54 pages with black backs Ocean underwater scenes coral reefs, fish, octopus, seahorses. The book is a great gift for...

The Definitive Guide to Bonaire Scuba Diving and Snorkeling, now updated!#1 New Release in Scuba Travel GuidesThe authors of the Reef Smart Guide series are back with an updated Reef Smart Guides: Bonaire featuring 32 new dive sites and 16 new maps!A great Caribbean...

Learn the science needed to perfect your stroke, swim faster, and endure for longer. Science of Swimming dives deeper than any other book to examine the muscle groups and bodily systems involved in being an effective swimmer; how they interact with the hydrodynamics of...

Swimming is excellent exercise of course, but it's so much more than that: it can be a transcendental experience, offering us space to reflect and to escape. It's an antidote to screens and all-encompassing technology. Perhaps it's the shedding of inhibitions that come with...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER (USA TODAY) America's most effective and celebrated voice in the fight to save women's sports shares her unbelievable story and inspires readers to embrace common sense and truth. Riley Gaines has been called many things: Collegiate athlete. All-American. Champion. But in...

"If you're not strong enough to swim fast, you're probably not strong enough to swim 'pretty, '" said a young Esther Williams to theater impresario Billy Rose. Since the nineteenth century, tensions between beauty and strength, aesthetics and athleticism have both impeded and propelled...

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography Named a Best Book of the Year by The Observer Back in print, a "fusion of cool, clear-eyed prose and watercolors, photographs and painted portraits" (Time Out New York) by celebrated author and artist...

Missy Franklin is one of the most talented swimmers in the world. She is a four-time Olympic gold medalist and currently holds the world record in the 200-meter backstroke and American records in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke. She was Swimming World's World...

Author: Brian FaganPublisher: Meyer & Meyer SportPublished: 05/01/2025Pages: 76Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30dISBN: 9781782552826About the AuthorBrian "Flash" Fagan has taught and coached swimming for more than three decades. His students have ranged from children to seniors, beginners to professional athletes....

Born to Run meets Why We Swim and Breath in a globe-spanning work of immersive narrative nonfiction that dives into the hidden world of cold water plunging and swimming--and what it reveals about the human body, mind, and need for connection. "Mesmerizing...I loved this...