Swimming Technique August 1982

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Table of Contents

Theme: Swimming BioMechanics

• Dutch Treat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Bob Hopper attends the V Congress on Biomechanics in Amsterdam, Holland

• Biomechanics Review… 15

What’s been going on in the field the last 10 years, by Kathy Barthels

• Computer Analysis . . . . . . 20

Bob Schleihauf’s new techniques help coaches see the invisible in strokes

• Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

A systematic approach to technique, by Dan Daly and Belgian Ulrik Persyn

• Pool operation – Art or Science? . . . . . . . . . . 33

Rich Elliott delves into the nuances of keeping a pool in first-rate shape Innovation

• Printout Power . . . . . . . . . 35

Nort Thornton and Evan Flavell on how Cal used a computer in its program

• Education – Back to School . . . . . . . . . . 45

The first U.S. Swimming Coaches College was a success, by Diane Campbell

• Departments

                    The Cutting Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

                    Abstract View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

                    Book Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

                    Against the Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

                    New Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

                    Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

                    Errata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

                    Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

                   Pool Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

                  Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

On the cover

In a nearly textbook example of stroke technique, 200 freestyle world record holder Sippy Woodhead of the Mission Viejo Nadadores shows the underwater pulling pattern of a champion swimmer. Woodhead’s hand enters the water at point “A” and exits at point “Z”.

The correct application of force and the position of the body in the water are the study of swimming biomechanists. Some of the top experts in the field present their findings in this issue of SWIMMING TECHNIQUE, beginning on page 13.

(Special thanks to Bill Barrett, Tiffany Cohen, Marybeth Linzmeier, Jeff Kostoff, Jesse Vassallo and Sippy Woodhead of Mission Viejo and Industry Hills Aquatic Club, and their coaches. Cover concept by Chris Georges and Karen McBride; photo by Chris Georges.)