Around the Buoys

Around the Buoys

Author: Michael Huck

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780070308176

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Presents a guide for beginning and intermediate racers who are mired in the bottom or middle of the fleet. With the help of numerous diagrams, readers learn to recognize when they are threatened on the race course and when they must move to realize a potential advantage.


H.O. Pub

H.O. Pub

Author: United States. Hydrographic Office

Publisher:

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13:

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Code of Federal Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13:

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Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect ... with ancillaries.


The Sports Book

The Sports Book

Author: DK

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-03-21

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0756689090

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The Sports Book features a large and diverse range of over 200 sports, from basketball to bobsledding, karate to korfball, and synchronized swimming to ski-jumping. This up-to-date and authoritative guide presents information sourced from leading experts and sports governing bodies around the world to give you the most comprehensive book on sports to ever hit the market.


Open Water Swimming

Open Water Swimming

Author: Emma Davis

Publisher: Crowood

Published: 2013-11-30

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1847976107

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Open Water Swimming: A Complete Guide for Swimmers and Triathletes is aimed at all levels of open water swimmer, from beginners right through to competing professionals. It covers all aspects of the sport: its history and health benefits; a thorough introduction to getting started; a full discussion on training equipment and how it should be used; the safety and legal aspects of choosing a suitable location for swimming; acclimatization for both the beginner and the experienced swimmer. The author then goes on to explain in detail all technical aspects of open water swimming; sighting; drafting; turning around buoys; entraces, exits and transitions. Topics covered include: the importance of nutrition - for training, competition and improving recovery - and injury prevention and rehab, including a programme for core stability and stretching. The only open water swimming guide to be written by a professional athlete and Olympian. Basic training programmes for Triathlon 750m and 1500m distances, Ironman events and 10km and channel swimming. Superbly illustrated with 75 colour photographs.