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Swimming / David L. Costill, Ernest W. Maglischo, Allen B. Richardson.

By: Costill, David L.
Contributor(s): Maglischo, Ernest W | Richardson, Allen B | International Olympic Committee.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Handbook of sports medicine and science.Publisher: Boston : Champaign, Ill. : Blackwell Scientific Publications, Human Kinetics [distributor], 1991Description: vii, 214 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0632030275; 9780632030279.Subject(s): Swimming -- Physiological aspects | Swimming -- Training | Biomechanics, human kinetics | Sports injuries & medicine | Medical specialties, branches of medicine | Clinical & internal medicineDDC classification: 612.044 | 797.21 COS
Contents:
Section 1 Biology of swimming: Characteristics of muscle -- Energy for swimming -- Fatigue: factors limiting swimming performance -- Age and gender differences -- Nutritional needs of the swimmer -- Section 2 Mechanical aspects of swimming: Propulsion and resistance -- Front crawl -- Butterfly -- Backstroke -- Breaststroke -- Starts and turns -- Section 3 Training: Adaptations to swimming training -- Principles of training -- A training plan -- Training for specific events -- Training for strength and power -- Section 4 Testing and medical aspects of swimming: Physiological evaluation -- Biomechanical evaluation -- Medical aspects of swimming.
Summary: Covers the basic physiological and biomechanical processes involved in various types of strokes. The book pays particular care to training and the development of appropriate muscle strength. It also covers nutritional requirements, questions of age and gender, and medical testing.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 612.044 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00022711
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 797.21 COS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000330518
Total holds: 0

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Written by a sports scientist, a coach and a physician, Swimming is the broadest work yet written in this field for sports science and sports medicine alike. The text is authored by a team with outstanding credentials in terms of personal experience as competitive swimmers, in research productivity, coaching success, and the medical care of high performance swimmers and swimming teams. Swimming has been written primarily for athletics trainers and team coaches but is also intended as a specialist reference for doctors, allied health professionals and for athletes themselves. Chapters cover the characteristics of swimming including important concepts in propulsion, functional anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, biomechanics and psychology. Also included are the principles and aims of nutrition, injury including risks, mechanisms of injury, prevention, immediate care, treatment, rehabilitation and return to training.

Includes index.

Section 1 Biology of swimming: Characteristics of muscle -- Energy for swimming -- Fatigue: factors limiting swimming performance -- Age and gender differences -- Nutritional needs of the swimmer -- Section 2 Mechanical aspects of swimming: Propulsion and resistance -- Front crawl -- Butterfly -- Backstroke -- Breaststroke -- Starts and turns -- Section 3 Training: Adaptations to swimming training -- Principles of training -- A training plan -- Training for specific events -- Training for strength and power -- Section 4 Testing and medical aspects of swimming: Physiological evaluation -- Biomechanical evaluation -- Medical aspects of swimming.

Covers the basic physiological and biomechanical processes involved in various types of strokes. The book pays particular care to training and the development of appropriate muscle strength. It also covers nutritional requirements, questions of age and gender, and medical testing.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Section 1 Biology of swimming
  • Characteristics of muscle
  • Energy for swimming
  • Fatigue: factors limiting swimming performance
  • Age and gender differences
  • Nutritional needs of the swimmer
  • Section 2 Mechanical aspects of swimming
  • Propulsion and resistance
  • Front crawl stroke
  • Butterfly
  • Backstroke
  • Breaststroke
  • Starts and turns
  • Section 3 Training
  • Adaptations to swimming training
  • Principles of training
  • A training plan
  • Training for specific events
  • Training for strength and power
  • Section 4 Testing and medical aspects of swimming
  • Physiological evaluation
  • Biomechanical evaluation
  • Medical aspects of swimming
  • Appendices
  • Blood lactate analysis
  • Calculation of oxygen uptake
  • Procedures for hydrostatic weighing

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

This book, which is sponsored by the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission, is a scientific presentation of the important factors related to competitive swimming. The authors are recognized national leaders in competitive swimming, exercise physiology, and sports medicine, and the volume is intended for athletic trainers, swimming coaches, primary care physicians, health-related professionals, and swimming athletes. It covers four distinct topics: physiology and biology of swimming; mechanical aspects of swimming, including detailed analysis of the four competitive swimming strokes, starts, and turns; physical training; and physiological and biomechanical evaluation, and medical aspects of swimming. A forerunner of this book was James E. Counsilman's classic The Science of Swimming (1968). The overall quality of writing, topic coverage, illustrations, and supporting references is outstanding. One weakness is that sequential illustrations of stroke mechanics do not have corresponding sequential written descriptions. This text is a scholarly presentation of the sport of competitive swimming and will be extremely useful to any interested reader.-A. W. Jackson, University of North Texas
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