Book Review; Guzman's "The Swimming Drill Book"

The Swimming Drill Book by Ruben Guzman, and published by Human Kinetics, is a concise and well illustrated compilation of 128 swimming drills. Drills are broken down into 10 Chapters:

1. Body Position and Buoyancy
2. Breathing and Kicking
3. Sculling
4. Backstroke
5. Freestyle
6. Breaststroke
7. Butterfly
8. Freestyle and Backstroke Turns
9. Other Turns and Finishes
10. Starts

Guzman has done a good job pulling together drills from many of the masters of competitive swimming. Experienced coaches will recognize drills that have been created and/or promoted by Boomer, Colwin, Maglischo, Hannula, and others. In addition there are several drills that seem to come directly from Guzman himself.

New and experienced coaches, as well as swimmers, will find The Swimming Drill Book a great reference for their coaching library. Guzman's book is a tool box coaches will be able to draw from to help teach and correct form and stroke technique. 4 1/2 out of 5 stars for The Swimming Drill Book!