The Science of Teaching Swimming

By Mervyn L Palmer. 1988, hard cover. 525 pages. Very good condition. Tightly bound, clean and neat. Parcel over 1 kg.

Most aspects of the teaching of swimming are covered here, starting with methods of handling beginners with the emphasis on their safety in the new environment. Then follows a syllabus of progressive aquatic activities, culminating in instructions on the teaching of the four basic competition strokes, together with their starts and turns. Diving, life-saving and survival are also covered.