Table of Contents

Introduction
Dick Hannula and Nort Thornton

Part I Establishing Priorities and Principles
Chapter 1 Believing in Belief
Richard Quick

Chapter 2 Putting Fun Into the Swimming Experience
Jean Freeman

Chapter 3 Coaching With Integrity
Peter Daland

Part II Directing a Program to Its Full Potential
Chapter 4 Tailoring Your Approach to Specific Competition Levels
John Leonard

Chapter 5 Administering and Marketing a Winning Program
Jack Bauerle

Chapter 6 Developing a Successful Team
Skip Kenney

Chapter 7 Maximizing a Swimmer's Talent Development
Bill Sweetenham

Part III Creating Effective Practice Sessions
Chapter 8 Long- and Short-Range Planning
Jill Sterkel

Chapter 9 Putting Science Into Practice
Bruce R. Mason

Chapter 10 Applying the Art of Coaching
Deryk Snelling

Part IV Teaching Stroke Techniques
Chapter 11 Freestyle Technique
Rick DeMont

Chapter 12 Backstroke Technique
Dick Hannula

Chapter 13 Butterfly Technique
Pablo Morales

Chapter 14 Breaststroke Technique
David Salo

Chapter 15 Starts, Turns, and Finishes
John Trembley and Gary Fielder

Part V Training for Optimal Performance
Chapter 16 Freestyle Sprint Training
Michael Bottom

Chapter 17 Freestyle Middle-Distance Training
Doug Frost

Chapter 18 Freestyle Distance Training
Dick Jochums

Chapter 19 Backstroke and Butterfly Sprint Training
Eddie Reese

Chapter 20 Backstroke and Butterfly 200-Meter Training
Bill Rose

Chapter 21 Breaststroke Training
Jon Urbanchek

Chapter 22 Individual Medley Training
Dick Shoulberg

Chapter 23 Relay Training
David Marsh

Chapter 24 Power Training
Randy Reese

Chapter 25 Preparing to Excel in Competition
Don Gambril

About the Author

Dick Hannula is one of the winningest high school and club coaches in the history of swimming. While serving as the boys' swimming coach at Wilson High School in Tacoma, Washington, from 1959 to 1983, Hannula racked up the longest high school undefeated streak on record, winning 323 consecutive meets without a loss including 24 consecutive boys' Washington state high school swimming championships.

Hannula is a former multiple-term president of the American Swimming Coaches Association and is on the World Swimming Coaches Association board of directors. He is in the American swim coaches' hall of fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Hannula also authored the Human Kinetics book Coaching Swimming Successfully. He resides in Tacoma, Washington.

Nort Thornton is the head men's swimming coach at the University of California at Berkeley. Thornton's Cal teams have consistently finished in the top 10 in the nation over the past 30 years. Thornton has coached Cal to two NCAA Championships and was named the NCAA Coach of the Year in 1979 and 1980. An inductee into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, he has coached the U.S. national team at the Olympics and Pan American Games. He has also served the swimming community as the president of the American Swimming Coaches Association.