--- title: Swimming description: Swimming covers the mechanics of the four primary strokes, breathing techniques, and water safety. You will understand how to improve your efficiency in the water, build endurance, and design structured swim workouts. category: sports-recreation subcategory: individual-sports difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/swimming --- # Swimming Swimming covers the mechanics of the four primary strokes, breathing techniques, and water safety. You will understand how to improve your efficiency in the water, build endurance, and design structured swim workouts. ## Available Resources 4 Books • 5 Websites ## Websites ### 1. SwimSwam A competitive swimming news site publishing meet results, race analysis, technique breakdowns, and gear reviews alongside interviews with elite swimmers and coaches. Covers college, masters, and international swimming, serving as a primary daily source for competitive swimming news. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://swimswam.com/ **Tags:** swimming, news, competitive-swimming, training ### 2. U.S. Masters Swimming The national governing body for adult swimming in the United States, offering a free searchable library of coach-written workouts across strokes, distances, and skill levels. Supports adult swimmers training for fitness, triathlon, or masters competition through its network of local clubs. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.usms.org/ **Tags:** swimming, masters-swimming, training, workouts ### 3. GoSwim.tv A video library of over 3,000 swimming technique lessons covering strokes, starts, and turns, produced since 2001 with input from Olympic athletes and coaches. Offers free clips plus a paid subscription for structured courses aimed at swimmers wanting to refine their technique. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.goswim.tv/ **Tags:** swimming, technique, video, drills ### 4. swimsmooth.com Swim Smooth is a swimming coaching site that offers technique-focused instruction, stroke analysis, drills, and training plans to help swimmers improve efficiency and speed. It provides instructional videos and programs suitable for all levels, including resources for triathlon training. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://swimsmooth.com **Tags:** websites, sports-recreation, individual-sports ### 5. myswimpro.com MySwimPro is a swim training platform offering guided workouts, drills, technique videos, and customizable training plans for swimmers of all levels, accessible via mobile app and website. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://myswimpro.com **Tags:** websites, sports-recreation, individual-sports ## Books ### 1. Swim Smooth: The Complete Coaching System for Swimmers and Triathletes **Author:** Paul Newsome, Adam Young Freestyle coaching system for adult swimmers and triathletes. Covers breathing, body position, catch and stroke rate, a swim-type classification for diagnosing stroke faults, drill progressions, CSS-based pool training, and open-water skills such as sighting, drafting and wetsuit swimming. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119963192?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** freestyle technique, triathlon swimming, open water swimming, stroke correction, swim drills ### 2. Total Immersion **Author:** Terry Laughlin Terry Laughlin's method for teaching adult swimmers efficient, low-drag freestyle technique through balance and body-position drills rather than added effort. Aimed at fitness swimmers who want to swim farther and more comfortably by reducing resistance and improving stroke mechanics in the water. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743253434?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, sports-recreation, individual-sports ### 3. The Swim Coaching Bible **Author:** Dick Hannula and Nort Thornton A collection of essays from championship-level swim coaches covering stroke mechanics, race strategy, practice design, and team culture. Edited by Dick Hannula and Nort Thornton, it gives coaches at every level practical guidance for building and running a competitive swim program. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0736036466?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, sports-recreation, individual-sports ### 4. Swimming Made Easy **Author:** Terry Laughlin Terry Laughlin's introductory guide to Total Immersion technique, teaching balance, streamlining, and stroke efficiency for beginner and intermediate freestyle swimmers. Focuses on building comfort and confidence in the water before working on speed, endurance, or competitive training. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1931009074?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, sports-recreation, individual-sports --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/swimming