About the Author: Cokie Lepinski
Cokie Lepinski is head coach of Swymnut Masters (San Rafael, CA) and prior head coach of Marin Pirate Masters (Novato, CA). She has received numerous awards including the 2010 US Masters Swimming Kerry O'Brien award; the 2011 Pacific Masters Swimming Coach of The Year award; the Pacific Masters 2012 Distinguished Service award; and, the Pacific Masters 2013 Contributor of the Year award. Cokie has authored many technique articles for SWIMMER magazine along with the USMS Streamlines publications and is regularly found giving stroke clinics for Pacific Masters and USMS. She is herself a passionate and diehard USMS All American swimmer, and has been consistently ranked top ten in the US and world in breaststroke and IM events since beginning her masters swimming in 1991. Along with coaching and swimming, Cokie is equally passionate about photography.
Ever noticed how technical swimming has become? There are so many fine points to all four strokes. You really need to break the stroke and its components down and work on them separately, and then put the stroke back together. In the process of doing this, you begin to understand much more about the stroke and about yourself.
One of the best ways to refine your stroke, find efficiency in the water, and translate that to faster swimming, is to regularly build swim drills into your swim practices.
In this eBook, you will find 125 drills covering freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and even sculling. Each drill has a title, a purpose, and a thorough description of the drill, along with key points to focus on when doing the drill.
Not only will practicing drills help your stroke, your efficiency, and eventually your speed, drill work will also help liven up your practices, making them much more interesting and challenging. Doing so under the guidance of a coach and support of a team is even better, so find yourself a team. You won't regret it. If you are a masters swimmer, check out www.usms.org to find more information on US Masters Swimming, locate a team near you, and see everything this great sport has to offer.
Dive right in. I hope you enjoy this eBook and that your swimming skills grow by leaps and bounds. Happy swimming!
