Swim Coach's Starter Guide

It took a while to ship but the best book I’ve found for a novice coach.

Great book! Lots of practical knowledge and covers all the important aspects for swim coaches. Thanks for the generosity of the sharing.

I love to learn new things that will help me coach. Even after 3 decades of coaching, it is always fun and exciting to learn things in a new way. Better yet is putting the new ideas to use in the pool with the swimmers. The new way of doing things mixes up our workouts, providing a little excitement in the water. Teaching the same drill or skill but using new terminology can make it easier for those swimmers that are a little confused figure it out.
Like all the other products Swim Smart sells, this book should be bought by all coaches, no matter how many years they have been on deck.

Karl combines creative ideas with well structured plans to provide an enjoyable to read and easy to understand guide to coaching swimming for every (new and experienced) coach. Coaches at swim clinics often comment that they learn the most in the conversations after the clinic talks. "Swim Coaches Starter Guide" is like the very best of those discussions. I also highly recommend Biology of Swimming to everyone (coaches, swimmers and parents) looking for important and easy to understand information about almost all the science behind swim training and performance. Read both books now, then thank Karl and Mike later! Thanks Karl & Mike.

This is an amazing help for coaches starting up or taking more ownership of a team. I have been using this as I have gone from coaching high school swimmers to coaching novice swimmers this past winter. It gives great ideas and things to think about. I would highly recommend to all coaches!