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In Swim Speed Secrets, 4-time Olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion Sheila Taormina reveals the swim technique used by the world’s fastest swimmers.

Too many swimmers and triathletes neglect the key to speed, distracted by stroke count or perfecting body position or streamlining. Taormina uses simple science and crystal-clear underwater photos of top Olympic swimmers, from Johnny Weissmuller to Peter Vanderkaay, to show how the high-elbow underwater pull is the most crucial technique for faster swimming.

With a well-honed, commonsense approach that comes from decades of practice and 15 years of hands-on coaching experience, Taormina’s Swim Speed Secrets gives triathletes and swimmers the power to overhaul their swim stroke and find the speed that’s been eluding them. Swim Speed Secrets includes:

• The best drills to cultivate a more sensitive feel for the water
• Dryland and strength building exercises to develop arm position and upper body musculature
• Crisp photos of Olympic swimmers and variations in their high-elbow underwater pull
• Clear descriptions of the key moments of the underwater pull
• Tips that helped her perform at a world-class level for two decades

Swim Speed Secrets brings the focus back where it belongs—to a powerful underwater stroke. With this book, triathletes and swimmers can stop swimming for survival and break through to new levels of speed and confidence in the water.