Swimming Made Easy
This groundbreaking book provides all the secrets of the satisfying and pleasurable Fishlike techniques taught at the acclaimed Total Immersion workshops, where thousands of "average" swimmers have discovered that mastery of any stroke can be accomplished with astonishing ease -- sometimes in a single pool session.

Total Immersion
If you think fastest way to better swimming is more laps, you're wasting your breath, literally. Now you can swim better -- and enjoy it more -- using simple and original techniques developed by veteran swim coach and top-ranked Masters swimmer Terry Laughlin.

Total Immersion: Pool Primer
The 18 drills presented in this waterproof, spiral-bound book will lead you simply and effectively to mastery of freestyle and backstroke. These are the same drills taught at the famous Total Immersion Weekend Workshops.

Fitness Swimming
This book not only provides step-by-step instructions for building a more effective and efficient freestyle stroke, it also explains how to set up a complete swimming fitness and training plan.

Swimming Fastest
By Ernest W. Maglischo

Put science to work for you in the pool to swim stronger and faster than ever! Swimming Fastest is a fully revised and updated version of Swimming Faster, widely considered by coaches and swimmers as one of the best books ever written on competitive swimming.

The Swim Coaching Bible
By Dick Hannula and Nort Thornton

Put science to work for you in the pool to swim stronger and faster than ever! Swimming Fastest is a fully revised and updated version of Swimming Faster, widely considered by coaches and swimmers as one of the best books ever written on competitive swimming.

Coaching Swimming Successfully
By Dick Hannula

Coaching great Dick Hannula discusses developing a philosophy, planning for the season and preparing for practices, teaching competitive strokes, maximizing meet preparation and performance, and more.

Breakthrough Swimming
By Cecil Colwin

In Breakthrough Swimming, legendary swimming coach and researcher Cecil Colwin provides a rich perspective on the development of the sport and explains major advances in stroke mechanics, training methods, and racing techniques.

Swimming Drills for Every Stroke
By Ruben J. Guzman

Swimming coach Ruben Guzman offers this tool kit for developing effective stroke technique that features 91 drills covering all strokes, as well as turns and finishes for each stroke. 9 photos, 218 illustrations. Basic book for beginning swimmers.

Michael Phelps: Beneath the Surface
by Michael Phelps, Brian Cazeneuve

Michael Phelps: Beneath the Surface is a first-person account of Michael's journey to manhood and Olympic glory—from a toddler who was afraid to put his face in the water to a student overcoming an attention deficit disorder to a son dealing with his parents’ divorce to a brother who watched an older sister narrowly miss making the Olympic team to the athlete who carried his nation’s hopes on his shoulders in Athens, and delivered against such high expectations.

Gold in the Water
By P.H. Mullen Jr.

Olympic fans undoubtedly remember the wonderful performances of the U.S. swimmers at the 2000 Olympics in Australia. What viewers may not fully understand is the grueling training endured by a larger group of swimmers who trained for other meets leading up to the trials and Olympic competition. Mullen focuses on the Santa Clara Swim Club, two athletes Tom Wilkens and Kurt Grote and their coach, Dick Jochums. The author provides an intimate look at the physical training along with the emotional and psychological roller-coaster ride for the swimmers as they try to make the Olympic team.

Fast Lane to Victory
By Ruben J. Guzman

This book about Jenny Thompson describes the young athlete's development as a swimmer and the personal qualities that helped to make her an Olympic champion.