Master the Art of Swimming
'Ian Cross of Swimming without Stress reviewed this book for STAT (Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique) News' Steven’s new book, Master the Art of Swimming, is a Shaw Method manual and, for anyone interested in Steven’s work, an essential tool. The information presented comes from his experience of teaching thousands of people to swim with the Alexander Technique. In the main part of the book, the four strokes are broken down into essential components with their own practices. These practices or steps are complete activities in themselves which help the swimmer to break habits and assimilate new movement patterns. Each step is comprehensively explained. The book is beautifully produced and clearly laid out, with colour photographs illustrating each practice.
For the full review, please see 'Advice' link and follow useful articles link.
About Master the Art of Swimming
By Steven Shaw
About the book
Swimming improves your flexibility, tones your body and can help to boost your self-esteem and produce a sense of well-being. It is the nation's most popular sporting activity with 11.9 million people swimming regularly. However, most people don't know how to swim properly. This book is based on a 35-year voyage of discovery into the art of swimming. Steven Shaw's method takes the Alexander Technique into the swimming pool - focusing on releasing tension from the head, neck and back. Steven has evolved a unique way of breaking down strokes into a series of therapeutic movements, which can be practised individually or with a partner, in a pool or on dry land. These provide the building blocks, which combine to make it possible for anyone to recraft their own strokes in a way that promote good body use and avoid injuries. Instead of performing physical actions in an automatic way, you begin to learn body awareness. This way of swimming not only feels freer and more open, it is graceful and has a sense of flow, often absent from the way many people swim. Shaw looks at the most popular strokes - front crawl, back stroke, breast stroke and butterfly - focusing on maximum efficiency and minimum strain.
For the Swimming without Stress review of this book, published in STAT News, October 2006, please see Advice section, Helpful Articles link (left hand side).
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