An effective swimming technique is essential not only for achieving high competitive performance but also for preventing injuries, as even small mistakes when executing swimming strokes can lead to injuries and training absences in the long run. For these reasons, swimming drills should be an integral and fundamental part of training, regardless of competitive level.

“Practice” is a cornerstone for the development of a good and effective technique. Through swimming drills, trainees can focus each time on specific parts of their movement. By emphasizing a specific point of technique, each trainee can understand how to maximize their performance while minimizing the effort expended after repeated practice.

In the book SWIMMING the 100 Best Drills, Blythe Lucero, with over 20 years of coaching experience, has compiled the most suitable swimming exercises. The book is organized into sections that cover the four main competitive swimming strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. Each exercise is described step by step and accompanied by detailed diagrams. Additionally, tables are included to help swimmers identify any problems encountered during the execution of the drills and offer suitable actions for addressing them. Photographic snapshots from underwater and aerial shots provide additional information to trainees about the correct positioning of their bodies while performing the exercises.

In the pursuit of achieving an effective swimming technique, this book serves as a useful tool for swimmers of all levels.