This book brings you all you need to know to learn swimming and to compete. It is illustrated with many photos, drawings, and videos to take you from the very beginning level of swimming to the intermediate competition level, including age group and high school swimming. It is written by a professor who was a former All American swimmer, a highly successful college coach, and the reigning international lifeguard champion in all ten events. Its many videos show all strokes-- both underwater and over-water.