Aquatic Training For Track & Field and Cross Country
2007
28 Minutes
Instructional
Available on DVD
Coach Evelyn Freeman presents an overview of how to effectively incorportae water workouts to enhance the conditioning, rehabilitation, and recovery efforts of runners. This DVD identifies the basic types of aquatic training then demonstrates the proper techniques involved in each of the standard approaches in an easy to apply manner. It also covers several of the mistakes that are commonly made when working out in the water and explains how to avoid or correct them. The numerous topics covered include: advantages of aquatic training, equipment and safety, proper technique, rating the effort level, different types of training, deep-water exercises, shallow-water exercises, and against-the-wall exercises.