Swimming Rules and Regulations

Description

About The Book

Swimming Rules and Regulations is a practical handbook designed to help swimmers, coaches, parents, officials, and swimming enthusiasts understand the rules, regulations, and technical aspects of competitive swimming. The book covers swimming competition management, officials and their responsibilities, seeding of heats, starts, race rules, timing, world records, automatic officiating procedures, age-group rules, and open-water swimming regulations.
Along with competition rules, the book provides technical guidance on all four major swimming strokes Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Butterfly including body position, arm and leg action, breathing, timing, starts, turns, and relay techniques. It also includes sections on survival swimming and competition strokes.
The author explains that the main purpose of the book is to help swimmers understand swimming rules correctly and improve their technical skills. It particularly aims to support swimmers and parents who may be unfamiliar with competition regulations and to contribute to the development of swimming performance.

About The Author

Chandra Shekhar is the author of Swimming Rules and Regulations. Through this book, he presents practical knowledge of swimming rules, competition procedures, stroke techniques, and swimming training concepts. His work reflects a strong focus on helping swimmers understand the rules of competition while also developing better technical skills.

The author dedicates the book to his swimmers, master swimmers, Rajasthan Swimming Association (RSA), Rajasthan Sports and related swimming community, parents, relatives, friends, and coaches, reflecting his connection with the swimming community.
In the preface, Chandra Shekhar discusses the need for greater awareness of swimming rules and technical knowledge among swimmers and parents, particularly in Rajasthan. He also acknowledges the support and guidance of swimming officials, coaches, colleagues, and experts who contributed to the development of the book.