Techniques of swimming

Bill Sweetenham, head coach, and Joe King, assistant coach of the Australian team at the Moscow Olympics, lecture on long distance swimmming and discuss stroke techniques and advanced drills. BEST SUITED TO COACHES AND TEACHERS.

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Credits

director

Ruth Irons

producer

Paul Quinlan

production company

Department of Education, Queensland

Duration

00:29:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508026

Language

English

Subject categories

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Swimming - Training

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Olympic Games (22nd : 1980 : Moscow, U.S.S.R.)

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Olympics

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Swimming - Coaching

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Swimming - Training

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1981

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