Go Swim All Strokes with Kaitlin Sandeno & Erik Vendt

This is a great reference video for competitive swimmer, including age group swimer. It does not teach you how to swim a stroke step by step. It serves as a model swimer that you can learn from. The best part of this vedio is that you will never be getting bored of watching them swim, they swim such a beautiful style that is very enjoyable.I have "swim fast" series which features Michael Phelps, Ed Moss, and Lindsay Benko. Again, those are for competitive swimmer. But I have to tell you, Kaitlin has the best Fly, Back and Free techniques. Erik is close second. In term of breast stroke, I vote for Ed Moss.As a parent of age group swimer, I think the techniques are more important than raw power. I would not ask my kid to swim like Michael Phelps bacause Michael has a lot of power packed in his stroke and kids can not do that.I also have the series of "becoming a faster swimmer", it is targeting for beginners. However, no one in their right mind would ask a complete beginner to swim in a vedio, right? I watched that series for two times and that is it. Once you know the contest, the instruction will become very boring.My recommendation is to buy this vedio and a swimming instruction book. You can study the book to learn or teach how to swim a stroke, but watch the vedio to set a final learning target.

This DVD really has not much to offer. By comparison the video "Swim Smarter, Swim Faster" has everything I wanted. Check this out. It's available from Amazon as well. The following is the description:Richard Quick and Skip Kenney, Stanford University's outstanding swimming coaches demonstrate in this exclusive instructional video the drills, techniques, and skill necessary to "Swim Smarter, Swim Faster!"These 1988 U.S.A. Olympic swim coaches share their coaching secrets that have produced Olympic medalists, All-Americas, and 9 NCAA team championships!Dramatic underwater photography reveals the carefully orchestrated drills, practice routines, and stroke technique needed to master the fundamentals of competitive swimming. World class as well as developing age group swimmers demonstrate these drills while the coaches comments on their technique."Swim Smarter, Swim Faster" is certain to improve your butterfly, freestyle, breast, and backstroke.Running time 60 min. / format VHS/NTSC

Agree with Angela, this dvd is for those already possessing some skill but wanting to refine technics. It is not for amateurs.Kaitlin's perfect butterfly technic is so graceful, it doesn't look strenuous that I take that vision to the pool and practice. Another plus point is it can be watched over and over again without being bored with too many instructions.

This video is great for strokes, but gives no information about starts or turns. For the price, I was hoping for a little bit more.

I liked the video but I would of liked more specific details about the strokes. I have alot of questions that still are not answered.

This DVD is an excellent material for those people looking to improve swimming skills (if you are an amateur). I specially liked the section of slow motion movements in which you can see the details of the swimming techniques

I received this product promptly. The video was accurately described and was very helpful in assisting my dtr in developing her stroke.

Excellent DVD. I watched over and over again.