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Featured Resource: Water Fun

Our Featured Resource article highlights books and other materials available from Human Kinetics, the information leader in physical activity. Human Kinetics produces books, DVDs, software, and ancillaries that help health and fitness professionals, academics, and consumers improve health and reach fitness goals. Of particular interest to Active Living Partners providers are Human Kinetics’ materials on health promotion, aging and physical activity, and recreation. These materials offer ideas for a variety of audiences and abilities. Visit www.HumanKinetics.com to preview other titles and resources.

Author: Terri Ann Lees
Copyright 2007 Human Kinetics

Just in time for warm weather and swimming season is a fun, instructional resource that you can use with adults or kids! Swimming participation in the United States rose to 58 million in 2005, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. A popular activity for both fun and fitness, swimming is now easier to learn, enjoy, and use as exercise with Water Fun. Including more than 100 stunts, skills, games, and workouts that may be tailored to meet specific needs, this book has something for every age and skill level.

To help beginners gain confidence in the water, basic water exercises that may be performed in a vertical position are provided along with workout options that do not require participants to be fully submerged in the water. Water Fun also includes activities for exercisers who want to transition from water exercise to swimming. Athletes, along with instructors, coaches, and athletic trainers, will also find sport-specific and cross-training activities to enhance their conditioning regimens.

With a complete collection of individual and group activities that require little, if any, equipment, Water Fun has everything water exercisers need to become more comfortable and skilled in the water.

Water Fun DVD!

The activities from the book Water Fun come to life in the Water Fun DVD. These aquatic activities are ideal for participants of all ages and skill levels because they’re easy on the joints, they don’t cause heat stress, and—most important—they’re fun! The majority of the 57 activities included on the DVD occur in shallow water and require little swimming skill. Terri Lees hosts and narrates this DVD that is divided into five segments:

  1. Levels of Performance
  2. Aqua Basics
  3. Sports Aqua
  4. Partner Stunts and Skills
  5. Water Games That Train


Each segment includes several activities, and instructors are encouraged to create their own variations of these activities following basic safety guidelines. The name and objective of each activity are clearly shown to help instructors ensure that participants get the most out of every activity. Underwater photography is used extensively on this DVD to make the activities easy to learn and teach.

For a table of contents, more information about the author, and ordering information, visit the Human Kinetics Web site at www.HumanKinetics.com.



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