Air Management:
The Missing Foundation of Speed
A practical system for teaching swimmers to float, breathe, and stay stable so they can finally swim fast.
Most swimmers are introduced to stroke-specific skills before they’re ready.
As a result, they compensate:
They lift their head to breathe.
Their legs sink.
They scull all over the place.
You fix it… and it comes right back.
Those aren’t arm and leg problems. They’re air problems.
This short digital book is a practical guide for coaches who want to fix the real issue: your swimmers can’t manage their air, so they use their limbs to stay afloat instead of to create speed.
When you solve the underlying problem, everything else gets easier.
What This Is (And What It Isn’t)
This is not a stroke‑by‑stroke manual on effective breathing mechanics for each stroke.
You won’t find pages of stroke‑specific breathing cues or drills.
Air Management is the foundation for all of that.
It gives swimmers the base skills that make your stroke‑specific work actually stick: using air to float, stay level, and breathe rhythmically so they can apply the breathing skills you already coach.
If you want the detailed, stroke‑by‑stroke breathing and skill solutions, that’s what Stroke Fundamentals is for.
If you want the missing foundation that makes those solutions work easier, faster, and more permanently, that’s what this book is for.
What This Book Will Help You Do
By the end, you’ll know how to:
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Help swimmers use the air in their lungs to float, instead of using their limbs just to stay up
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Teach balance and stability so swimmers stop fighting the water
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Make breathing rhythmic and relaxed instead of panicked and rushed
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Integrate 5–10 minutes of air‑management work into practices without rewriting your entire plan
The goal is simple:
Zero energy spent on survival.
Maximal energy spent on speed.
What’s Inside
The book is divided into three clear sections:
1. Why air management is the fundamental aquatic skill
Why swimmers panic in the water, why technique falls apart under fatigue, and why your usual drills don’t stick when air management is poor.
2. Tools for learning air management
A complete drill library covering:
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Floating and balancing
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Bobbing and rhythmic breathing
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Gliding and body line
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Super‑slow swimming progressions
3. How to put it into practice
This section is dedicated to fitting air‑management work into real‑world workouts without derailing your season.
You’ll learn exactly how to:
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Choose the right exercises for your group
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Adjust difficulty so swimmers succeed instead of struggle
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Add 5–10 minutes of work into warm‑ups, between sets, or warm‑downs
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Progress the work across a season without altering your training
You don’t need to read 300 pages of explanation.
You need a clear model, specific exercises, and a way to use them tomorrow. That’s what this is.
You Also Get These On‑Deck Tools
To make this easy to apply, you’ll get three bonuses with your purchase.
Bonus 1: Air Management On‑Deck Coach Sheet (1‑Page Cheat Sheet)
A one‑page, printable summary of:
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Key concepts
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Core drills
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Coaching cues
So you can glance down between reps and know exactly what to run next.
Bonus 2: Air Management Practice Pack – 10 Plug‑and‑Play Sets
Ten ready‑made mini‑sets you can copy straight into practice, including:
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Warm‑up inserts
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Post‑main‑set reset blocks
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Short technical blocks for younger or developmental swimmers
Each set tells you:
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The drills to use
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The order
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The time commitment
So you can upgrade parts of practice you’re already running instead of finding “extra” time.
Bonus 3: Air Management Video Vault (Stream + Download)
Every exercise from the book in video form:
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Unlisted YouTube playlist for quick streaming
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Clickable links inside the book next to each drill
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Downloadable .mp4 files so you can save them to your phone, laptop, or team drive and use them on deck without Wi-Fi
Who This Is For
This book is for you if:
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You coach competitive swimmers (age‑group, high school, college, or club)
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You see the same skill challenges every season: lifted heads, sinking legs, frantic breathing, "poor posture" in the water
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You suspect the problem is more fundamental than “stop crossing over, tighten your kick,” but you’re not sure how to address it
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You want something that fits into real training plans, not a theoretical revamp that only works in a textbook
This is not a collection of fancy drills.
It’s a framework and toolset you can use with real swimmers, in real lanes, with real time constraints.
Format, Price, And Access
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Format: Digital PDF book + bonuses
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Launch price: $19
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Regular price: $49 (goes into effect after the launch window at 8p EST on Thursday Feb. 26)
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Access: Instant digital access to the book, bonuses, and video links
I want this to feel fairly priced at $49 and almost unfair at $19.
Lifetime Coach Clarity Guarantee
If you buy the book, work through it, and at any point feel like it didn’t significantly increase your clarity and confidence in teaching air management:
Email me and I’ll refund you.
No time limit. No drama.
I only want to keep your money if you feel this helped you coach better.
How It Fits With Stroke Fundamentals
If you already have Stroke Fundamentals, here’s how this is different:
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Stroke Fundamentals gives you a broad skill framework across the strokes.
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Air Management: The Missing Foundation of Speed goes much deeper into one critical area that underpins everything else: how swimmers float, balance, and breathe.
Yes, there is some overlap in ideas. That’s intentional. This book is the detailed manual for the “foundation” piece so you can:
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Diagnose air‑related issues more clearly
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Coach the underlying skills with more precision
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Use more targeted progressions and practice inserts
If you’ve ever thought, “I wish I had more on how to actually teach comfort, floating, and breathing,” this answers that.
What To Do Next
If you want your swimmers to stop fighting the water and start using all their energy to move forward, this is the simplest place to start.
Click below to get the book, the on‑deck coach sheet, the 10 plug‑and‑play sets, and the video vault at the launch price of $19 before it moves to $49.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this book for, exactly?
Coaches who work with competitive swimmers at the age‑group, high school, college, or club level. If you’re writing workouts, running practices, and trying to improve skills, this is for you. It can also be adapted for learn‑to‑swim groups, but it’s written with competitive environments in mind.
What level of swimmers does this work for?
All levels. The underlying problem – poor comfort, flotation, and breathing – shows up in beginners and in senior swimmers. The exercises can be scaled: more basic floats and bobs for newer swimmers, more challenging stability work and super‑slow swimming for advanced groups. The book shows you how to adjust difficulty so swimmers succeed instead of struggle.
How much practice time do I need to dedicate to this?
You can make meaningful progress with 5–10 minutes per practice, a few times per week. The book gives you specific ways to plug air‑management work into warm‑ups, between sets, or warm‑downs, so you don’t have to rewrite your entire plan.
Do I need to change all my current drills and workouts?
No. The goal is not to turn your workouts into floating marathons. The goal is to embed air management into what you already do. You’ll keep your normal training structure and use short blocks of floating, bobbing, gliding, and super‑slow swimming to make your existing drills and sets more effective.
If I already have Stroke Fundamentals, is this redundant?
There is intentional overlap in philosophy, but the focus is different.
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Stroke Fundamentals gives you a broad skill framework across all the strokes.
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Air Management: The Missing Foundation of Speed is a deep dive on one critical area: how swimmers float, balance, and breathe.
Think of this as the detailed manual on the foundational skills that support ALL strokes. Stroke Fundamentals shows you how to improve each stroke. Air Management makes sure swimmers have the comfort, flotation, and breathing skills needed so those stroke‑specific breathing solutions are as effective as possible.
Do I need any special equipment?
No special equipment is required beyond what you’d normally have on deck. Many exercises use just the body and the water. The book also shows how you can optionally use common tools like kickboards, fins, or snorkels to help swimmers feel buoyancy and stability more clearly.
How long is the book? Will it be overwhelming?
It’s a short, practical digital book you can work through in a couple of sittings, not a 300‑page textbook. The focus is on a clear model, specific exercises, and concrete practice examples you can use right away, not theory for theory’s sake.
What if I buy it and don’t find it helpful?
It’s covered by the Lifetime Coach Clarity Guarantee. If you buy the book, work through it, and at any point feel it didn’t significantly increase your clarity and confidence in teaching air management, email me and I’ll refund you. No time limit, no drama.
