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Portable Starting Block

The PowerStarts Portable Starting BlockTM is the first and only truly portable starting block available.  Set the blocks in place, fill them with water, and you're ready to go.  Drain the water and put them away for safety when not in use.

No bolts, no holes, no fittings, no tools, no fuss ... no problem!

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    The Importance of Powerful Starts (DVD)

See sample segments of the DVD.
        Sample 1 -- Importance
        Sample 2 -- Intro
        Sample 3 -- 2000 Olympics
        Sample 4 -- Balance
        Sample 5 -- Team Spirit
        Sample 6 -- Affects Any Length Race
        Sample 7 -- Bad Idea
        Sample 8 -- More to It
        Sample 9 -- Fast Reaction
        Sample 10 -- Available Info
        Sample 11 -- 9 Stages
        Sample 12 -- Facts
        Sample 13 -- Upset of the Decade
        Sample 14 -- The Hard Way
        Sample 15 -- 50 Observations
        Sample 16 -- Training System
        Sample 17 -- Swimmers Perspective
        Sample 18 -- Specialty Coaches

 
    PowerStarts - Stage 1 (DVD)

 

Powerful Starts - It Really IS Rocket Science!  v2.01 (Windows 98/Me/XP/2000)

UPGRADED!!  This single CD includes the entire slide set from the talk PowerStarts®presented at the ASCA 2002 World Clinic in Las Vegas and at PCC 2003 in Napa, CA.  This CD includes all 174 slides from Mr. Duckering's presentation, with enhanced and expanded text and discussion.  This multi-media presentation includes new graphics and Mr. Duckering's complete naration.

This informative CD is absolutely essential for every coach interested in producing faster, more powerful starts.  It includes the secrets of

            The Magic SurgeTM
               
The Power of Gravity
   
         How to Get Closer to the Finish BEFORE You Leave The Blocks
   
         and much more!

Free upgrades for one year --  This presentation is constantly being improved and upgraded.  Order now, and you will automatically receive upgrades for a full year.  Upgraded CDs will be shipped to your delivery address at no additional cost.

Part 1 -- Maximum Performance -- Look at Swim-Starts from a completely new perspective!!  This innovative presentation sets a new standard for studying starts, analyzing what is effective, and defining a scientific approach to producing the BEST POSSIBLE start performance for EVERY swimmer.  -  What IS “best possible”?  -  Is anyone really achieving it?  Why isn’t there more effort on starts?  -  How much faster can you really be?  -  Why stop at just a World Record?

Part 2 -- It Really IS Rocket Science! -- “The Physics of Swimming for non-physics majors.”  For the first time ever – an investigation into the REAL Physics and Biomechanics of Swim-Starts.  Study starts from a science and engineering perspective.  Why do we teach starts the way we do?  Breaking down the myths of technique.  Unlock the true power of physics.  - Achieving RADICAL IMPROVEMENT

Part 3 -- Technique and Effective Training -- Break down the Swim-Start into nine distinct stages and learn how to achieve Maximum Performance in each stage.  Then combine the detailed analysis with training tools and techniques to improve EVERYONE’s starts.  Nine Stages of the Start  Compare your start with World Class swimmers  Compare World Class with Best Possible  - Achieve RADICAL IMPROVEMENT in RECORD TIME

 

 
Start-Dive Training CD-ROM v4.4 (Windows 98/Me/XP/2000)

This fun, innovative multimedia CD will help you learn the PowerStarts® TechniqueTM, understand the physics behind it, and make you faster!  This is the first in a developing series of CDs that will successively examine more and more of the start in minute detail.

 

 
 
Personalized Start Training CD-ROM

This CD is available only in conjunction with a PowerStarts® Clinic.  It contains all the valuable information of the standard CD-ROM, but also includes clinic video of you, with personalized analysis by our Head Coach, "The Start Meister", incorporated right into the multimedia.

 

 

Training System

This apparatus is available only to Certified PowerStarts® Coaches.  The PowerStarts® Training SystemTM is absolutely essential to gaining a mastery of the PowerStarts® TechniquesTM.  See Clinics for information on bringing the PowerStarts® coaching staff to you.  See Certification for information on becoming a Certified PowerStarts® Coach yourself!

 

 

 

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