$49.00
Tapering for Sprint Freestylers is the first and best resource for sprinters looking to nail their taper every time.
Stop wasting your hard work with broken tapers. Learn the right way elite sprinters peak when it matters. Evidence-backed strategies to arrive sharp, explosive, and ready to crush it on race day.
You’ve built the speed. Now learn how to unleash it when it matters most.
Tapering for Sprint Freestylers is a proven and evidence-backed guide to mastering one of the most confusing parts of fast swimming–the taper.
This book breaks down the most misunderstood phase of competitive swimming and gives you a clear, practical system for building a taper that works.
No guessing.
No panic.
No praying to the chlorinated gods for a taper miracle.
Just a clear, proven system for protecting the speed you spent all season building.
Inside, you’ll learn:
➡️ How tapering boosts sprint performance: fast-twitch fiber recovery, neuromuscular power, hormonal rebalancing—and what the research actually shows in terms of time improvement
➡️ The fitness-fatigue model and why tapering reveals performance rather than creating it (essential for understanding how taper actually works)
➡️ The pre-taper block: why the 4–6 weeks before taper starts matter as much as the taper itself, including the single-peak and two-peak training models used by elite swimmers
➡️ The four taper shapes (step, linear, exponential slow decay, exponential fast decay) and how to choose the right one
➡️ Volume, intensity, and frequency—the three levers of taper design, with specific research-backed targets for each
➡️ Detraining: what actually causes it, how long it really takes, and why sprint swimmers need to worry about power more than fitness
➡️ Recovery tools that work: sleep protocols, deep tissue massage, controlled breathing, and how to use HRV to monitor your taper in real time
➡️ The psychology of taper—the taper blues, why tension is the one mood state that doesn’t improve, and how to use visualization, self-talk, and arousal control when it matters most
➡️ Dryland tapering: why the gym work needs its own timeline, and the evidence-based guidelines for reducing load without losing power (including sample gym workouts for inspiration)
➡️ Tapering for multiple meets: how to manage back-to-back championships without falling off between peaks
➡️ Principles for building high-performance taper sets: what goes in the water, what to cut, and why less complexity beats more volume every time
Also:
✅ The Taper Blueprint—a complete (and printable) planning worksheet covering every phase of your taper, from pre-taper block design through race week. Put your taper on auto-pilot (no more second guessing about what to do)
✅ Plus 15+ elite taper sets to use for sharpening the blade of your performance during taper–race rehearsals, neuromuscular activation and arousal, potentiation, and much more.
✅ Bonus: Includes a 12-week parachute sprint progression–so you don’t just understand the taper principles, you have a ready-to-run program that puts them all together and peaks you at the right time.
11 Evidence-Backed Chapters. No More Guesswork.
Everything swimmers need to know about protecting their speed when it matters most:
Why This Matters
Research has shown that an effective taper can improve sprint performance by 2–5%. In a 50 freestyle, that can be the difference between missing and smashing your personal best.
The 50 Freestyle Blueprint helps you build the speed and power…
Tapering for Sprint Freestylers helps you deliver it on race day.
Built by a swimmer who struggled with taper, too
Tapering used to drive me crazy as a once-promising national-level swimmer.
I had unrealistic expectations about what taper was and what it could do.
(I was also the swimmer who couldn’t stop themselves from dropping the hardest training of the season right before taper started… and maybe sneaking in a couple extra heavy lifts during taper, too.)
This is the book I wish I would have had back then.
Because one of the biggest “ah ha” moments about tapering is understanding that you aren’t trying to magically create new speed at the last second.
You are trying to protect the speed you spent all season building.
From accumulated fatigue.
From unnecessary new fatigue.
And from those classic last-minute panic workouts swimmers throw at themselves as taper begins.
Who is this book for?
Competitive sprint freestyle swimmers and coaches who want to stop guessing and start peaking on schedule.
Whether you’re preparing for a club championship, a conference meet, or a national-level competition, this guide gives you the framework and evidence-backed principles to get your taper right.
How is the book delivered?
Tapering for Sprint Freestylers is a digital PDF. You’ll get instant access via email after purchase. The file is mobile-friendly, searchable, and printable, so you can study it at your desk, on deck, or between sets at practice.
Do you offer refunds?
Because this is a digital product, all sales are final. That said, if you have questions or download issues, or if you order it, try it, and really realize that the book isn’t the right fit, contact me at the link below and we can figure something out.
How long will I have access to the book?
Forever! Once you order the PDF, it’s yours to keep. Print it out, read it on any device, and reference it poolside for faster sprinting.
Have a question?
Reach out to our team by filling out the form on this page and someone will reach out in the next 24 hours.
Start showing the clock what all that hard work was for and arrive behind the block feeling explosive, ready, and absolutely dangerous.
The ultimate guide to unlocking PB-smashing speed on race day. An evidence-backed taper system, covering physiology, psychology, sets, and worksheet to hit your taper every time.
$49 — instant PDF download
