Posts Tagged ‘Kaizen’

Why “Weightlessness” Is Essential
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on June 15th, 2010

Relaxing into Weightlessness replaces an inborn reflex to fight gravity with a calmly considered choice to cooperate with it. That saves physical, but it saves even more mental energy. Which you’ll use to acquire other skills.

Swimming Lessons from Soccer
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on June 14th, 2010

A leading soccer program in the Netherlands is a model for athlete development for any sport, any where. Including youth and Masters swim programs.

Butterfly for Mind-Body Health
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on June 8th, 2010

Learning to swim butterfly as an adult can be an exercise in Problem-Solving, Challenging Assumptions and Deep Practice, rather than Working Harder. This benefits both brain and body.

Take Away What Doesn’t Flow
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on June 6th, 2010

Start with a vision of flow, grace and harmony. Use the right tools, in the right order, to take away whatever doesn’t match that vision.

Learning new skills: Repeat, repeat, repeat.
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on June 3rd, 2010

Adults learn new skills more slowly than kids. But they learn them better over time.

Mastery in P.J. Clarke’s . . . a saloon
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on May 27th, 2010

Mastery is where you find it, yet always has lessons to teach.

Caution: This Could Become Addictive
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on May 26th, 2010

How I experienced the “thrill” of nervous system adaptation in the precise moment it occurred during my first-ever practice using a Tempo Trainer to swim at precise Stroke Rates.

USE practice time. Don’t use it UP!
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on May 25th, 2010

The best way to improve your swimming is to shift from following arbitrary “formulas” for training, to planning sets that produce insight and steadily expand your “critical framework” for planning practices.

When pain or injury is a gift
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on May 24th, 2010

Pain or injury occur more frequently as we age. They don’t have to be an inconvenience. Instead we can use them to guide us toward more mindful movement.

How to Improve through Balanced Perspective
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on May 20th, 2010

There are four key metrics in swimming – Efficiency, Effort, Tempo and Time. Most people use only one. That limits improvement and increases potential for frustration. Expand your perspective and you have more opportunity to improve.