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.
TAGS: Continuous Improvement, Easy Freestyle, Kaizen, Mastery, neural circuits, Self Coached Workshop, stroke efficiency, Swim for Health and Happiness, swim for improvement, swim right, Total Immersion Swimming
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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.
TAGS: clear intention, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Mastery, mindfulness, swim for improvement, swim right, Total Immersion Swimming
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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.
TAGS: attentive repetition, clear intention, Continuous Improvement, Effortless Endurance, Kaizen, Mastery, mindfulness, open water swimming, Swim for Health and Happiness, swim for improvement, Swim to Build a Better Brain, Total Immersion Swimming
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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.
TAGS: clear intention, Continuous Improvement, Easy Freestyle, Kaizen, Perpetual Motion Freestyle, Swim for Health and Happiness, swim for improvement, Total Immersion Swimming
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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.
TAGS: clear intention, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Mastery, neural circuits, swim for improvement, Swimming Builds a Better Brain, TI Weekend Workshop, Total Immersion Swimming
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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.
TAGS: Continuous Improvement, Effortless Endurance, Kaizen, neural circuits, swim for improvement, Tempo Trainer, Total Immersion Swimming
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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.
TAGS: clear intention, Continuous Improvement, distance swimming, Effortless Endurance, Kaizen, Mastery, neural circuits, swim for improvement, Total Immersion Swimming
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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.
TAGS: Easy Freestyle, Kaizen, Mastery, mindfulness, Swim for Health and Happiness
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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.
TAGS: Continuous Improvement, Easy Freestyle, Kaizen, open water swimming, Outside the Box, Swim for Health and Happiness, swim for improvement, Total Immersion Swimming
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