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Video: The Secrets of Speed Part 3 of 9
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 19th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 19th, 2011
Running faster – and staying efficient – comes naturally. Wasting energy when we try to swim faster comes equally naturally.
Video: Secrets of Speed Part 2 of 9
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 17th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 17th, 2011
There is no payoff – and potentially enormous cost – from swimming hard in a triathlon. Therefore every thought and action should be directed at making ease and efficiency an unbreakable habit.
Video: Secrets of Speed Part 1 of 9
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 14th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 14th, 2011
When we want to swim faster, we find it almost impossible to think clearly about how. And our instincts lead us to act in ways that make us tired, rather than faster. That’s why it’s essential to have a System for swimming faster.
Open (or close) your eyes and see as never before.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 12th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 12th, 2011
Few swimmers *really* pay attention. Opening – or closing – your eyes can can change everything.
New Video of Shinji and Terry Synch-Swimming
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 12th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 12th, 2011
Synch-Swimming is great practice for open water racing. It’s also enormous fun.
Stay in the moment: Experience timelessness. Enjoy more. Swim better.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 30th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 30th, 2011
The most valuable capacity one needs to develop for any endurance swim – more valuable than physical fitness or stroke efficiency – is the capacity to keep your focus in the immediate moment. Like any habit or capacity, this only happens through practice.
Balance – In Water and On Snow
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 17th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 17th, 2011
Balance and Relaxation are critical to both Skiing and Swimming in ‘rolling terrain.’ Here are three tips for how to achieve that in open water, with video to illustrate.
5 Lakes in 5 Days: Swimming To Austin
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 2nd, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 2nd, 2010
The World’s Only Swimming Stage Race. And it’s in the Texas Hill Country. Near Austin.
Going like Sixty: Staying Present makes it better.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 25th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 25th, 2010
In an OW race, the moment I wished for the finish to arrive sooner, my stroke and psyche felt much worse. When I focused on THIS stroke and moment, all was bliss.