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Posts Tagged ‘swim right’
Tool Review #5: Fins for fitness & strength? Not!
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 2nd, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 2nd, 2011
Kicking or swimming with fins is a moderately effective way to Build Fitness and Strength” but a highly ineffective way to Improve Your Swimming.
Tool Review #3 Hand Paddles: Exercise Utmost Care
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 26th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 26th, 2010
Hand Paddles are a clear and present danger to shoulders and encourage misguided focus on power. If you use them at all, swim — don’t pull — at moderate pressure with a meticulous stroke.
Why does Alberto Salazar sound like a TI Coach?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 21st, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 21st, 2010
Some call Alberto Salazar the savior of American distance running. He sounds uncannily like a TI Swim Coach.
Why “Weightlessness” Is Essential
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on June 15th, 2010
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
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.
For a Better Kick, Streamline First
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on May 22nd, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on May 22nd, 2010
Splayed or scissoring legs increase drag. Streamline them before you emphasize activating them.
Free Air: How to Stroke Better while Breathing
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on May 19th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on May 19th, 2010
Stroking the lead hand prematurely, and “slipping water,” while breathing, is an almost universal technique error in freestyle. Here is how I’m working to improve on it.
Exact Pace Awareness – without using a pace clock
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 16th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 16th, 2010
Consistent pacing is a core competency of successful distance swimming. I improve my awareness of pace by training with Stroke Count and a Tempo Trainer, rather than a pace clock.
Can Swimmers learn anything from Olympic Speedskaters?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 12th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 12th, 2010
Speedskaters use virtually uniform technique to master the challenge of “delivering force to the ice.” Swimmers, who face massively greater challenges in “delivering force to the water” are far less uniform and far more idiosyncratic in their technique. Why has the community of swimmers not achieved more agreement on the most efficient way to swim?