Questions on Total Immersion Swimming
I can't find a good LJ swimming community, so...
Is anyone here a fan of Total Immersion swimming? Have recently been trying it for the first time.
http://www.totalimmersion.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Immersion
I own the first four Terry Laughlin products listed here on Amazon.com---three of Terry Laughlin's books and the DVD "Freestyle Made Easy."
In only 3 practices, I went from swimming 26 strokes/length to 15 strokes/length of the 25 yard pool! My stroke efficiency has leaped almost 100 percent!
Here's my latest post on it:
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/131605.
Here are ALL my swimming posts. Includes my Total Immersion entries:
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/tag/swimming
Total Immersion swimming videos (Parts 1 and 2):
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/125034.html
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/126250.html
I would appreciate any advice you could give on getting the best TI freestyle form
possible!
My questions:
1. What exactly do I do with my hands underwater, as I move through a stroke?
The books aren't clear. Do I move them straight through (I-curve), in an S-curve, off to the side while keeping my elbows high like a scarecrow, or what?
2. How exactly do I move my entire arms underwater? Where do I hold or move my
elbows during the underwater part of a stroke?
3. How do I move my arms when wearing Fistgloves? What am I supposed to use to "catch" the maximum amount of water?
4. What does "holding the water" feel like? I tried stroking even more slowly
last night, not pushing the water hard.
5. I'm probably moving forward more slowly than when I did my traditional freestyle. How
do I keep efficiency and TI principles while INCREASING speed?
6. I'm supposed to get most of my power from turning my core fast. But I also need to keep my arms moving more slowly. How do I deal with my arms as I increase swimming (and core turning) speed?
7. Do you find the 2-beat kick adequate for races?
8. What do you think of these videos of Grant Hackett's and Gadi's swim technique?
I feel Grant Hackett really looks trained in TI. Agree? He's an Olympic gold medalist in the 1500 m.
9. What's the best way to do great flip turns?
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/131605.html
Thank you very much!
Is anyone here a fan of Total Immersion swimming? Have recently been trying it for the first time.
http://www.totalimmersion.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Immersion
I own the first four Terry Laughlin products listed here on Amazon.com---three of Terry Laughlin's books and the DVD "Freestyle Made Easy."
In only 3 practices, I went from swimming 26 strokes/length to 15 strokes/length of the 25 yard pool! My stroke efficiency has leaped almost 100 percent!
Here's my latest post on it:
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/131605.
Here are ALL my swimming posts. Includes my Total Immersion entries:
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/tag/swimming
Total Immersion swimming videos (Parts 1 and 2):
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/125034.html
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/126250.html
I would appreciate any advice you could give on getting the best TI freestyle form
possible!
My questions:
1. What exactly do I do with my hands underwater, as I move through a stroke?
The books aren't clear. Do I move them straight through (I-curve), in an S-curve, off to the side while keeping my elbows high like a scarecrow, or what?
2. How exactly do I move my entire arms underwater? Where do I hold or move my
elbows during the underwater part of a stroke?
3. How do I move my arms when wearing Fistgloves? What am I supposed to use to "catch" the maximum amount of water?
4. What does "holding the water" feel like? I tried stroking even more slowly
last night, not pushing the water hard.
5. I'm probably moving forward more slowly than when I did my traditional freestyle. How
do I keep efficiency and TI principles while INCREASING speed?
6. I'm supposed to get most of my power from turning my core fast. But I also need to keep my arms moving more slowly. How do I deal with my arms as I increase swimming (and core turning) speed?
7. Do you find the 2-beat kick adequate for races?
8. What do you think of these videos of Grant Hackett's and Gadi's swim technique?
I feel Grant Hackett really looks trained in TI. Agree? He's an Olympic gold medalist in the 1500 m.
9. What's the best way to do great flip turns?
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/131605.html
Thank you very much!