I totally enjoyed reading this book and teaching myself a new way to do the freestyle stroke. Total immersion opens up a whole new way of thinking and attitude towards the science of swimming. A few months in, my swimming style is changing due to reading this book. I encourage all of you whether you want to overcome your fears or win the ironman to give ti training a test drive. The total immersion way for anyone to master openwater swimming. Exercises are assigned to each part that contain relevant teaching points and technique tips, to help focus only on that stroke part. Total immersion group classes provide you with a knowledge of all of the essential drills and strategies to achieve a fishlike swimming stroke.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read total immersion drill cards. I am a very hard worker, workaholic, takeuchi says, as if this explains. Read total immersion by terry laughlin,john delves for free with a 30 day free trial. Practice drills will be given to each participant so they can incorporate them in their practice between each swim session. This book develops us to swim with greater ease and in doing so, with greater efficiency. Inside of a year, word of mouth had propelled it to become the topselling book on swimming. I am considering buying the books and dvds to help me improve my stroke and efficiency. Terry laughlin is the founder of total immersion swimming. This is in contrast to traditional swimming, which focuses on lap counts and times. Based on more than twentyfive years of teaching, coaching, and research, terry laughlins total immersion approach is sure to improve the quality of your swimming. Custom training based on current fitness and skill levels with heart rate monitor or power meter. Technical expertise in total immersion freestyle technique, open. Its the first instruction thats made sense to me and is 100%. May 16, 2015 just a disclaimer, i dont know that much about total immersion.
Refine your form and increase your pleasure with 10 lessons, illustrated. Although swimming is an essential life skill, traditional teaching and coaching methods have made it difficult to master. Total immersion, or ti, swimming stresses efficiency and comfort in the water. His innovative total immersion methods have helped a million average swimmers around the world swim with a skill, confidence, and satisfaction unmatched by any other approach. Total immersion swimming pool primer for freestyle and backstroke. What are the pros and cons of total immersion swimming vs. The revolutionary way to swim better, faster, and easier is the bestselling swimming book ever. As someone who grew up hating swimming largely due to poor technique, i think the stroke taught by total immersion is wonderful. In 1996, terrys pioneering technique was translated into the book total immersion. Welcome to the total immersion swimming video network. Tim ferriss is worldfamous for his bestselling selfhelp books. It is a program that most people from my swimming background dont really venture into. After a long, hard practice, curling up with a book is often not as appealing as taking yet another nap.
Technical expertise in total immersion freestyle technique, open water swimming. The 82 exercises are clear, concise and easytofollow, making it simple for anyone to break their swimming stroke down and finetune each part to perfection. Total immersion, named for the popular workshops he gives across the country, will change the way you move your body through the water, laughlin will take the way you swim and turn it inside out as you learn that its technique not athletic ability that makes a strong swimmer. Swimming made easy is guaranteed to help you swim better than ever in all four strokes. Terry laughlin, author of total immersion, passes at 66. A masters class or a coach isnt a real option so something like this seemed like a good option. The revolutionary way to swim better, faster, and easier is. Much less scary than it sounds, this techniques focuses on getting you to copy elite athletes and swim in a fishlike way.
Sep 08, 2016 if im not mistaken, total immersion ti is a technique method in and of itself. Terry laughlin is the worlds most trusted expert on swimming technique. All these lessons have paid off, but i feel as though i finally managed to properly grasp the mechanics of freestyle on an intensive swimming weekend, using the total immersion method. Terry laughlin in finding comfort swimming, total immersion in an. He teaches swimming all over the world and lives in new paltz, new york. One side point id like to share is that i trained for the first few months months with a pull buoy, because of my injury. Techniquebased coaching for those new and distance especially if you struggle with swimming. He introduced me to total immersion ti, a method usually.
Ti is a basic method for training oneself to become comfortable in the water. If i understand the question correctly, you want to know what is the best way to learn. I came across the book, total immersion by terry laughlin. In a very short period of time with this book, my stroke has lengthened considerably, i am beginning to glide gracefully through the water and my length. Total immersion tips for efficient freestyle swimming. Total immersion tips for efficient freestyle swimming hide your head lead with the top of your head, not your forehead feel water flowing over the back of your head much of the time see the bottom directly under you, and not much that is forward of you swim downhill lean on your chest until your hips and legs feel light. This books explains the total immersion swimming technique, i am a swimmer and this has helped me in making my swim effortless. Fish like swimming october 14, 2002 recently several people have asked me my thoughts on the total immersion clinics and training principles. Total immersion swimming the worlds top swim training. Ive been trying to work on my form and have been watching a bunch of videos on youtube. Oct 29, 2017 terry was the founder of total immersion swimming and coauthor of total immersion. For xmas i received a gift certificate to and was browsing through the books. Freestyle made easy ebook written by terry laughlin.
But, i am a very experienced swimmer and have had years of competitive training, so i know my. Laughlin developed total immersion swimming, which emphasized form over speed and helped thrashing swimmers learn to glide through the water. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read total immersion. Weve been teaching it to improvementminded adults for 15 years, through private and group classes as well as with selfhelp tools books, videos and dvds. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. One of the video serious ive enjoyed is the total immersion videos. Learn how to swim the total immersion way and dramatically improve your freestyle. Whatever your reasons for swimmingrecreation, fitness, endurance, or speedyour chances of success and satisfaction will increase enormously if you approach swimming as a game of skillrather than test of endurance. Swim ultraefficient freestyle the fishlike techniques. I am using my legs more efficiently, my speed is up and my stroke rate down. The total immersion method is a foolproof approach to learning swimming that brings results faster than conventional teaching, helping any level of swimmer or triathlete to master a fluent, efficient and fast stroke technique. Terry laughlin exhibits the total immersion method of swimming in an. Use the globallyrecognized total immersion name, trademarks and logo to market your business.
What is the best technique to learn total immersion swimming. We will be producing and broadcasting a variety of educational and instructional swimming videos. I dont think terry is responsible for every newbie thats read one of his books. Two decades later it continues to outsell all other swimming books by a wide margin. The technique is constantly being improved through the total immersion academy instructional videos and ebooks are regularly published. In a sense, ti swimming is a more mindful practice, such as yoga. Exceptionally detailed and quick response time to athlete emails and messages. A holistic approach to becoming one with the water and to developing a swimming style thats always comfortable i initially went straight into the total immersion. Technique based coaching for those new and distance especially if you struggle with swimming. Aug 02, 1996 as someone who grew up hating swimming largely due to poor technique, i think the stroke taught by total immersion is wonderful. The total immersion way for any swimmer to achieve fluency, ease, and speed in any stroke. Swimming books that make perfecting basic technique painless. Jun 14, 2017 takeuchi practiced total immersion swimming from 10 p. Total immersion ti has achieved an enthusiastic global following for a uniquely satisfying approach to swimming that we call fishlike.
Terry laughlin makes an improved stroke simple for the novice, yet ive seen his. It can be read by a beginner to swiming as well as someone who already is a swimmer. The revolutionary way to swim better, faster, and easier. Terry laughlin is the founder of total immersion swimming wterry laughlin is the founder of total immersion swimming. At total immersion we have a foolproof approach to coaching swimming that brings results faster than conventional teaching, helping any level of swimmer or triathlete to master a fluent, efficient and fast stroke technique. The total immersion method, as demonstrated in our videosdvds and books, is ideally suited for learning to swim for fitness, pleasure or speed and the endless pool is ideally suited for both learning and practice of the total immersion method.
Ti organises events and training in locations around the world. Books are not always swimmers first choice for rest and relaxation. Total immersion book by terry laughlin, john delves. Instead, total immersion embraced a fishlike style of swimming that emphasized the idea of creating slippery and streamline bodylines rooted in dragless efficiency.
Water rushes back from a metal box that looks like a submerged air. Total immersion is a popular swimming technique with adult learners and triathletes because of its systematic progression of skills. Based on more than twentyfive years of teaching, coaching, and research, terry laughlins total immersion approach is sure to improve the quality of your. He had a profound impact on me teaching me to overcome a lifelong fear of water and swimming read all about it here. But every few years the total immersion clinics and stroke technique concepts get some press or attention, usually in the triath. This book explains a swimming technique based on science and years of observation of top swimmers by a very gifted professional coach. Ti is a worldwide community and is growing bigger every year becoming a ti swimmer means joining a global community. Be listed on tis global directory of certified instructors. Thus, it is more about your technique rather than the turnover rate of your strokes. Those who want to compete in masters swim meets, school meets or triathlons can use ti as a way to add to their training, and total immersion, inc. The technique is constantly being improved through the total immersion academy instructional videos and e books are regularly published. Terry was the founder of total immersion swimming and coauthor of total immersion. Unfortunately, whether it was intentional to sell lessons or just due to a lack of thought, the book and the accompanying dvd have awful pedagogy and make it very difficult to actually learn.
His innovative total immersion methods have helped a million average swimmers around the world. Fish dont swim on their side and neither should you. Once you learn the total immersion technique, ordinary swimming seems nonsensical. Onpoint fitness, washington dc total immersion swim. In 1996, terry described this innovative way of swimming in total immersion. Become your own best coach with total immersions revolutionary selfcoaching programs. Total immersion is for people of all skill levels, from 6monthold babies to expert swimmers. If you do have it, have you learned anything new or learned any new tips while swimming. Millions of people all over the world love to swim the total immersion ti way because our technique is satisfying, easy to learn, and really works. Just a disclaimer, i dont know that much about total immersion. The total immersion method is revolutionary in the.
I must say that for someone who starts swimming from scratch, total immersion offers a lot. Masters swimmer and acclaimed coach terry laughlin has taught thousands to swim more efficiently in the workshops he has given across the united states. Since 1963, weight watchers has grown from a handful of people to millions of members annually. The total immersion swim studio where terry laughlin teaches people he calls adultonset swimmers how to flow through the water with grace occupies the basement of his house in new paltz, new york, and is furnished with one of those endless poolsbasically a treadmill for swimmers. Swim betterand enjoy every lapwith total immersion, a guide to improving. The revolutionary way to swim better, faster, and easier ebook written by terry laughlin. Swim betterand enjoy every lapwith total immersion, a guide to improving your swimming from an expert with more than thirty years of experience in the water. A holistic approach to becoming one with the water and to developing a swimming style thats always comfortable. More at less would be the right phrase to describe this technique. After a long, hard practice, curling up with a book is often not as. Total immersion ti is a method of swimming instruction, developed by terry laughlin. Promote yourself as a certified total immersion coach and coach private lessons and groups of up to 3 people.
If you love ti swimming, why not make your living teaching what you love. Lets stick to the topic this time, which is total immersion and new swimmers. This technique is about balance, active streamlining, gliding on your side between strokes and using your whole body to swim, not simply focusing on kicking, stroking and endless laps. I wasnt able to do the exact training exercises described in the book i couldnt kick at all. Terry laughlin, a former swimmer and coach who published the book total immersion and championed the importance and priority of technique in swimming, has. This approach can be beneficial to entrylevel adult swimmers, triathletes, distance swimmers, and those who swim for exercise and health. The book is broken down in a somewhat practical way and the best way to sum up the technique is from this part of the amazon listing. Total immersion academy homp page total immersion academy.
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