Posts Tagged ‘clear intention’

How Suzanne Improved Her Speed
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on May 13th, 2010

By Measuring The Right Stuff rather than Going Harder, Suzanne improved her 500 yard PR by 25 seconds. I did the same and improved my 500 repeat time by 50 seconds in one set.

How I Measure Improvement: Examples from 3 Practices
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on May 10th, 2010

A description of 3 practices showing how to measure improvement by tracking 4 key variables or metrics.

Lessons from Endless Pool Practice
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on May 5th, 2010

For most of 18 months immediately before turning 55, I was unable to train in the usual way – no timed sets in a regular pool. I was able to tune key details of my body position, alignment, etc, in an Endless Pool. What happened next was completely unexpected.

Purposeful Variety: One Practice, Two Ways
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on May 4th, 2010

There’s a difference between purposeful variety in training and variety planned only to relieve tedium. Here’s an example of purposeful variety.

What’s Your Swimming Goal
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on April 22nd, 2010

Three succinct goals for improvement-oriented swimmers.

Has a Swim Coach ever suggested you Smile?
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on April 2nd, 2010

Yoga teachers regularly remind us to smile – and it works. My yoga improves when I smile. In recent months I’ve learned smiling improves my swimming too.

Rewire your brain with Mindful, Purposeful Swimming
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on April 1st, 2010

Practice that’s designed to improve your stroke and swimming can increase brain infrastructure, according to a study at the Lab for Affective Neuroscience.

Improvement-Oriented Swimming Builds a Better Brain.
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on March 31st, 2010

When you Swim to Improve, you stimulate far more brain cells than when you swim to Get the Yards In.

Improvement-Minded Swimming
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on March 19th, 2010

Your potential in most things (but particularly swimming) is almost certainly far greater than you imagine it to be. If you strive for continuous improvement, you WILL improve continuously.

How to Build a Better Teacher
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on March 6th, 2010

Teaching Total Immersion Swimming is a learnable skill, built from specific consistent practices. Two articles describe some of them.