Posts Tagged ‘Easy Freestyle’

How Triathletes and Total Immersion Revolutionized Freestyle
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on March 18th, 2011

How Freestyle evolved from a ‘speed’ stroke to one that anyone can use to cover long distances effortlessly.

How to swim Distance Freestyle as easily as Breaststroke
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on March 18th, 2011

If it’s hard for you to swim continuous freestyle, but easy to do so in breaststroke, here’s a plan for applying sensations of ease and support from breaststroke to freestyle.

Tool Review #5: Fins for fitness & strength? Not!
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.

How to Make Breathing Feel Effortless
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on December 4th, 2010

With a renewed focus on Balance Thoughts-and-Feelings for the past 5 weeks of practice my balance and breathing feel more ‘effortless’ than ever.

Skating: Key to a better Freestyle
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on December 1st, 2010

Skating is the key to a better, easier, faster freestyle.

A Balance Lesson: (Fear of) Falling vs Sinking
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on November 27th, 2010

On land your body sends LOUD, CLEAR AND UNAMBIGUOUS alerts about imbalance. In the water those signals are easy to miss or misinterpret.

Video: How Balance improves Breathing
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on November 24th, 2010

Balance practice is best done in short, intensely focused repeats — the same kind that are best for improving advanced skills like breathing.

Video: What makes a swimmer efficient?
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on November 23rd, 2010

Height is one factor that contributes to stroke efficiency (or taking fewer strokes per length). But Balance is more important.

Thoughts to Swim By: Freestyle
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on November 2nd, 2010

Nine affirmations to create a Freestyle Flow State

Help Ben Improve his Swimming (& improve your grasp of how to improve yourself.)
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on October 16th, 2010

When you can recognize balance – or its absence – in someone else’s swimming, and feel and improve it in your own, everything else will improve.