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Triathlon Swimming: Made EasyWhen you can recognize balance – or its absence – in someone else’s swimming, and feel and improve it in your own, everything else will improve.
Archive for the ‘Freestyle/Crawl Technique’ Category
Help Ben Improve his Swimming (& improve your grasp of how to improve yourself.)
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 16th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 16th, 2010
How Swimming can affect your Triathlon
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 26th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 26th, 2010
The swim alone can’t assure a fast time or high place in a triathlon. But it can take away much of the pleasure, discourage you from doing another, or simply make it much harder to ride or run your best. Be mindful of that when practicing tri-swimming.
Video: How Recovery can help Propulsion
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 23rd, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 23rd, 2010
Recovery is often an afterthought in freestyle. But, when you do it right, it is as important to propulsion as pull and kick.
Video: Where to Find “free” Propulsive Power and Energy
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 21st, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 21st, 2010
“Swim with your Hips” has almost become a cliche. But the arms play a critical role in converting energy from the weight shift into propulsion.
One Advantage of Human Swimmers over Dolphins
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 21st, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 21st, 2010
We become More Fully Human when we seek to be More Like Dolphins in the water.
Video: To Swim like a Dolphin, first Re-wire your Brain.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 19th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 19th, 2010
My stroke is radically more efficient at age 59 than it was at 19 or 39 because I emphasized Active Streamlining over Pulling-and-Kicking. I had to change the way my brain is ‘wired’ before I could change how I move my body.
Video: Doing what DOESN’T come naturally
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 7th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 7th, 2010
An efficient stroke doesn’t come naturally. It’s a product of many conscious choices to imprint counter-intuitive movements.
Should you ‘perfect’ a skill or move on?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 5th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 5th, 2010
If your form in an advanced skill, or whole stroke, is quite good, why seek to improve your form in a more basic skill.
Video: “Work Less, Swim Better”: How to be ‘Weightless’
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 2nd, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 2nd, 2010
Swimming ‘like a human’ is normal. A relaxed and streamlined stroke is a Learned Skill. A proven way to start the learning process is with Tuneups, a new type of drill that help you move AND think differently.
A Meditation on Swimming Faster
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on August 26th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on August 26th, 2010
Anything you do with great awareness is meditation — watching your breath; listening to chants . . . and swimming that’s focused on banishing distraction via targeted focus.