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Triathlon Swimming: Made EasyI don’t practice to swim faster only for the momentary satisfaction of seeing the time displayed as I touch the wall. I do it because it requires ‘deep’ practice which is satisfying, develops better habits and behaviors and grows new brain cells. But just as much because every moment of deep practice has the potential for putting me in a Flow State.
Archive for the ‘Mastery’ Category
What does Living Well have to do with Swimming Faster?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 30th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 30th, 2010
Love the Plateau.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 29th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 29th, 2010
Progress toward Mastery is made up of many “routine” practice days, interspersed with relatively rare thrilling leaps forward. It’s the quality of your progress on the routine days that produce the thrilling leaps.
Who is your Master?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 27th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 27th, 2010
How could I truly pursue Mastery without choosing a Master?
How would Einstein teach swimming? Balance, Streamline, Propel.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 26th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 26th, 2010
Balance, Streamline, Propel is TI’s “Elegant Solution.” Whatever stroke, skill, or goal you’re pursuing, you’ll improve faster, easier if you master them in that order.
Warmup ‘Happens’: How to Prepare for Practice
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 26th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 26th, 2010
If you view swimming as a Workout , you start with a Warmup. If you view swimming as a Practice you prepare differently.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A Human Being Should be able to . . .
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on August 19th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on August 19th, 2010
. . . “Build or fix your own stroke and adapt and imprint it for distance or speed . . .”