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Triathlon Swimming: Made EasyBalance, 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.
Archive for the ‘Smart Training’ Category
How would Einstein teach swimming? Balance, Streamline, Propel.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 26th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 26th, 2010
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
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.
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.
How to Practice TI at Masters Workout
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 20th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on September 20th, 2010
You can practice TI principles in a Masters or other group/team workout if you focus on increasing your efficiency, while others focus on increasing effort.
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.
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 Part 2
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on August 23rd, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on August 23rd, 2010
This video presentation illustrates how humans can swim more like aquatic mammals, instead of like terrestrial mammals.
Video: “Work Less, Swim Better” in Triathlon (or anywhere)
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on August 18th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on August 18th, 2010
What is Perpetual Motion Freestyle and why does it work better than “pool-honed technique” for longer distances, and especially open water? And what does myelin have to do with this?