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Backstroke Video Analyzed – and why improving Backstroke is good for Freestyle
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 17th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 17th, 2011
Improve backstroke in 3 steps – while improving complementary skills in Freestyle. Also tips for effective stroke analysis.
Can’t control life outside the pool? Pursue Flow in it and handle stress better.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 16th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 16th, 2011
Outside the pool, there’s little we can do to control sources of stress. But we can exert control inside the pool. That brings Flow. And Flow makes outside stresses much easier to handle. Here’s how.
New Video of Shinji and Terry Synch-Swimming
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 12th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 12th, 2011
Synch-Swimming is great practice for open water racing. It’s also enormous fun.
Swimming Better: Do we learn more from Science or Intuition?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 2nd, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 2nd, 2011
Everything important I’ve learned in swimming – and my happiest moments – have been the product of experience and intuition.
Why Ease and Arduous Experience are in Harmony (with the Tao)
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 1st, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 1st, 2011
Wu Wei or ‘effortless action’ is a key principle in Taoist thought. One translation calls it ‘swimming with the current.’ Swimming seems the ideal activity to pursue Mastery of Wu Wei.
Giving Women More of a Voice in TI
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 31st, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 31st, 2011
Is there anything TI can do to speak more to the goals and interests of women swimmers – as well as give outer voice to their inner thoughts?
Stay in the moment: Experience timelessness. Enjoy more. Swim better.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 30th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 30th, 2011
The most valuable capacity one needs to develop for any endurance swim – more valuable than physical fitness or stroke efficiency – is the capacity to keep your focus in the immediate moment. Like any habit or capacity, this only happens through practice.
Should we train more intensively in middle age?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 29th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 29th, 2011
I’m pursuing a different kind of Athletic Mastery at age 60, a radical shift after 40 years. Partly to show that age is just a number. And partly because I can grow more neurons by leaving my comfort zone.
Slow Swimming: Is it Age . . . or Activity?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 27th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 27th, 2011
I’m swimming in meets and for time in practice again and discover I’m much slower than when I last did this 5 years ago. What a great opportunity for learning!