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Triathlon Swimming: Made EasyObjective goals – measured by time, distance, etc – are good tools for facilitating qualitative goals. These can be achieved on every stroke!
Posts Tagged ‘Mastery’
Tool Review #2: Pull Buoy — Crutch or Virtue
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 24th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 24th, 2010
Pull buoys are both seductive and insidious because they allow you to mask a lack of balance while convincing yourself you’re ‘building upper body strength.’
Swim Tools: Useful or “Contaminants?”
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 23rd, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 23rd, 2010
Most swimmers use tools like ingredients in a cake recipe. Mix buoy, paddles, kickboard and fins and bake for one hour. Better to use them selectively, thoughtfully and to target specific stroke weaknesses.
Total Immersion and The ‘Arduous Mind’
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 21st, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 21st, 2010
There are many people who’d be great adult educators, but few avenues to connect them with mature and hungry minds. It’s especially uplifting for me to think of TI as an adult education community more than a swimming method.
How to Make Breathing Feel Effortless
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 4th, 2010
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.
A Balance Lesson: (Fear of) Falling vs Sinking
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 27th, 2010
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.
Want to Swim 200 Fly at any age? Balance & Streamline.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 19th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 19th, 2010
How “Balance-Streamline-Propel” helped cure a 40-year “Butterfly Problem” in a few weeks.
Swim for Pleasure rather than Fitness
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 18th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 18th, 2010
Swim for peak experiences, rather than for fitness or strength.
Practice for Love: Practice more. Improve more. Love it more.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 4th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 4th, 2010
The more you practice, the more you improve, the more you enjoy swimming . . . the more you practice.
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
I 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.