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Triathlon Swimming: Made EasyWhy did you do that set or drill? Why did you swim that distance? Or choose that interval? Asking such questions — and evaluating your choices after the fact — is essential to improvement. And to being ‘excellent at thinking.’
Posts Tagged ‘mindfulness’
Passionate Curiosity and Deep Practice
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on May 12th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on May 12th, 2011
Passionate Curiosity is an indispensable mindset for anyone wishing to improve their swimming. Deep Practice is how you convert Curiosity into Mastery.
Kaizen Happiness
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 26th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 26th, 2011
How well might you swim if your main practice goal was to Experience More Joy?
Stroke Length Practice: First Improve. Then Maintain.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 22nd, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 22nd, 2011
Nearly every choice you make about planning practices and sets should be driven primarily by whether your repeats strengthen your ability to stay efficient at a range of distances, tempos or paces.
Open (or close) your eyes and see as never before.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 12th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 12th, 2011
Few swimmers *really* pay attention. Opening – or closing – your eyes can can change everything.
A Brief History Part 5: Closing the Loop — Habits, Neurons and Swim Improvement
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 8th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 8th, 2011
Mindful Practice — consciously merging thought and movement – creates *observable change in the brain’s infrastructure*. This improves skill, endurance and speed far more dramatically than training the body alone.
A Brief History of TI Part 4: 2003-07 – A “Study of Excellence”
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 7th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 7th, 2011
In most endeavors, most people stop improving fairly quickly. A few continue improving indefinitely – sometimes for decades. Four habits make this possible.
It’s not a Plateau. It’s a Crossroads.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 6th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 6th, 2011
In most endeavors we improve quickly at first, but improvement slows, then stops. What happens next is a defining moment for all of us.
A Brief History of TI: Part 3 of 5
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 5th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 5th, 2011
TI metamorphoses from a way of *doing* swimming to a way of *thinking about* swimming . . . and by extension, about life.
A Brief History of TI: Part 2 of 5
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 4th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 4th, 2011
New adult swimmers – many of them triathletes – reveal to us that: (1) When it comes to swimming, humans are natural-born strugglers; and (2) Converting Struggles into Skills takes Mindful Practice of “fishlike” techniques.