Swimming efficiently in a race setting must begin with conscious, intentional practice organized around learning Balance and Streamline skills that don’t come naturally.
Posts Tagged ‘open water swimming’
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 30th, 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.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 17th, 2011
There is no payoff – and potentially enormous cost – from swimming hard in a triathlon. Therefore every thought and action should be directed at making ease and efficiency an unbreakable habit.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 12th, 2011
Few swimmers *really* pay attention. Opening – or closing – your eyes can can change everything.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on March 18th, 2011
How Freestyle evolved from a ‘speed’ stroke to one that anyone can use to cover long distances effortlessly.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 23rd, 2011
The most effective techniques in training the brain require a degree of mindfulness normally lacking. To train the brain’s motor neurons, combine that attention with visual input.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 12th, 2011
Synch-Swimming is great practice for open water racing. It’s also enormous fun.
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.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 6th, 2011
The first in a series of posts about goals and their transformative power.
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.