Children should swim to develop an essential life skill, to stretch their learning faculties, to develop form they can be proud of and to cultivate a lifelong love of swimming. Should they join a swim team? Only if it leads to those outcomes.
Posts Tagged ‘Swim for Health and Happiness’
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 5th, 2012
Channeling Olympic 10k champion Ous Mellouli provided a highly satisfying Flow experience. it also helped propel me to a Top 10% finish.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 28th, 2012
Practicing with a sense of curiosity produces moments of more intense happiness than anything else I do.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 27th, 2012
Guaranteed — this will be among the most irresistible (“I wanna be there and do that!”) swim videos you’ve seen.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 19th, 2012
When you strive to create beauty, you’ll swim farther and faster, but enjoy it far more.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on June 15th, 2012
Shinji is both the #1 Most Graceful Swimmer in the world and the #1 Self-Coached Swimmer–the embodiment of Kaizen. How does Shinji describe himself? “Just a middle-aged average swimmer who tries to improve every day.”
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on March 17th, 2012
At 27 Kyoko couldn’t swim at all. At 32 she learned TI. Five years later she is changing lives by teaching others to set and achieve goals.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 22nd, 2012
How many non-swimming sports or fitness activities can develop broadly-beneficial behavioral and thinking patterns?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 21st, 2012
At age 68, Doug Alt is swimming better than ever and excited about swimming–and living–even better in his 70s.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 16th, 2012
How I find more purpose and motivation though my times get slower with age.