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Triathlon Swimming: Made EasySmall reductions in speed – in swimming as well as driving – can lead to LARGE savings in energy. In a triathlon that could pay off handsomely in cycling and running.
How to Build a Better Teacher
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on March 6th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on March 6th, 2010
Teaching Total Immersion Swimming is a learnable skill, built from specific consistent practices. Two articles describe some of them.
Inside Look at Total Immersion Teacher Training
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on March 5th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on March 5th, 2010
A day-by-day chronicle of how a TI Teaching Professional is trained, by Suzanne Atkinson a cycling and triathlon coach from Pittsburgh.
How important is speed to an English Channel Swim
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 25th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 25th, 2010
The faster pace you maintain across the English Channel the better your chances of making it to France – and the less your chances of being caught in one of the Channel’s infamous tidal switches, which have frustrated the dreams of thousands of would-be Channel swimmers. But when you’ll swim for 12 or more hours, what does “speed” mean?
Exact Pace Awareness – without using a pace clock
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 16th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 16th, 2010
Consistent pacing is a core competency of successful distance swimming. I improve my awareness of pace by training with Stroke Count and a Tempo Trainer, rather than a pace clock.
Can Swimmers learn anything from Olympic Speedskaters?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 12th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 12th, 2010
Speedskaters use virtually uniform technique to master the challenge of “delivering force to the ice.” Swimmers, who face massively greater challenges in “delivering force to the water” are far less uniform and far more idiosyncratic in their technique. Why has the community of swimmers not achieved more agreement on the most efficient way to swim?
Use Feedback to Train Effectively
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 11th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 11th, 2010
Today’s practice sample shows the value of getting the right kind of feedback from practice sets. Data that lets you know if you’re improving — and how and why.
What does “High Pain Threshold” Mean?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 10th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 10th, 2010
High Pain Threshold – a combination of constructive thinking and reframing an unpleasant experience with positive associations. And why these are critical elements in my training to swim the English Channel.
Speed “Happens” . . . while Focused on Efficiency
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 10th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 10th, 2010
I hadn’t planned on a “quality” set today, but one sort of snuck up on me as the beep on my Tempo Trainer got faster . . . while I tried to keep my stroke unhurried and long.
Slower Strokes produce Faster Times. How so?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 8th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 8th, 2010
A slower stroke can produce faster times . . . IF you use the extra time in each stroke to propel more effectively – i.e. travel farther, and perhaps even faster.