Total Immersion Perpetual Motion Freestyle Part 5

[zazzolina]

americans... i love you cause u always discover things that are already known... every good swimming coach teaches that the head should never come out of the water. that's just basic good swimming... there's no need of other names...

[saif140]

can we shape our body like an athlete by swimming this way..?

[CJSinatra]

I learned this just in time.. I had been so focussed on power that I was limited in the distance that I could sustain and finish. This makes swimming fun and enjoyable.

[swimwithsue]

thank you terry , i absorb all that talk..it improves my immersion swim

[russellodonoghue]

on my breath stroke, my leading arm feels like it wants to come down before the rotating arm hits the water....ie - on breathing to my right for example, my left stretched arm feels or does drop too early and usually before the right arm hits the water...and vice versa...but only on my breath...its this a fault or will i learn to keep it stretched over time - when im not on my breath my technique "feels" good...

great tuition TL!!!

[totalswimm]

upndown - Re Q on synchronizing hip drive to catch. I've found it easier to time hip drive to (1) spearing hand to its target - right hip spears right hand; and (2) the toe-flick (a more subtle form of "leg drive") on the opposite foot. Rather than synchronize catch to other parts of the stroke, I've found it easier to focus on being as *patient* as possible in initiating back-pressure w/stroking hand.

I also encourage you to post queries at TI Discussion Forum

[upndown68]

@totalswimm I am DYING to get on the TI forum, but for the past 3 weeks when I click register it says 'registration has been disabled by the administrator'. Ideas on what's happening? Thanks!

[upndown68]

@totalswimm Another funny thing I forgot to mention. The parallels between learning to swim with TI drills are so close to my other passion(2 handicap collegiate golfer). If you know much about the golf swing you know the hips and body are what power the club, not the arms. This is the first time I have ever heard anyone talk about using your hips/core to power the stroke and wow, things are starting to CLICK!

[upndown68]

I wondered if anyone could comment on the timing of the hip drive timed with the catch. I always struggle with a mental trigger to get this down since it's not in my muscle memory just yet. Does the catch begin to gain traction just before or just after the opposing hip is driving?

[totalswimm]

@upndown68 I would suggest you focus on timing hip drive (I now prefer the term hip NUDGE to suggest a subtler movement that emphasizes integration over sheer power) to the extending hand, rather than the one about to stroke. It's much simpler to think about the weight shift, moving the high hip down . . . which propels the hand more strongly to its "target."

Separately, focus on the catch. For that think of "Hold, rather than Pull."

[kon1402]

Great! That really helped me a lot. I love this style. Thx a lot.

At first I found it hard to apply the technique (well I am not very proficient swimmer) but after a little practice I think I am getting there :)

I breath every 3rd stroke and at first I found it difficult to do it with the hand placed a bit deeper then before. But now when I breath I place the extended hand closer to the surface of the water and that does the trick.

[siamak1348]

thanks alot

[mjmvet]

So helpful - It's Zen, it's mindfulness, it's building on a solid foundation, brick by brick. Awesome!

[rifyrafi]

Terry Laughlin is a great teacher. I tried all this stuff and ..IT WORKS. I've been swimming wrong all this time until I saw this video. I did too much kicking and I got tired too fast; now with 2-beat kick and relaxed hand glide. Swimming is so much more fun instead a chore. I see a lot of swimmers at the gym swimming the old way and they quit after 10 mins while I keep going. Great teacher.!!

[fatman100]

Thanks !!!!!On many levels-what an education!