The book is broken down in a somewhat practical way and the best way to sum up the technique is from this part of the amazon listing. Listen to part 16 of a lecture by total immersions head coach terry laughlin as he explains how their perpetual motion freestyle stroke will. Total immersion tips for efficient freestyle swimming hide your head lead with the top of your head, not your forehead feel water flowing over the back of your head much of the time see the bottom directly under you, and not much that is forward of you swim downhill. This official total immersion online introductory course gives a free introduction to the 5 stage total immersion technique which can turn you into the swimmer youve always wanted to be. Swimming technique magazine available for free download. This approach can be beneficial to entrylevel adult swimmers, triathletes, distance swimmers, and those who swim for exercise and health. A holistic approach to becoming one with the water and to developing a swimming style thats always comfortable. Use the globallyrecognized total immersion name, trademarks and logo to market your business. The total immersion method is a foolproof approach to learning swimming that brings results faster than conventional teaching, helping any level of swimmer or. Swimming relies on the nearly neutral buoyancy of the human body.
Total immersion by terry laughlin overdrive rakuten. As someone who grew up hating swimming largely due to poor technique, i think the stroke taught by total immersion is wonderful. Have read part 1 of the book and just started doing the drills today. A guide to efficient swimming whether youre a complete beginner who was never taught how to swim efficiently as a child or a budding triathlete looking to shave some time off the swim leg of your next triathlon, total immersion swimming is one of the most effective techniques for learning to swim efficiently. Total immersion ti is a method of swim instruction developed by terry laughlin in the late 1980s and early 90s. However, buoyancy varies on the basis of body composition, lung inflation, and the salinity of the. Extraordinary swimming for every body 3 total immersion is most widely recognized for teaching efficient swimming via stepbystep sequences of skill drills, but i believe the most important distinction between ti and traditional swimming has less to do with your muscles than your mind. Terry laughlin is the founder and head coach of total immersion swimming and the author of triathlon swimming. The revolutionary way to swim better, faster, and easier is the bestselling swimming book ever. In a very short period of time with this book, my stroke has lengthened considerably, i am beginning to glide gracefully through the water and my length. Competitive swimming as a race was held among swimmers and the goal is to swim.
Immerssion web site which has segments of the book free for download. Read total immersion by terry laughlin,john delves for free with a 30 day free trial. Popular swimming books meet your next favorite book. Tim ferriss on total immersion swim technique youtube. Way for any swimmer to achieve fluency, ease, and speed in any stroke. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. I when ive occasionally helped swimmers, especially triathletes, ive used some drills that apparently have come from t. The content will continue to provide an in depth look at all aspects related to an athletes. A holistic approach to becoming one with the water and to developing a swimming style thats always comfortable i initially went straight into the total immersion drills and found i was. Sam has won an australian national title in the 100m im using these same drills. He introduced me to total immersion ti, a method usually associated with coach terry laughlin, and i immediately ordered the book and. His innovative total immersion methods have helped a million average swimmers around the world swim with a skill, confidence, and satisfaction unmatched by any other approach. Total immersion swimming head coach, terry laughlin demonstrates the ti freestyle swimming stroke.
E asy fr ee is nominally intended to impr ove your fr eest yle technique,but the tr ue intention of ever y ti book or video is to help you discover a passion for swimming. Swimming technique has always been described as the how to magazine for better swimmers. It seems an excallent way to swim and definatly will improve my fs. In the total immersion method, fitness happens while you learn and improve skills.
But every few years the total immersion clinics and stroke technique concepts get some press or attention, usually in the triath. Total immersion goodreads meet your next favorite book. Whatever your reasons for swimmingrecreation, fitness, endurance, or speedyour chances of success and satisfaction will increase enormously if you approach swimming as a game of skillrather than test of endurance. Swimming books that make perfecting basic technique painless. Total immersion is a popular swimming technique with adult learners and triathletes because of its systematic progression of skills. O in swimming, as in any endeavor,total immer sion is a pr escr iption for loving what you do. If you follow the drills in the order that we outline for you, there is no question that you can be swimming fast, smooth and effortless freestyle in a very short time. Rather coach terry laughlins approach to swim instruction prioritizes minimizing drag first, teaching students to become slippery in the water rather than trying to push and pull. Total immersion is the leading method in the market for learning to swim or learning to swim better.
The swimming strokes book is designed to break each stroke down into its component parts, those parts being body position, legs, arms, breathing and timing and coordination. Feb 26, 2010 total immersion swimming head coach, terry laughlin demonstrates the ti freestyle swimming stroke. Adult swim lesson manual united states masters swimming. Freestyle made easy ebook written by terry laughlin. Total immersion book by terry laughlin, john delves. Be listed on tis global directory of certified instructors.
The spectrum of people you will meet as an instructor ranges from those who are so fearful they do not want to approach the water to people who want tips on improving their butterfly. The worlds top swim training videos total immersion swimming. Fish dont swim on their side and neither should you. The perfect aid for any complete beginner to learn, understand and practice and for any swimmer to adjust, correct and improve. Discover how to isolate and correct bad habits and swim with smooth relaxed technique. As a volunteer dedicated to helping people gain confidence and a degree of proficiency in the water. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read total immersion drill cards. An exercise or series of exercises are then assigned to that part along with relevant teaching points and technique tips, to help focus only on that stroke part. Terry laughlin, founder of total immersion, passes away at 66.
The present book presents the origins and the latest history of swimming, the stages of its development into a competitive sport and highlights its outstanding figures. Swim ultraefficient freestyle the fishlike techniques. Promote yourself as a certified total immersion coach and coach private lessons and groups of up to 3 people. Fme book total immersion swimming sport swimming scribd. With 128 highly effective drills, expert instruction, and more.
We at chicago blue dolphins have embraced total immersion for more than 15 years now, and we would not want to teach the strokes any other way. Swim betterand enjoy every lapwith total immersion, a guide to improving your swimming from an expert with more than thirty years of experience in the water. Total immersion tips for efficient freestyle swimming hide your head lead with the top of your head, not your forehead feel water flowing over the back of your head much of the time see the bottom directly under you, and not much that is forward of you swim downhill lean on your chest until your hips and legs feel light. Fish like swimming october 14, 2002 recently several people have asked me my thoughts on the total immersion clinics and training principles. Its not on the kindle version, but it is on the pdf version available with the. British swimming organization was set up as national swimming society and was conducting competitions in england in 1837. Sales were steady, and two decades after that first edition came out, the books 2004 update is amazons number one topseller in swimming. Total immersion opens up a whole new way of thinking and attitude towards the science of swimming. The ti approach places special emphasis on minimizing drag in the water, and less emphasis on generating propulsion. A series of eleven mostly interlocking short stories illuminates the lives of modernday jewish sophisticates torn between affirmation of tradition and a kind of fashionable cynicism.
Total immersion tips for efficient freestyle swimming. Total immersion freestyle swimming demonstration youtube. Whether you are a competitive swimmer, coach, triathlete, or dedicated fitness enthusiast, the swimming drill book will propel you to better results by maximizing efficiency in the water. Terry laughlin, who created the techniquefocused swim training system known as total immersion, passed away friday, oct. Someone told me you need to get the dvd to really appreciate it. Make your hands stand still as you begin each stroke. Whatever your reasons for swimming recreation, fitness, endurance, or speedyour chances of success and satisfaction will increase enormously if you approach swimming as a game of skillrather than test of endurance. Pdf document to anyone you think will find it helpful or interesting.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Aug 02, 1996 as someone who grew up hating swimming largely due to poor technique, i think the stroke taught by total immersion is wonderful. Although swimming is an essential life skill, traditional teaching and coaching methods have made it difficult to master. Offering professional swimming instruction in all strokes for all swimming levels.
This book develops us to swim with greater ease and in doing so, with greater efficiency. Total immersion swimming, new paltz village, new york. Im an aspiring triathlete with my first one scheduled in about 3 months. At total immersion we have a foolproof approach to coaching swimming that brings results faster than conventional teaching, helping any level of swimmer or triathlete to master a fluent, efficient and fast stroke technique. Unfortunately, whether it was intentional to sell lessons or just due to a lack of thought, the book and the accompanying dvd have awful pedagogy and make it very difficult to actually learn. St georges baths, the first public swimming pool, was constructed in england in 1828 and it emerged as a competitive sport in england in 1830s. Based on more than twentyfive years of teaching, coaching, and research, terry laughlins total immersion approach is sure to improve the quality of your.
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