Back in December 2010 I attended a speed camp in Florida run by Terry. I learnt lots and posted several blogs about my experience. Terry spoke of the pleasure of competition and the many ways to use competition to learn …
Terry spent some time showing us turns, but what caught my attention was his first break out stroke. Terry’s looked so smooth and I wanted mine to be like his. Problem was Terry had spent countless hours perfecting his …
Today we were going to use the TT (Tempo Trainer) to learn how to manipulate on command the various paces we were introduced to yesterday. Magic little thing that TT and to think I thought I knew how to …
Terry introduced the concept of 5 if not more paces or speeds.
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Perfect: |
gentle aim for perfect form |
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Cruise: |
can do this all day |
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Brisk: |
bit faster, streamline thoughts elongate |
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Race: |
use hold, hip, kick |
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Race2: |
just on |
Unlearning /Relearning
Following our revision of day one we took our focus points a little further. Using 3 thoughts we were aiming to develop 3 repeatable but different swimming experiences.
Thought one was just to float our arm forward …
Like all swimmers for whatever reason the secret of speed is exciting. I was delighted to see a speed camp that was going to be conducted by Terry ready to go.
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Having swum for over 50years 88% of which was done prior to any knowledge TI, I have had a serious opportunity /necessity to tackle unlearning head on.
My initial introduction to TI was with 3 friends and coach …