On January 30, on the iTunes/iBooks store we’ll release my latest book Swim Ultra-Efficient Freestyle. While the original TI book has become the most popular swimming book in history, I believe Ultra-Efficient Freestyle is my best effort, as …
Ellen Langer, at age 67, is the longest-serving psychology prof at Harvard. What she is best known for is studies which have shown that people can make marked physical changes, improving health, reversing aging effects, etc. in response to mental …
Is there a technique that allows you to swim much faster–while also minimizing the potential for shoulder pain? There is! And it’s one that nearly all coaches and swimmers overlook.
Most people treat the recovery portion of the crawl stroke …
I’ve often said that the purpose of swimming is the pursuit of happiness. (If you haven’t had the same thought, consider that the Dalai Lama has written that the purpose of life is the pursuit of happiness.) Indeed, my …
On Sept 9, 1954, Marilyn Bell. a 16-year old Toronto schoolgirl, entered the annals of marathon swimming, and left an enduring mark on Canadian sporting history by becoming the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. On January 28 of this year, I had …
At the recent PGA Championship—one of golf’s four major championships—Tom Watson came within two strokes of making the cut to play to two final days. He did this less than a month shy of his 65th birthday.
Watson, who …
What do you suppose it takes to set a world record in swimming. More to the point, what do you suppose it feels like to swim faster than any human in history?
A recent article in the New York …
Total Immersion methods for technique and teaching have been recognized as revolutionary for over two decades. Over the next few months, we will introduce a training methodology we believe is equally revolutionary.
We call it Fast Forward Training. Because it’s …
This beautiful short film is by TI Coach Johnny Widen (of Lulea Sweden, near the Arctic Circle.) Johnny shot it in Oct 2012 at Total Immersion Level 1 Coach Training in Windsor England.
Johnny’s first purpose was to create a pre-training …
In my previous installment in this three part series Change Your Swimming in Three Minutes I suggested setting aside three minutes at the beginning of practice-in most cases before you enter the pool–to calm and focus your mind. To recap, …