(Terry Laughlin and Shinji Takeuchi synch-swimming– Eleuthera, the Bahamas, December 2006.)
This post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on Feb. 12, 2011.
At the bottom of this post is video of Shinji [T.I. Master Coach and Head …
The following post is adapted from a 2006 article written by Terry Laughlin.
Richard Quick, the six-time U.S. Olympic team coach who directed 12 teams to NCAA titles, once said while giving a butterfly stroke clinic: “Don’t hide your breathing …
An exclusive excerpt in an ongoing series of material from Terry’s forthcoming final book, Total Immersion: Swimming That Changes Your Life
Over the last year, this blog has released several excerpts from the unpublished draft of Terry’s final book, …
This week’s blog is a look back at a Nov. 2010 post from T.I. founder Terry Laughlin on the ever-popular topic of breathing in freestyle: an essential component of swimming with ease and confidence, no matter the distance. Being able …
Terry demonstrating focal points for the timing of the weight shift, Feb. 2016
This Dec. 2015 photo-illustrated article from T.I. Founder Terry Laughlin is a thorough breakdown of how one can apply several core fundamentals of T.I. technique to a …
This exhaustively-detailed Oct. 2014 post from Terry Laughlin explains how we teach and practice the arm recovery of freestyle and why we teach this way, as opposed to the more traditional “straight-arm recovery,” which requires more strain and exertion. Like
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(Terry, in Mar. 2013, pausing at the 1.2 mile buoy– the turnaround– on the Kona Ironman course)
This week’s featured video–courtesy of T.I. Master Coach Dave Cameron’s YouTube Channel– shows Terry at the 2013 T.I. Kona Open Water Camp, …
(Terry mid-stroke, poised to flick the toes of the bottom leg to drive his top hip down and entering hand forward, and propel him into a streamlined position on the other side)
This week we shift our focus to …
There always seems to be some controversy surrounding kicking in Freestyle swimming. In the TI forums, someone posed a query about kicking and here is how I answered it, with some minor edits:
Some thoughts about kicking that I’ve discovered:…
This summer marks the 40th anniversary of my first experience with open water racing. I joined the Jones Beach Lifeguard Corps in 1973, and–as one of the better open water distance swimmers at Jones Beach–began to represent the Corps …