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 …
Introduction
In the pursuit of athletic excellence, the most advanced and meticulously crafted training programs cannot provide guidance as accurate and appropriate as intuition and the pursuit of enjoyment and confidence.
I just finished reading Matt Fitzgerald‘s …
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 …
Nobody told us when we were slogging through high school chemistry that the periodic table of elements would grow. It was 92 or 93. Today it’s 118.
Whoever said that was a changeable number?
To Louis Tharp:
I’m frustrated. …
4 Stages of Learning (how to swim)
Abraham Maslow was a psychologist ahead of his time. While his peers examined illness and abnormalcy, he chose to study aspects of health, wellness & peak performance. He came up with a learning …
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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I have been priveleged to work with two amazing women over the past 2 months. They are busy, succesful driven ladies who want nothing more than to improve their swim stroke. They both travel extensively for work and as a …
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 …