Amby Burfoot won the Boston Marathon in 1968 as a Wesleyan undergrad, where Bill Rogers was his roommate and teammate. Amby’s best marathon time of 2:14:28.8 at Fukuoka later that year was just 1 second off the American record.
Amby …
This week, while updating my personal practice log on the Favorite Practices and Sets conference of the TI Discussion Forum, a short thread titled Surprising Discovery caught my eye. The poster had written “I recently noticed how fast I …
A reader suggested I consider renaming my Zero Cancer blogs with a heading that’s an affirmation. I liked his suggestion, so henceforth I will publish occasional posts under the Health and Vitality heading. These will report on empowering swim experiences …
Stroke drills have been an important part of TI methodology since our first adult swim camp in June 1989. The drills we teach have undergone continuous evolution since then, as have the ways we practice drills. Thus, it will probably …
Naval architects observe principles of physics and hydrodynamics in designing a sea-worthy vessel. Nature followed the same principles in the evolution of fish like the barracuda and aquatic mammals like the dolphin.
TI is the only swimming method to observe …
Last month, in How to Have Amazing Swimmer’s Hands, I wrote about one of my two favorite swimming tools, fist gloves. In this post–which is excerpted from Lesson 4 of the TI 2.0 Freestyle Mastery Self-Coaching Course, I …
How familiar are you with Swim Across America? Until the last few weeks, I knew little more than that it was involved in fundraising for cancer research. After participating in the SAA-San Francisco on Oct 1, I’m not only far …
This post is excerpted from Lesson 1 of the TI 2.0 Freestyle Mastery Self-Coaching Course.
I’m known for my strong belief in swimming with the natural ‘training equipment’ with which we come into the world. I do make a …
At some point, all Kaizen swimmers employ a learning strategy that cognitive scientists refer to as ‘chunking.’ Chunking refers to grouping separate pieces of information together to facilitate learning by remembering the groups as opposed to a much larger number …
Last weekend (Aug 28) the NY Times published an essay titled Even Roger Federer Gets Old by Brian Phillips. It was beautifully written and highly entertaining. And it referenced one of my two all-time favorite pieces of sports writing, published …