Kick timing is an important but often-overlooked aspect of freestyle. But when your swimmers discover the right kick timing connected to hip rotation, they can tap into previously unavailable core power to drive themselves forward faster with far less effort.…
The most frequent request I get from swimmers is: “I just want to be able to breathe easy”. This is for good reason, since clearly if you rotate to breathe and inhale more water than air this will completely interrupt …
How do you find your “feel for the water”, especially wearing a wetsuit in triathlon? Discover your “feel” and speed happens.
This is a very popular topic and is almost a swimming cliche’ or mantra – you hear and read …
I was recently asked by Terry Laughlin if I would represent Total Immersion in “The Great Swim Debate” at the USAT Art & Science Symposium, Las Vegas, NV, Sep 13, 2014. The swim debate would be with former Olympic …
Wow what a experience one that will never leave our hearts and minds. All of us came from different backgrounds of swimming which made us the team we were where we decided to name our relay TI6. TI6 consisted of …
WARNING!!! This is a long post based on my observations and recollections of the our TI6 Coaches Channel Relay team on D-Day where we actually swam the channel. I will do an epilogue post with my reflections of the entire …
I’m excited to be counting down the hours before we start our relay in the English Channel. We’ve assembled six experienced and enthusiastic coaches from a wide range of backgrounds and locations in the US and UK, and we’re ready …
I haven’t had a chance to write a blog entry as I took most of my time trying to take everything in these past few days. After a extremely long flight with zero sleep and a cramped neck, we landed …
This week, if the good old English weather allows, I will be taking part in a relay of the English Channel. So far the weather isn’t looking great! As I am writing this, it is very dark, wet and miserable …