This is the second in a series of Wednesday guest posts from TI coaches and enthusiasts. Steve Howard is a TI swimmer from Lafayette LA, whose enthusiasm for TI was so great that he completed our 1.0 Coach Certification Course.
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On October 19 2015, I completed one of my best marathon swims–a strong 10-miler in 64-degree (F) water from Corsica to Sardinia with two friends. Our time of 4 hours 30 minutes included feed stops every 30 minutes. My training—a …
Last Sunday I’d planned to join my close friend and fellow swim-explorer Lou Tharp for an open water group practice at West Neck Beach on Long Island’s North Shore, but an allergic reaction to a wasp sting got in the …
The FINA World Swimming Championships began yesterday in Budapest. During the weeklong event I’ll post analysis of the pacing patterns of the three top swimmers, the medalists, in certain races.
Ever since I began coaching 45 years ago, one of …
Katie Ledecky has has had a busy week at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest, which conclude this weekend. So far she has won four gold medals, in the 400m and 1500m freestyles plus the 4 x …
This week I received one of the regular messages sent by my good friend, Michael Bryant of Baltimore MD. Mike and wife Nancy have been TI students since 2008, having attended several TI workshops and camps. When they started with …
In August 1972, in the first 10 minutes of the first workout I ever coached, I noticed that every swimmer on the team I’d just begun coaching had asymmetrical strokes. To varying degrees, everyone who breathed to the left twisted …
To swim efficiently, you must master Balance first. I’d go so far as to call it non-negotiable. But the effect of learning Balance can be much more far-reaching. It certainly was for me.
In September 1988, I met Bill …
The saxophonist Sonny Rollins, now 86, has not performed in public in four years because of poor health. However, he remains the jazz world’s most respected living performer, recognized for his impressive practice habits– eight or more hours a day, …
Here in New York’s Hudson Valley, and many parts of the world, Memorial Day marks the start of summer. And for many of us, summer is synonymous with swimming in the great outdoors.
Whatever your reasons for swimming—recreation, fitness, …