Forum: Freestyle
08-17-2009
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,044
So sorry Nicodemus for all the confusion...
My apologies to Nicodemus, Atreides...and to others in the forum for any confusion my inputs may have caused....
No offense taken, by the way...Nicodemus...
I have no TI training...no such luck nor...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-14-2009
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,915
Need to feel comfortable in the water....
Getting support from the water...
Working with the water...not battling the water...
These are the feeling/sensation, and attribute you should be fostering.
Going back to certain basic drills...
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Forum: Butterfly
08-13-2009
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,518
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Forum: Freestyle
08-13-2009
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,158
The nitty, gritty...
Hands in TI, looser, relaxed, less angled/positioned.
Flutter kick....well with 2BK in TI, flutter maybe less evident.
Arms swing in TI, more relaxed, less stiffer...
TI hip drive...(I don't think...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-13-2009
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,428
The Talent Code...
Vol, the thread on this book implies that you have to ensure that you are not embbeding "bad" habits because habits in general, are quite enduring and difficult to change.
And a significant number...
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Forum: Swim Your Way to Health
08-13-2009
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Replies: 17
Views: 11,813
Chlorine....a poison
You are right of course, chlorine is a major concern.
Thus, the regular probiotic intake after each swim (to maintain health of the gut flora) (this is my own flora...he he he, and yours too, you...
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Forum: Favorite Practices and Sets
08-12-2009
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,513
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Forum: Freestyle
08-12-2009
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,073
Speed in TI is a consequence...
...of the TI technique. And TI swimming focuses on being like a fish...a dolphin would be more like it...a hip drive here, a spear hand there, a lunge or maybe a gentle fall of your head here, a...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-12-2009
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,110
Looking at other Threads w/in a Forum might help
Frequently, I noted that a lot of my issues/problems are already addressed/discussed in some threads in a forum. So it might be helpful to you - that is if you have the time - to go thru the other...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-12-2009
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,428
45%...what I meant was 45 degree angle
Hope my suggestions were not the reason for your being messed up, Vol.
If you stop for a while and think back...can you recall your previous moves - before you got messed up that is - and re-do...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-12-2009
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,332
Total Swim E-zine Archives
Suggest you go visit TI's archives.
There are various articles on streamlining, relaxing, swimming with your core...and specially on the issue of balance...like what you are experiencing now.
An...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-11-2009
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,428
He he he...thought you drank pool water.
If I...
He he he...thought you drank pool water.
If I stop swimming for 2 to 3 weeks, medicated with the ear drops, the infection dissappears. It's just that I've decided to go on regardless of the...
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
08-11-2009
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,919
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Forum: Favorite Practices and Sets
08-10-2009
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,704
An observation/learning platform
Once you get the hang of it, the superman with soft/gentle flutter is a great drill to observe - doing various hand strokes underwater, how you are doing/should do the strokes, your footwork,...
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Forum: Links and References
08-10-2009
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,867
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Forum: Freestyle
08-10-2009
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,842
Over Rotation due to Hip Drive
As I read your entry several times last week, (and I recall having read previous entries on the issue of over rotation from other TI forum participants), somehow it just dawned right there and then...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-10-2009
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,428
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
08-10-2009
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,919
No sharks...!
Naj, are there no sharks?
For a crossing, you need a companion-swimmer, a boat & a kayaker?
End.
N.B. Naji, that's one way from the Rock to mainland, right?
BTW, great crossing! Congrats! How I...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-10-2009
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,734
The Superman glide, then the flutter
The superman glide is a great drill for:
o learning balance - you press your head down gently whenever your feet begins to sink - will bring your body back on streamline
o observing your body as...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-07-2009
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,159
Superman w/ "soft" flutter...
I use this drill for warm-up & cooling down. Also the drill is good for studying your hand strokes - keyhole stroke for butterfly & the round elbow stroke for butterfly/freestyle - its mechanics,...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-06-2009
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,428
Superman glide...as a drill
Try doing the superman glide (don't do a stroke yet) at surface level, at underwater level. Both should give you the feeling of the glide from kicking-off the wall. You do the glide fully...
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Forum: Favorite Practices and Sets
08-06-2009
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,981
The elegance & grace of freestyle...
I believe, one has to consider other aspects of freestyle, that might not be evident in butterfly, and thus, consider freestyle as the more difficult stroke to master. One such aspect as grace for...
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Forum: Butterfly
08-04-2009
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,683
Nodding the chin helps avoid water in-take
I've accidentally took-in water on several ocassions - in the chin scraping the water surface, nose pointing towards water surface position - and nodding, I've found helps reduce these instances...
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Forum: Breaststroke
08-04-2009
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,675
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Forum: Butterfly
08-04-2009
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,793
Sore Chest & Traps Muscles
Sorry to butt in on you like this Mailtonataraj.
For the past 4-5 weeks I've been doing a lot of mini-fly & butterfly.
At the very beginning of the learning to do butterfly, my lower abdominal...
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