Forum: Swimming In Triathlon
01-13-2012
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 7,791
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
03-06-2011
|
|
Replies: 66
Views: 25,934
Janos - I found this clip by searching on TI...
Janos - I found this clip by searching on TI Drills on YouTube and it is clearly marked as a TI Drill clip, thus my question.
CoachKevin your comment on hips leading the spear/rotation vs the arm...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
03-06-2011
|
|
Replies: 66
Views: 25,934
thanks
I can see both of your points. It is quite hard to see her hips rotate but a twist of the torso is there. This seems to me to be a combination of the black suit impairing the clarity and the...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
03-05-2011
|
|
Replies: 66
Views: 25,934
Rotation - Over Rotation vs Just Enough
Hey everybody. Finally managed to get back in the pool today for a focused meditative swim after 2 weeks of craziness at work and some really cold water that made swimming feel more like a workout...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-24-2011
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 2,600
omg it was COLD...
Okay so I experienced a new challenge this morning which I'm sure I'll experience again in open water but would like to know if it impacts others similarly.
The pool I usually swim in is used...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-20-2011
|
|
Replies: 36
Views: 9,799
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-20-2011
|
|
Replies: 29
Views: 16,504
Not sure that I would agree you should "arch"...
Not sure that I would agree you should "arch" your back as much as I would recommend you consciously engage your core. When I arch my back, it starts to ache after a while. When I engage my core I...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-19-2011
|
|
Replies: 26
Views: 7,879
Coach Gary helped me with this when I was in...
Coach Gary helped me with this when I was in Boca. I was spearing too low with my lead hand on my breath and while I thought I was being patient with the lead hand, I wasn't.
He gave me this...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-19-2011
|
|
Replies: 15
Views: 5,638
Just relax....
I know that is very easy for me to say, but I'd submit that you could very well be psyching yourself out so badly that you're wound up tighter than a rubber band in the water. When I tense up,...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-17-2011
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 3,018
Yaaaaa
These little accomplishments are so rewarding aren't they.
Good for you and keep up the practice.
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-14-2011
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 3,466
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-14-2011
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 3,466
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-14-2011
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 2,122
Happy Valentine's Day
I have snickered many times reading the "why don't women post" thread thinking to myself "these guys just don't get it". As I've been on and off the site throughout the day I thought I'd just see...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-14-2011
|
|
Replies: 15
Views: 5,638
Just so you don't feel lonely, I'll share with...
Just so you don't feel lonely, I'll share with you that those of us with BMI's that are bigger around than the circumference of your waist can happily sink like a rock also.
Focusing on my keeping...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-14-2011
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 3,466
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-13-2011
|
|
Replies: 387
Views: 90,322
Boca was fantastic
Hey Flippr.
Boca was fantastic. Thanks for asking.
Gary is really great. I had been sitting in meetings for two days straight and was as wound up as I could possibly be when Wednesday night...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-10-2011
|
|
Replies: 26
Views: 11,709
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
02-01-2011
|
|
Replies: 387
Views: 90,322
Thanks for the insight. I agree with you that...
Thanks for the insight. I agree with you that drilling is incredibly important.
I am on the road this week and found myself in the pool at the Hilton yesterday morning. Not what you would call a...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
01-31-2011
|
|
Replies: 387
Views: 90,322
Question for Flppr
Flppr way back when you started this thread you were talking about 'finding time to breathe'. What did that feel like? What did you notice that you might have been doing different from before? ...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
01-25-2011
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 1,983
Sometimes you just have to start from scratch
After the ever so humbling experience of watching myself swim, I decided it was time to start all over and just enjoy the process. That was a couple of weeks ago and I did just that - I pulled out...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
01-09-2011
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 2,907
Thanks for input
CoachSuzanne,
I conned my lovely wife into going to the pool with me on Friday night just before closing time and she took lots of film. It's amazing what you can see when you watch yourself versus...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
01-08-2011
|
|
Replies: 387
Views: 90,322
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
01-06-2011
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 2,907
oops forgot to say...
I forgot to tell you that this is the end of my 2nd week swimming. It takes me 1:28 to do 50 yards and I can do it 30 laps continuously but I've got to take that breath.
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
01-06-2011
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 2,907
Advice Please
I'm very new to swimming. Don't get me wrong I could do enough before to not drown and I've been scuba certified for 20+ years, but there's a big difference between free style and what I was doing...
|
|
Forum: Freestyle
01-06-2011
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 6,337
|
