Forum: Freestyle
12-11-2017
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Replies: 32
Views: 7,792
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
11-13-2017
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,922
WHERE to swim?
New Business Concept:
Convenient neighborhood locations.
Private swim lanes – no sharing.
Swim sessions reserved on-line.
Water temperature selected by you.
No times blocked out for teams or classes....
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Forum: Freestyle
06-17-2016
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,535
Salvo,
Thanks for the link to the...
Salvo,
Thanks for the link to the loneswimmer.com website. (I had never heard about it before) It's very clear that I am just a mere dabbler with this cold water stuff...
I haven't attempted to...
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Forum: Freestyle
06-16-2016
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,535
Salvo,
Cold water swimming is something I've...
Salvo,
Cold water swimming is something I've recently come to enjoy dealing with, as a frontier that could be explored late in my life (early 70's), when physical/medical limitations preclude other...
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Forum: Freestyle
01-22-2016
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,871
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Forum: Freestyle
12-17-2015
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,511
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Forum: Freestyle
12-17-2015
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,511
As to the topic of whether someone who is not...
As to the topic of whether someone who is not proficient in a skill can teach it
successfully to others: I have coached gymnasts to perform much higher difficulty skills than I had ever performed...
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Forum: Freestyle
12-17-2015
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,511
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Forum: Freestyle
12-17-2015
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,511
I've haven't followed the...
I've haven't followed the elbow-angles-during-recovery discussions, as I haven't been active in swimming or on this forum for a while, but it seems to me that Coach Dikla's vertical movement is...
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Forum: Freestyle
12-16-2015
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,511
Coaches Liza and Dikla
Weighing in on this one: looks can be deceiving…
I agree that Coach Liza appears to be a highly trained, strong swimmer, probably with hundreds or thousands of laps of pull bouys, hand paddles, wind...
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Forum: Freestyle
11-07-2015
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,068
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
10-13-2015
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,491
Another Close Encounter
It was a beautiful day with calm water at the New Jersey shore. Swimming parallel to the shore, about 25 yards out, I felt something BIG bump into my feet from the rear!
Using every mental trick...
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
03-26-2015
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,132
Interesting thread. My initial attraction to TI...
Interesting thread. My initial attraction to TI was the survival aspect - I wanted to be able to swim a mile or more in open water without having a panic-induced failure. I like the line, "...TI has...
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Forum: Freestyle
05-22-2014
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,144
Suzanne: as per usual, your comments are very...
Suzanne: as per usual, your comments are very enlightening. In this case, your phrase, "plenty of air there" just somehow, for me, snapped into perspective the feeling of being "at one" with the...
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Forum: Freestyle
12-04-2013
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,309
The challenge of avoiding wetsuit use is an...
The challenge of avoiding wetsuit use is an intriguing one, and worth the pursuit. This is the beginning of my third winter of ocean swimming, without wetsuit, which I prefer greatly over the...
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
09-17-2013
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Replies: 77
Views: 25,763
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Forum: Freestyle
09-15-2013
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,531
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Forum: Links and References
09-09-2013
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,050
Louisa,
You obviously realize that you are not...
Louisa,
You obviously realize that you are not REALLY a "misfit".
Take further comfort in the fact that only a MINISCULE portion of the water on the earth's surface is controlled by stop watches...
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Forum: Links and References
09-07-2013
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,050
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Forum: Links and References
09-07-2013
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Replies: 29
Views: 8,839
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Forum: Freestyle
09-01-2013
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,342
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Forum: Freestyle
09-01-2013
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,342
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Forum: Freestyle
08-29-2013
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,342
hydrophobe,
It appears to me that your 2-beat...
hydrophobe,
It appears to me that your 2-beat kick is 180º out of phase.
Left kick should be helping you rotate as RIGHT arms pierces the water.
Right now, your left kick is occurring as your left...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-07-2013
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,458
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Forum: Freestyle
08-06-2013
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,248
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