Another question that came up on the Discussion Forum
I recently attended a weekend workshop, I learned a lot about the drills but struggle with them due to my poor kick. I’m now starting to work through fish, skating …
Here’s another great thread from the Discussion Forum. This question by a college swimmer, produced a truly stimulating exchange of ideas about training and performance. I’ll publish highlights in several blogs — to allow interesting topics to stand …
In the same discussion thread, TI Coach Eric Desanto raised two fascinating topics that are seldom discussed and rarely understood. The first was "nervous system fatigue."
I have been tentative to add my two cents here, because I …
More from Eric DeSanto
I saw an interview with, I believe, Bill Boomer, about training cats and dogs. Some swimmers, even sprinters, do really well on high volume training. Boomer called these athletes "dogs." Janet Evans was a …
More from my email exchange with Steve Jordan. Steve learned basic skills – balance, alignment, patient timing — fairly readily with the Easy Freestyle drills, but acknowledges that he prefers swimming over drill practice. Our exchanges focus on how …
The third in a series of emails between Steve Jordan and me. In this one I explain how to evaluate on-line video of elite swimmers and decide how it might apply to your own swimming.
>>Terry
I recently saw …
In Australia the open water swimming season is drawing to a close. The southern states are becoming cooler and there are only a handful of events left on the calendar. Sunday 5th April could be your last …
My friend, photographer G. Steve Jordan, sends me periodic updates on his swimming. This one came in reply to my question about his stroke count.’
Though it feels to me like 10, the few times I’ve counted, it’s 18 …
Following is correspondence between myself and a recent student, a triathlete…
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From: Edward
To: Brian Vande Krol
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:41:05 AM
Subject: Moving Forward with TI
Hello Brian,
Tomorrow is our last class of the …
Here is an email from Cheryl, who did a workshop at the start of November.
It seems to be shoulder injury season – perhaps others in similar situation may find this useful.
"Hi Dunstan
Hope you are…