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The (Re-) Education of a Competitive Swimmer

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This is a guest post by TI Coach John Fitzpatrick, originally published in 2014. John is owner and head coach of Chicago Blue Dolphins, an aquatic fitness business based in downtown Chicago. He has been is a Total Immersion Coach

Guest Post: In Memory of Terry Laughlin

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Ray Bosse Coached at the United States Military Academy for 19 years, 13 (1989-2001) as the head coach of both the men’s and women’s programs. 
During his tenure he led women to 3 conference championships and the men to 9

Terry Laughlin as a Mentor In and Out of the Water

 

oprahaha-280x396Jeanne Safer, PhD is a psychotherapist who has been in private practice for over forty years, and the author of six acclaimed and thought-provoking books on neglected psychological issues—the “Taboo Topics” that everybody thinks about but nobody talks about

Swimming That Changes Your Life…How?

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Shane Eversfield is Founder and Head Coach of Kaizen-durance, serves as a Total Immersion Master Coach, and is an accomplished ultra endurance athlete.  Shane and Terry met after Terry read Shane’s first book “Zendurance”.

Shane enjoyed countless hours swimming and

A Tribute to Terry Laughlin

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Message from Terry Laughlin’s wife, Alice, and daughters, Fiona, Carrie, and Betsy:

After living with metastatic prostate cancer for two years (about which he blogged widely), Terry passed away on Friday, October 20th, 2017, of complications related to his

How Efficient Is Your Freestyle?

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If you regularly read my posts you’re probably aware of the DARPA study which showed that human swimmers are only 3% efficient–as compared to the 80% efficiency of dolphins.  (I.E. Dolphins convert 80% of energy expenditures into forward motion; in …

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