Comments on: Do you Practice Aquatic Violence? https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/do-you-practice-aquatic-violence/ Total Immersion Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 By: CoachJohnB https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/do-you-practice-aquatic-violence/#comment-28 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:08:58 +0000 http://totalimmersion.net/blog/?p=717#comment-28 I like the term “aquatic violence” That will be used at workshops I do. Thanks!

]]> By: terry https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/do-you-practice-aquatic-violence/#comment-27 Mon, 31 May 2010 21:08:55 +0000 http://totalimmersion.net/blog/?p=717#comment-27 Trying too hard and over-reliance on power have been very common among first-time students I’ve worked with. Best illustration for me has been their inability to swim in a low EP current, one suited for examining and improving the stroke, without running into the box.
In nearly every case while the student was a far slower swimmer than me, I had no difficulty swimming with rhythm and flow in the slow current without hitting the box, they couldn’t.

It illustrates that the gears we try to develop need to include the ability to apply many more levels of power or gentleness, as well as the ability to vary tempo’s. My range of power was far greater than theirs, having both higher and much lower levels.

That’s partially because of the perception that swimming must be done hard, partially because it’s always been objectively hard for them and an effortful response was all they know, so that became a habit.

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