By Louis Tharp
I forgot how much patience and how little muscle it takes to make progress when you are a novice swimmer. And, how little patience and how much muscle novice swimmers are ready to expend.
My newest novice …
Most of you that are into Total Immersion are aware that having underwater video of your swim stroke is invaluable for improving your swimming. All the TI coaches that I know offer underwater video as part of their lessons to …
Total Immersion will offer three special 1-day intensive workshops March 7-11 at the Brian Bent Memorial Aquatic Center in Coronado, CA. Each class will include two pool sessions, with video analysis in each session, plus classroom review and …
This subject really goes hand in hand with the recent guest post on my site from Dave Cameron entitled “Looking Fast vs. Being Fast”. Dave talked about how being fast doesn’t always look fast and showed a before and …
Last weekend I went to visit my nephews who are now 6 and 8 years old. I don’t have any kids, so every time I visit them it’s a whole new adventure in seeing how boys grow up. They were …
I’m not really sure what I was thinking when I had one of my athletes talk me into competing in the Puerto Rico 70.3 coming up in March. Actually I can’t blame him. I volunteered. We were at the pool …
Taught a swim lesson tonight and was able to get in a few hundred yards before, during & after the lesson.
I’ve been having trouble focusing on my form…it’s like I don’t want to go back to basics, or when …
NOTE: This blog is also available on my website at this link: Learning the Two-Beat Kick Early
In 2005, the first day I jumped into the pool and swam my first real lap, I had no idea how to …
Balance is Profound!
Going Deep Part II
In the "Going Deep" blog, I summarized and examined some of the deep philosophical tenets and similarities between Total Immersion Swimming and ancient forms of "body-mind" practice like yoga and T’ai …
The 180 Heart Rate Formula was developed by Dr. Philip Maffetone who went on to coach triathlon greats Mark Allen and Mike Pigg. Even though this formula is over 20 years old and …