Forum: Freestyle
08-09-2016
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,774
Coach in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
On one of my recent posts someone here suggested I seek out a TI coach in my area. I wrote to the TI coach in Dallas a few weeks ago but haven't had a reply.
Are there other TI coaches/workshops in...
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Forum: Freestyle
07-08-2016
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,798
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Forum: Freestyle
07-07-2016
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,798
My neck is sabotaging my swimming
Three-year adult swimmer here.
I've come a long way in three years! First six months was spent getting comfortable in the water and realizing I wouldn't drown in the deep end. Next six months...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-25-2015
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Replies: 24
Views: 14,976
Let me add that I believe bilateral breathing...
Let me add that I believe bilateral breathing will ease the tension and out-of-balance in my neck, which breathing always to the right side has contributed to. (My regular yoga practice has...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-24-2015
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Replies: 24
Views: 14,976
Help with bilateral breathing
I've been breathing only to the right side for a couple of years (usually after four strokes -- left arm, right arm, left arm, breathe on right arm). I've done this for several reasons:
-- Water...
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Forum: Freestyle
05-13-2015
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,911
What a difference a day makes.
Monday night I...
What a difference a day makes.
Monday night I approached my swim like it was work. And that's exactly what it felt like -- difficult, unpleasant, unrewarding work.
Last night I approached it as...
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Forum: Freestyle
05-12-2015
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,911
One of my goals is to be able to swim one lap...
One of my goals is to be able to swim one lap after another without getting exhausted. Others in the pool (and I try not to watch them very much because it just leads to comparisons) make it look...
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Forum: Freestyle
05-12-2015
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,911
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Forum: Freestyle
05-11-2015
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,911
Making swimming more than a joyless experience
It took me half a year to be comfortable in the water. And another four months not to fear the deep end. And I'm still working on breathing, rotation, etc. Recovery arm still drops but is finally...
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Forum: Freestyle
03-11-2015
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,566
Extended arm keeps dropping
My swim coach and I have tried many things to keep my spearing arm up when I come up for a breath, but it still drops down. We tried using a kick board. Tried more "side" swimming. Even tried...
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Forum: Freestyle
12-09-2014
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,093
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Forum: Freestyle
12-09-2014
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,093
Return to swimming after spine surgery
I'm about to go swimming today, for the first time in 4 months. (I had two surgeries to remove tumors from my lower spine.)
Ironically swimming was part of the way I found out my body was in...
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Forum: Freestyle
07-02-2014
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Replies: 26
Views: 10,494
The eyes have it
Pretty excited today…
My freestyle has felt wobbly, tense and unbalanced for the past week. I couldn't figure out why.
Just swam and the first few laps were lousy. Then it hit me: my eyes were...
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Forum: Freestyle
06-27-2014
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,926
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Forum: Freestyle
04-09-2014
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,974
Toe position in kick
Because kicking properly remains my biggest hindrance in swimming, my swim coach has me doing lots of kicking drills (both face-down and on my back).
Kicking from the hips has improved, but not sure...
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Forum: Freestyle
03-01-2014
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,326
Fixing an extreme balance problem
It was time for a no strokes/no kicking swimming practice, which I just did. Used this video to work on my balance today:
http://totalimmersion.net/blog/total-immersion-balance/
Wow, what an...
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Forum: Freestyle
02-14-2014
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,868
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Forum: Freestyle
02-14-2014
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,868
Please explain the "2-beat kick"
Since I'm still struggling with kicking efficiently (and calmly), can someone please explain the Two Beat Kick so I can understand it?
Right now I'm kicking too many times per arm stroke, and am...
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Forum: Freestyle
02-07-2014
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,713
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Forum: Freestyle
02-07-2014
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,713
Erratic kicking is ruining my swimming
I posted something about this in another topic, and am posting it here because I am desperate to get this fixed.
I've gotten my kick so it's fluid, kicking from the hips, mostly relaxed, in...
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Forum: Freestyle
02-05-2014
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,584
Kick goes awry, too
All,
Thanks for the great comments! I actually made it all the way to the wall today without stopping. Not thinking about "the wall" made all the difference. Laughing helped too.
But -- it was...
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Forum: Freestyle
02-03-2014
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,584
Mental block keeping me from swimming laps
I'm working with a swim coach to get my freestyle stroke down. We've made a lot of progress, but something is STILL keeping me from getting all the way from one end of the pool to the other.
It's...
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