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Upcoming Total Immersion Freestyle Workshops and Triathlon Camps:
How I learned the Two-Beat Kick and Discovered Flow!
Swim with Terry - "Speed Work"
Doc Counsilman, 83, Coach and Innovator in Swimming, Dies
Q & A From the TI Website Discussion Board

Upcoming Total Immersion Freestyle Workshops and Triathlon Camps:

TOTAL IMMERSION FREESTYLE WORKSHOPS

JANUARY

10-11 Coral Springs, FL

10-11 Brewster, NY

17-18 Coral Springs, FL

24-25 Tampa, FL

24-25 Roanoke, VA

Jan 31-Feb 1 Clermont, FL


FEBRUARY

7-8 Chicago

7-8 Denver

14-15 San Diego

14-15 DC/No. VA

21-22 Cincinnati, OH

21-22 Dallas

21-22 Tucson, AZ

28-29 San Francisco

28-29 St. Johnsbury, VT


MARCH

6-7 Albuquerque

6-7 Seattle

13-14 Clermont, FL

13-14 Chicago

20-21 California, PA

20-21 Raleigh, NC

27-28 San Diego

27-28 McLean, VA


APRIL

3-4 Columbus, OH

3-4 Colorado Springs, OH

3-4 Waltham, MA

17-18 Towson, MD

17-18 San Jose, CA

17-18 Chicago

24-25 Seattle

24-25 Grand Blanc, MI

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2004 TOTAL IMMERSION TRIATHLON CAMPS

Feb. 23-28 Clermont, FL

August 9-14 Killington, VT


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Friends,
We've published a fresh set of articles for January for improvement-minded
swimmers. Just click on the links below to read any of
these articles on intelligent, thoughtful FISHLIKE swimming.

Happy, Healthy Laps from Total Immersion.

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How I learned the Two-Beat Kick and Discovered Flow!

By John R. Frigon

I suddenly understood the fun and joy that TI swimming offered! As I pushed off
for each lap, it took me a stroke or two to get my
feet and hands in synch, but then, I would complete the lap in rhythm. This was
the feeling I'd been looking for; the water itself
was helping me move through it.
In the summer of 2002 I made a decision that - though I didn't realize it at the
time - would enhance my quality of life for the
rest of my days. I sought a personal coach to learn how to swim efficiently. My
coach, Claire McCarty, is a trainer and a national
triathlon competitor. We agreed to meet three days a week for a 90-minute swim
followed by a 90-minute bike ride. When we started, I
thought I needed only a bit of minor tweaking. It took just one lap to learn
otherwise!
Read More...

Swim with Terry - "Speed Work"

This practice was intended to prepare me for upcoming Masters races at 500,
1000 and 1650 yards, specifically to help me break
out of a "speed rut" of several months duration.
Monday Jan 5, 2004 @ 6:00 AM 3200 yds @ Kingston High School

400 Mix Cruise 4 x 100 FR Pace on 1:40 8 x 75 on 1:15

300 Mix Cruise 3 x 100 FR Pace on 1:40 6 x 75 on 1:15

200 Mix Cruise 2 x 100 FR Pace on 1:40 4 x 75 on 1:15

100 Mix Cruise for Swim Down
Notes: Since concluding a great open water season in September, I've trained
well, but somewhat sluggishly. I've raced very little
in the pool over the past 10 years and feel as if my body has "forgotten" how to
swim at the speeds it takes to do well in Masters
meets. I've been able to race with great success in open water, even without
much speed, by getting a lot of "mileage" out of
efficiency and cunning. In fact, anything involving speed has been a lifelong
challenge.
Read on...

Doc Counsilman, 83, Coach and Innovator in Swimming, Dies

From the New York Times
By Frank Litsky
Published: January 5, 2004

James "Doc" Counsilman, perhaps the most innovative coach in United States
swimming history, died yesterday at a nursing home in
Bloomington, Ind. He was 83. He had Parkinson's disease, his son, Brian, said.
Counsilman was a molder of champions, an inventor, a consultant, an author and
an authority on exercise physiology and stroke
mechanics. In 1979, at age 58, he swam across the English Channel. At the time,
he was the oldest person to have done so.

He was the head coach of the United States men's swimming teams that won 9 of 11
gold medals in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and 12 of 13
in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. The two gold medals that eluded Americans in 1964
were won by Australians coached by Counsilman at
Indiana University. His first head-coaching job was from 1952 to 1956 at
Cortland (N.Y.) State Teachers College. There, he turned
George Breen, a former rower who had never swum competitively, into a
world-record holder and Olympic medalist.
Read more...

Q & A From the TI Website Discussion Board

How to Reinforce Efficiency on Every Length

This exchange of views and practical wisdom from the Total Immersion Discussion
Forum examines the distinction between drill
practice and "mindful swimming".
Topic: Drilling vs. Mindful Swimming From: Matt Juric Date: Saturday, December
06, 2003 02:05 PM I recently read Terry's column in
Triathlete magazine, in which he recommends concentration on drill practice in
the triathlon "off season." He also mentions stroke
counting, concentrating on one aspect of one's stroke. In several posts on these
forums he has stressed that great swimmers, such as
Alexandre Popov, spend much time doing slow, purposeful swimming.

I'm curious as to what would be considered "drilling." When I was first
introduced to TI, I got a great deal of good input from
drills. However, though I'm nowhere near perfect, I find I don't get as much
"corrective" input from the basic drills as I used to.
I would assume that an elite athlete such as Popov or Thorpe would get even less
input from basic drills.

With that said, is "mindful swimming" considered a drill? What about holding a
certain stroke count for a certain distance - is that
considered drilling? My question comes from the idea that not only do we
practice technique this time of year but we also do a
considerable amount of base building - i.e. slow long swimming." Can "drilling"
and "base building" be combined? If not what are
"drills" limited to?
Read on...




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