Hi,
Have been a masters swimmer for about 5 years now. Was wondering if experienced masters swimmers (or even newer ones) have found any benefits in the 'total immersion' technique. Have watched several YouTube videos and read articles but was thinking the video evaluation and pool instruction included in the workshop might be helpful.
Have noticed recently that my form/technique seem off and ineffective - was looking for some new insight and direction to help me with my efficiency.
Thanks!
:Lurking: :popcorn: Good dialogue on this thread! All of you have made excellent points worth considering. :agree: This is why I find the USMS Forums a valuable networking site for improving my swimming. :applaud:
I agree with Elaine, Swimspire, and Wookie. For a novice swimmer without having much coaching or instruction, a well organized program like TI is very likely to be very beneficial. If nothing else it provides an organized approach and plan, instead of random trial and error. The program may help a lot or it might not work for you. I think its more likely to help with longer swims by improving your efficiency - very important. I don't think sprinting and endurance conditioning are goals of these programs, but once you have basic efficiency adding these goals, adapting your workouts to meet them, and modifying stroke for them should be much easier. Sprinting and endurance swimming are not mutually exclusive, but the training for each is very different. At some point "you know you have to finally decide and say as to one and let the other one slide."
For intermediate and advanced swimmers (been at for a long time through lots of coached workouts maybe 5-10 years and more) these programs might not be as beneficial. At this point the swimmer has an approach and system and its a question of tweaking or revising things that have gone south. Individual coaching from the pool deck during workouts or private coaching sessions is more likely to be more effective for these swimmers. My :2cents:.
:Lurking: :popcorn: Good dialogue on this thread! All of you have made excellent points worth considering. :agree: This is why I find the USMS Forums a valuable networking site for improving my swimming. :applaud:
I agree with Elaine, Swimspire, and Wookie. For a novice swimmer without having much coaching or instruction, a well organized program like TI is very likely to be very beneficial. If nothing else it provides an organized approach and plan, instead of random trial and error. The program may help a lot or it might not work for you. I think its more likely to help with longer swims by improving your efficiency - very important. I don't think sprinting and endurance conditioning are goals of these programs, but once you have basic efficiency adding these goals, adapting your workouts to meet them, and modifying stroke for them should be much easier. Sprinting and endurance swimming are not mutually exclusive, but the training for each is very different. At some point "you know you have to finally decide and say as to one and let the other one slide."
For intermediate and advanced swimmers (been at for a long time through lots of coached workouts maybe 5-10 years and more) these programs might not be as beneficial. At this point the swimmer has an approach and system and its a question of tweaking or revising things that have gone south. Individual coaching from the pool deck during workouts or private coaching sessions is more likely to be more effective for these swimmers. My :2cents:.
