Well, I know some of you are big fans of Ti appoach. I would like to read more on it. The library will not vcover the books that deal with backstroke, or breaststroke or butterfly, so I read some articles from time to time on it. Matt S use it for a summer team for kids and uses it himself and others might use some of it.
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Jerrycat-
I swim TI style and am very pleased with it. The only shoulder pain I have is due to arthritis in the AC joint from falling on my XC skis over the years. The one thing I do think is important is to not make stroke length the be-all and end-all of your stroke as it gets to the point where it is similar to riding a bicycle in too high a gear. ANYTHING can be overdone. I do think that it does have a small negative impact on my top-end speed, as poor as it is, but for longer open water races it has been very good to me.
Of note is that I have no kick at all and can still swim front quadrant style and do reasonably well, at least for me.
Love that TI.
-LBJ
Jerrycat-
I swim TI style and am very pleased with it. The only shoulder pain I have is due to arthritis in the AC joint from falling on my XC skis over the years. The one thing I do think is important is to not make stroke length the be-all and end-all of your stroke as it gets to the point where it is similar to riding a bicycle in too high a gear. ANYTHING can be overdone. I do think that it does have a small negative impact on my top-end speed, as poor as it is, but for longer open water races it has been very good to me.
Of note is that I have no kick at all and can still swim front quadrant style and do reasonably well, at least for me.
Love that TI.
-LBJ
