I was wondering what you guys think of the books: "Fitness swimming" by Emmett Hines and "Total immersion" Terry Laughlin.Somewher I ran into an opinoin that "T.I." is just the "rephrase" version of the "F.S.", i.e. pretty much the same stuf, just put into different words.So, based on that I just ordered the "F.S."Any feedback on both the books?Any positive results from learning through the two books?
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I have both books and they are useful. Emmet's book excels in giving a whole season of workouts. You can learn a lot on how coaches put together a training plan over a season.
I have just bought the latest T.I dvd on freestyle and it is excellent. It is more comprehensive than the earlier ones. It shows info on arm action and turns that was missing on previous dvd,s. An effect that can happen if you do solely total immersion drills is to get stuck into swimming slowly. You need to always add some speed work to keep your stroke rate from falling.
I am using the partner assist practices when coaching newbies to great effect.
There are many books and videos and you can get quite confused after a while as there are different opinions out there. I coach and swim and have found not to accept anything without trying it out to see if it does work in real life.
Most of the texts are written for elite swimmers who have the flexibility to use stroking patterns that a lot of adults cannot use.
Learning from books and videos alone can lead to problems.
For instance after reading info in Maglischo's swiming fastest I changed my stroke to create two definite phases in free pull with a sharp transition under the chest from the pull to push part of the stroke.
I recently was filmed underwater and saw that in that transiton, i would over flex my wrist and angle my hand in such a way that I would lose the hold that I had on the water.
I am now using a longer action steadily building up pressure throughout with better results.
Ideally you need a good coach who is current on all the modern info and can adapt it to suit your ability and needs. If you can find one !?:)
I have both books and they are useful. Emmet's book excels in giving a whole season of workouts. You can learn a lot on how coaches put together a training plan over a season.
I have just bought the latest T.I dvd on freestyle and it is excellent. It is more comprehensive than the earlier ones. It shows info on arm action and turns that was missing on previous dvd,s. An effect that can happen if you do solely total immersion drills is to get stuck into swimming slowly. You need to always add some speed work to keep your stroke rate from falling.
I am using the partner assist practices when coaching newbies to great effect.
There are many books and videos and you can get quite confused after a while as there are different opinions out there. I coach and swim and have found not to accept anything without trying it out to see if it does work in real life.
Most of the texts are written for elite swimmers who have the flexibility to use stroking patterns that a lot of adults cannot use.
Learning from books and videos alone can lead to problems.
For instance after reading info in Maglischo's swiming fastest I changed my stroke to create two definite phases in free pull with a sharp transition under the chest from the pull to push part of the stroke.
I recently was filmed underwater and saw that in that transiton, i would over flex my wrist and angle my hand in such a way that I would lose the hold that I had on the water.
I am now using a longer action steadily building up pressure throughout with better results.
Ideally you need a good coach who is current on all the modern info and can adapt it to suit your ability and needs. If you can find one !?:)
