I'm afraid I have a confession to make. This morning, after the main set, I swam an easy 200 warmdown (as I usually do). I was concentrating on perfect form (again as I usually do during warmdown)--long strokes, good rotation, balanced position in the water. Only later did I realize I was guilty of...TI-like swimming. There, it's out. I feel better now.
Craig:
Does this mean that you feel like a born again swimmer? The other day I was listening to some music that I hadn't heard since the early 1970's. It was album called "Tea for the Tillerman" by Cat Stevens. It was quite popular in its day and he was quite popular until he changed his name and went political.
There is a song on there called Longer Boats. Its kind of like a chant: "Longer Boats are coming to win us, there coming to win us, there coming to win us, hold on to the shore or they'll be taking the key from the door".
It reminded me of TI, because I thought of fish, hulls, and anchors that TI demonstrates to explain the slippery swimmer. You know Longer Boats are Faster and Longer Bodies are too. Slow drilling leads to fast swimming. Technique over conditioning as your main souce of improvement.
Originally posted by botterud
If one is misled to believe that the pterodactyl is a pigeon, does that make one "gull-able?"
Use a pun, go to jail.
carl
Oh dear. Carl, you made me laugh so hard just now, I swear I cracked a rib.
You must understand It is not TI it is natural swimming. The easy way we swim when we think good form. Shouders roll, hips roll a little, elbows high hand low stretch it out, think about the catch then the finish, lift the elbow out and keep the hand above the surface, wow I am swimming relaxed.
Technique and Instinct (TI) the all important thing when it comes to swimming. I think I told the story before about not training for 6 months, going on a diet, using man tan around my goggles and on my back to let everyone think I had been training out doors and was in shape.
Cliff Lumsdens wife said look out, George is in shape. It was the first race of the season 28 miles from Chicotimi to Port Alfred Quebec, no training whatsoever, and came in second.
"Longer Boats are coming to win us, there coming to win us, there coming to win us, hold on to the shore or they'll be taking the key from the door".
I always thought it was "longer boats are coming to IN us," not "win us". I'm sure glad I finally know the real words and that I can grasp the full meaning, ... like now I really get the "they'll be taking the key from the door" and the connection to swimming ("they" will take away your pool key). When you understand the lyrics, life is so much better.
I don't think I ever swim TI because my long boat arms extend over the water before they drop. So I remain innocent.
originally posted by Gull80
Tomorrow morning when our coach tries to give us an En3 set of 200s, I'm going to stand up to him and say, "We are not animals, we are fish!"
originally posted by Thisgirl
And some of us are pigeons.
And some of us are just bizzare mutated half fish/half human things with green scaley heads.....But whatever we are we must all rise together against the evil of Lactate Overload sets and Anearobic Threshhold sets.....We want all aerobic all the time to properly concentrate on our precious technique!!
Newmastersswimmer
