I just got Total immersion book yesterday.
Have read part 1 of the book and just started doing the drills today.
It seems an excallent way to swim and definatly will improve my f/s.
But i'm a bit weary because it's so comercail. so my question is,
Is Total immersion as good a way to swim as it makes out?
or is it the best way to learn how to swim?
Are there better books out there that teach you how to swim well(properly)?
Hope that makes sense
Swifty
A couple of things to keep in mind...
1) Not every swimmer's success is directly linked to his or her coach. Sure, good coaching is important but so is work ethic and a persons physiological makeup.
2) If TI is not revolutionary and simply uses methods from other coaches wrapped up in a flashy package, then by bashing TI you are effectively bashing those from whom the ideas originally came from.
Whatever the case may be, TI has quite a following and seems to be helping a lot of people improve their swimming. If anybody should appreciate that on this forum it should be Gull80, the cardiologist. Every time TI gets another person in the pool they could very well be keeping them out of the ER and out of Gull's office.
A couple of things to keep in mind...
1) Not every swimmer's success is directly linked to his or her coach. Sure, good coaching is important but so is work ethic and a persons physiological makeup.
2) If TI is not revolutionary and simply uses methods from other coaches wrapped up in a flashy package, then by bashing TI you are effectively bashing those from whom the ideas originally came from.
Whatever the case may be, TI has quite a following and seems to be helping a lot of people improve their swimming. If anybody should appreciate that on this forum it should be Gull80, the cardiologist. Every time TI gets another person in the pool they could very well be keeping them out of the ER and out of Gull's office.
