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
Parents
Former Member
Originally posted by scyfreestyler
...
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.
...
You miss the point.
Total Immersion borrows points from elsewhere, but is a mixture of good and bad that has declared war on the non followers of its cult.
It advised adult swimmers to learn Total Immersion and stay away from Masters swimming.
At the 2004 Short Course World Championships in Indianapolis -right after the 2004 Athens Olympics-, Terry Laughlin -the author of Total Immersion and a profiteer- started to talk smack about the U.S. swimmers.
It prompted successful coaches to ask what are Laughlin's credentials.
Originally posted by scyfreestyler
...
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.
...
You miss the point.
Total Immersion borrows points from elsewhere, but is a mixture of good and bad that has declared war on the non followers of its cult.
It advised adult swimmers to learn Total Immersion and stay away from Masters swimming.
At the 2004 Short Course World Championships in Indianapolis -right after the 2004 Athens Olympics-, Terry Laughlin -the author of Total Immersion and a profiteer- started to talk smack about the U.S. swimmers.
It prompted successful coaches to ask what are Laughlin's credentials.
