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
Originally posted by gull80
There you have it. Coaches who do not subscribe to the TI method all just advocate mindless yardage.
Gull, I wasn't being rhetorical or condescending. (And if you re-read it without going with your reflex response, you'd see that.) That was a real request for information. Many people are familiar with TI. People are also familiar with grinding out yardage. I was asking if there were other common references we could use, in case we wanted to move the argument beyond TI.
(I've mentioned Colwin's books, which I'm sure many people don't have. Others have mentioned Maglischo's book, which I don't have.)
Originally posted by gull80
There you have it. Coaches who do not subscribe to the TI method all just advocate mindless yardage.
Gull, I wasn't being rhetorical or condescending. (And if you re-read it without going with your reflex response, you'd see that.) That was a real request for information. Many people are familiar with TI. People are also familiar with grinding out yardage. I was asking if there were other common references we could use, in case we wanted to move the argument beyond TI.
(I've mentioned Colwin's books, which I'm sure many people don't have. Others have mentioned Maglischo's book, which I don't have.)
