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
Sorry, but that's how it came across to me. Look, there are scores of successful coaches who don't package and market their methods (not that there's anything wrong with that). As for reference books, I like Maglischo's Swimming Fastest, among others. But it's a lot bigger than the TI publications, so you can't read it cover to cover in an afternoon or slip it into your swim bag.
It is also very technical, so a newby to swimming would have a hard time getting through it(speaking as when I was a newbie and picked it up the first time). It has taken many readings, of different chapters, and still there is much to learn from this book.
It think that is another reason why TI appeals. I sat down and read it cover to cover in an afternoon, understood the components well enough to start trying things out from it. So someone who is new to swimming, is stuggling with trying to get across the pool can pick up TI and feel success right away. To me, I see nothing wrong with getting more people in the water to swim. There are more reasons to swim besides swimming the fastest 500 at Nationals and TI fills a need in that market.
Originally posted by gull80
Sorry, but that's how it came across to me. Look, there are scores of successful coaches who don't package and market their methods (not that there's anything wrong with that). As for reference books, I like Maglischo's Swimming Fastest, among others. But it's a lot bigger than the TI publications, so you can't read it cover to cover in an afternoon or slip it into your swim bag.
It is also very technical, so a newby to swimming would have a hard time getting through it(speaking as when I was a newbie and picked it up the first time). It has taken many readings, of different chapters, and still there is much to learn from this book.
It think that is another reason why TI appeals. I sat down and read it cover to cover in an afternoon, understood the components well enough to start trying things out from it. So someone who is new to swimming, is stuggling with trying to get across the pool can pick up TI and feel success right away. To me, I see nothing wrong with getting more people in the water to swim. There are more reasons to swim besides swimming the fastest 500 at Nationals and TI fills a need in that market.
