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
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Originally posted by Frank Thompson
Hi Matt:
Are you sure about that 200 Free time in the low 2 minutes or like 1:57/58 range? Because just recently, I recall that Ion said he was somewhere in the 2:07 to 2:09 range. I honestly can't recall which website it was on because he responds to 3 or 4 swimming websites. It could have been here. If you are correct in your assessment, than George has his work cut out for him and we all here should take some notice to this improvement.
In fact, I believe he would be getting close to Geek and Gull times and therefore I would suggest that either one of those two take George's spot in Coral Springs since he won't be ready for his race with Ion.
My best 200 yards free is from May 2005, a 2:09.11 indeed.
But I am proud of doing it -and other swims- as an adult, who started swimming entirely outside the window of opportunity for best aerobic development in life.
U.S. Masters swimmers typically develop as swimmers inside the window of opportunity for best aerobic and physiological development when they are kids, and as kids they are sheltered by parents from earning their life;
in Masters swimming they do a fraction of their own teenage feats, they decline, and complain about not being capable of training as well in adulthood.
In contrast, I had done 100% of my swimming improvement in adulthood, outside the window of opportunity, and behind other priorities in life;
ptiorities like an education in a foreign country, moving from country to country based on certain skills in education, and holding high tech jobs for which there is a shortage of qualified people in U.S..
Originally posted by Frank Thompson
Hi Matt:
Are you sure about that 200 Free time in the low 2 minutes or like 1:57/58 range? Because just recently, I recall that Ion said he was somewhere in the 2:07 to 2:09 range. I honestly can't recall which website it was on because he responds to 3 or 4 swimming websites. It could have been here. If you are correct in your assessment, than George has his work cut out for him and we all here should take some notice to this improvement.
In fact, I believe he would be getting close to Geek and Gull times and therefore I would suggest that either one of those two take George's spot in Coral Springs since he won't be ready for his race with Ion.
My best 200 yards free is from May 2005, a 2:09.11 indeed.
But I am proud of doing it -and other swims- as an adult, who started swimming entirely outside the window of opportunity for best aerobic development in life.
U.S. Masters swimmers typically develop as swimmers inside the window of opportunity for best aerobic and physiological development when they are kids, and as kids they are sheltered by parents from earning their life;
in Masters swimming they do a fraction of their own teenage feats, they decline, and complain about not being capable of training as well in adulthood.
In contrast, I had done 100% of my swimming improvement in adulthood, outside the window of opportunity, and behind other priorities in life;
ptiorities like an education in a foreign country, moving from country to country based on certain skills in education, and holding high tech jobs for which there is a shortage of qualified people in U.S..
