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
Former Member
TI, SCHMEE I
Gull writes: "But if I want to swim the fastest 500 at Nationals (actually I'd be happy with a top ten finish), TI is not the answer. At least in my opinion."
Dude, remember the tortoise and the hare? That's the philosophy I'm following. I figure I'm a guaranteed lock on a top 10 national finish if I keep competing once I hit 70. All we gotta do is outlive the competition dude!
21 years and the world is mine . . . . (insert maniacal laughter here)
Shhh . . . don't tell anyone . . .
:D
Originally posted by Ion Beza
You insist to compare with me?
Be careful what you ask for.
I am game.
Très désolé, je renonce.
I hope your time has improved since last time I saw you swim for the 50 Ion Beza 31.84
Originally posted by gull80
I agree 100% with that statement.
But if I want to swim the fastest 500 at Nationals (actually I'd be happy with a top ten finish), TI is not the answer. At least in my opinion.
I think the answer is what works for the individual swimmer. If a swimmer believes that TI works for them, and applies it....and THEN puts in the training required to swim at that level, then it works. But TI alone, no, heavy training alone, no, I think to be at the elite level, there are so many factors that contribute to being there. And one is just plain talent.
Originally posted by Ion Beza
You insist to compare with me?
Be careful what you ask for.
I know more about you -from reading the U.K. forum for example- than I let know here so far.
And I am game.
This sounds like a threat to me.
What is your point?
More insults and personal attacks?
Is this your "data"?
Thanks old dog, I am an open book and anyone can say whatever they want about me. His words run right off my back.
He is 43 or 44 years old and I would be happy to race him in a 50 or a 100 free or fly any time after I can get back in the water after my knee surgery maybe on May 19th when I turn 73. If he beats me that is fine I have been beaten by a few great swimmers.
I went to one of their workshops in NC, taught by someone else. It was a bunch of triathletes only interested in freestyle. I get too cold at these swim camps, standing around in cold water. I'd rather swim.
Originally posted by dorothyrde
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.
I agree 100% with that statement.
But if I want to swim the fastest 500 at Nationals (actually I'd be happy with a top ten finish), TI is not the answer. At least in my opinion.
Originally posted by gull80
I agree 100% with that statement.
But if I want to swim the fastest 500 at Nationals (actually I'd be happy with a top ten finish), TI is not the answer. At least in my opinion.
If you can't make the top ten you had better do something. Here is a place to help www.littleotterswim.com/
Thanks, George.
For the record, I am not "anti-TI," but I object to their marketing claims (repeated on this forum by TI advocates). And I don't buy into his swimming theories. As drills go, I suppose they're OK.
