At the risk of touching off another flame war...
Please let the record reflect that Adrienne Binder, a self described Total Immersion swimmer, posted the following results at NCAA Div. I Championships:
1650 Free - 15:57.64 3rd
georgiadogs.collegesports.com/.../060316F015.htm
400 IM - 4:11.83 4th
georgiadogs.collegesports.com/.../060316F008.htm
500 Free - 4:41.99 4th
georgiadogs.collegesports.com/.../060316F002.htm
Acknowledging the caveat that she is a Junior at Auburn Univ. and therefore has been swimming in their program for three years and therefore is not a "pure" TI swimmer (to the extent the results of any swimmer can be purely attributed to one coach, program or school of technique and training).
This pretty clearly demonstrates that it is possible to "succeed" at the highest levels of competition while using TI principles. This is not to say that everyone will "succeed" using TI, or that everyone can "succeed" using TI, or indeed that TI necessarily has value for everyone.
However, we ain't the ones hollering "Show me a world class TI swimmer!" Well, there you have it.
Matt
Parents
Former Member
Originally posted by gull80
Are you implying that her NCAA performance is good enough to validate her age group TI program, but not good enough to validate Dave Marsh's Auburn program?
The way I see it, she is an NCAA finalist who does not train using TI techniques.
I was not implying anything actually. Take what I said at face value. She swam a faster 1650 before Auburn.
Originally posted by gull80
Are you implying that her NCAA performance is good enough to validate her age group TI program, but not good enough to validate Dave Marsh's Auburn program?
The way I see it, she is an NCAA finalist who does not train using TI techniques.
I was not implying anything actually. Take what I said at face value. She swam a faster 1650 before Auburn.
