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
Perhaps we are also limiting our definition to exactly what TI is. Certain things which TL talks about (energy efficiency, ability to shift gears, decreasing resistance, core recruitment) are important ideas especially for a distance swimmer. All of those ideas need to be adapted into a given person's stroke, she could very well incorporate parts of TI theory into her strokes while still allowing lots of other aspects in.
Perhaps we are also limiting our definition to exactly what TI is. Certain things which TL talks about (energy efficiency, ability to shift gears, decreasing resistance, core recruitment) are important ideas especially for a distance swimmer. All of those ideas need to be adapted into a given person's stroke, she could very well incorporate parts of TI theory into her strokes while still allowing lots of other aspects in.
