Huh! Never heard of SwimSmooth before!
It's sort of like Evolution Running vs ChiRunning or "quiet running". I don't know about these running schools.
Swim Smooth isn't a revolution. While Total Immersion wants to... (let me be careful in my choice of words here...) ... wants to put forward a *new* ideology qualified by its foundator (Terry Laughlin) as being *revolutionary*, Swim Smooth just wanted to package the best possible free style advices. Mid/long distance swimmers as well as triathletes are mainly targeted by Swim Smooth material (dvd, articles, seminar).
I personnaly don't think TI has invented or discovered anything that weren't known before (that's just my opinion. didn't do any research on the topic). But I have a huge respect for the way they bring and insist on some very important aspects of freestyle and swimming in general. For a newbie, TI's drill set is a must. If you don't work on them in the context of a TI seminar or book or video, I truly hope you'll be fortunate enough to know someone that can teach you these drills.
And for having met and worked with Paul Newsome, founder and head coach of Swim Smooth, I can tell that he's one of the best swim coaches I've ever met (and I met a few). His methodology, seminars, dvd and articles are a huge success. Working with this guy can only make you faster.
Huh! Never heard of SwimSmooth before!
It's sort of like Evolution Running vs ChiRunning or "quiet running". I don't know about these running schools.
Swim Smooth isn't a revolution. While Total Immersion wants to... (let me be careful in my choice of words here...) ... wants to put forward a *new* ideology qualified by its foundator (Terry Laughlin) as being *revolutionary*, Swim Smooth just wanted to package the best possible free style advices. Mid/long distance swimmers as well as triathletes are mainly targeted by Swim Smooth material (dvd, articles, seminar).
I personnaly don't think TI has invented or discovered anything that weren't known before (that's just my opinion. didn't do any research on the topic). But I have a huge respect for the way they bring and insist on some very important aspects of freestyle and swimming in general. For a newbie, TI's drill set is a must. If you don't work on them in the context of a TI seminar or book or video, I truly hope you'll be fortunate enough to know someone that can teach you these drills.
And for having met and worked with Paul Newsome, founder and head coach of Swim Smooth, I can tell that he's one of the best swim coaches I've ever met (and I met a few). His methodology, seminars, dvd and articles are a huge success. Working with this guy can only make you faster.
