I've started a series of sessions with a Total Immersion coach.
I know nothing about TI. I chose the Coach b ecause I know her from another environment and trust her. The triathletes I do some swimming with all recommend her.
I'm 57, I haven't had any swimming lessons since 8th grade, and I swim S-L-O-W-W-W (40 minute miles). I imagine these sessions will do me good, regardless either way of the virtues of TI.
I'm curious about strengths and weakness of TI.
Apologies if this has been overdiscussed here in the past.
For what it's worth, I looked into TI about 4 yrs ago when I started swimming again. I took some of the drills that I thought were helping my stroke and used those, as well as the basic concepts. I think it's helped me become more mindful of my stroke, and oddly enough I'm still improving, albeit incrementally, even 4 yrs down the road. I feel I've benefited from the information. I also believe that one should seek multiple sources of information and feedback to compare different approaches, systems, attitudes, etc. Ultimately one should rely on an outside objective measure to discern if what you're trying is working or not.
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For what it's worth, I looked into TI about 4 yrs ago when I started swimming again. I took some of the drills that I thought were helping my stroke and used those, as well as the basic concepts. I think it's helped me become more mindful of my stroke, and oddly enough I'm still improving, albeit incrementally, even 4 yrs down the road. I feel I've benefited from the information. I also believe that one should seek multiple sources of information and feedback to compare different approaches, systems, attitudes, etc. Ultimately one should rely on an outside objective measure to discern if what you're trying is working or not.
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