What does everyone think of the total immersion books? I want/need to work on my swimming during the off-season. I may take a lesson or two from a swim coach, but would prefer to learn from a book (cheaper), if possible.
Does anyone have experience with using the book to learn the method? Does it really help one swim faster and all that?
Emily
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Not sure what your standard is, but they really helped me. I went from struggling to swim a couple of lenghts crawl to swimming 2k easily, and I wasn't very disciplined with the drills either. Not sure how much benefit there is if you're already a good swimmer though.
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What does everyone think of the total immersion books? I want/need to work on my swimming during the off-season. I may take a lesson or two from a swim coach, but would prefer to learn from a book (cheaper), if possible.
Does anyone have experience with using the book to learn the method? Does it really help one swim faster and all that?
Emily
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To get the full benefit of TI swimming I would very much recommend attending one of their training weekends. I started with buying their book, then bought the DVD and eventually went to one of their training weekends. My opinion is that the book is not that usefull because I feel that it's difficult to explain the complexity of the swimming stroke. The book explains the drills well but the explanation of the complete freestyle stroke could be better. The DVD is much better in showing the drills but also here not enough emphasis is put on the complete stroke. Where it all came together for me was during the training weekend which was absolutly fabulous. It's been about 6 month since I went to the training weekend and even though I swim several times a week I still find the comments/suggestions that were provided usefull and I'm still able to improve my stroke based upon what I learned 6 month ago. But start with the book, the drills really do help during the real swimming but also try to incorporate what you learn from the drill into the complete stroke. Being able to perfect the drill is nice but ultimately you want to be able to swim perfectly.
I basically taught myself to swim using the book (at 28 years old). I found it invaluable. Then as I improved - I read more of the workouts. I have since bought the DVD and I have improved some more. Swimming is still my weakest discipline but I find for my purposes it has been great resource. You may even be able to check out the book at the library - then your not out anything and see if it helps.
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What does everyone think of the total immersion books? I want/need to work on my swimming during the off-season. I may take a lesson or two from a swim coach, but would prefer to learn from a book (cheaper), if possible.
Does anyone have experience with using the book to learn the method? Does it really help one swim faster and all that?
Emily
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To get the full benefit of TI swimming I would very much recommend attending one of their training weekends. I started with buying their book, then bought the DVD and eventually went to one of their training weekends.
I'll sign up as soon as I win the lottery. I mean, I'm sure they're great and all, but I don't throw around that kind of money. Then again, I have a relatively cheap bike as well, so if you spend $3-4k on a bike you probably won't have a hard time paying $450 or so for a swim seminar.
--Harold Buck
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Not sure what your standard is, but they really helped me. I went from struggling to swim a couple of lenghts crawl to swimming 2k easily, and I wasn't very disciplined with the drills either. Not sure how much benefit there is if you're already a good swimmer though.
I was swimming well but I bought a TI book and it reassured me that my tendency to take long, slow strokes was good. Don't skip to the drills, read all the intro stuff. My balance in the water improved so that I could glide nicely while breathing. I didn't do many of the drills at all but dropped a few extra strokes and seconds per lap, just by correcting my balance. And I never use a kickboard anymore.
To get the full benefit of TI swimming I would very much recommend attending one of their training weekends. I started with buying their book, then bought the DVD and eventually went to one of their training weekends.
I'll sign up as soon as I win the lottery. I mean, I'm sure they're great and all, but I don't throw around that kind of money. Then again, I have a relatively cheap bike as well, so if you spend $3-4k on a bike you probably won't have a hard time paying $450 or so for a swim seminar.
--Harold Buck
I just finished this a few months ago - 6 2 hr lessons over the space of six weeks, which I thought was a much better format than a weekend, since I had a chance to practice the drills between classes. This helped enormously in consolidating what I learned from each lesson. I went from barely able to finish a frantic and exhausting 50 yards to a very relaxed 8 minute 1/4 mile, which exceeded all of my admittedly low expectations. The instructor I had (Helenita Jacobs) was excellent.
