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New Video Tutorials

If you haven't seen them yet, you may appreciate some new tutorials talking about... Hip Mobility and Counter Balanced Foot Position   Improving The Parallel Leg Position in Freestyle  

Practice Of The Week

This is a practice I designed for a swimmer who is doing very well with technique but is having some challenges with training his exhale from nose and inhale from mouth, keeping the airways clear of water. In order to not let the breathing troubles restrict his...

Practice Of The Week

This is a practice I designed for a swimmer with excellent control over form up to cruising speeds, who is preparing for his upcoming Ironman. He has not done much work with tempo before so I have been introducing him to the Tempo Trainer and how to prepare the...

Check Out Newest Video Tutorials

Have you viewed the Video Tutorials page yet? Because freestyle is by far the most popular stroke to study, our videos there tend to focus on that stroke. We have some new additions: Improving the Timing of the Breath in Freestyle Maintaining the Elbow Orientation in...

What About Your General Strength and Conditioning?

Since you are a member of the Dojo, you are certainly interested in doing the specialized training you need to become a better swimmer, in both skills and fitness. But what about your general strength and conditioning that is the foundation for your specialized...

What Happens At The End Of The Catch/Pull?

In traditional swimming lingo the underwater part of the freestyle stroke is called the pull, as in pulling back on the water, as in pulling the body forward, and this is regarded as the most important part of the whole stroke. In Total Immersion we call this the...

Should You Use Longer Strokes?

Once you come into the TI training world, you realize that stroke count (stroke length) is an important indicator your improvement in efficiency (but not the only). You may wonder what stroke count you should be using. You may wonder how to make your stroke count...

Are You Breathing Deep Enough?

Do you feel you've got a decent stroke and are practicing the main breathing skills but still unusually out of breath after short distances? This appears to be a more significant problem and solution for some swimmers than I realized previously. So I am adding some...

Can You Just Swim Without Doing Drills?

For someone who is brand new at swimming doing various drills, and drills with a few strokes may be more than enough challenge on the body and attention. But for some who've already been swimming, or perhaps in the middle of the tri or swim season, and have been...

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