Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier

Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier | Terry Laughlin | Really Good Ideas

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	Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier Terry Laughlin Fireside, 2004 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 103 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Fabulous!

This is a wonderful book that teaches you the most efficient swim stroke possible. I had heard of some of the Total Immersion techniques but this book lays all of them out with step by step drills and techniques. You can teach yourself the techniques easily without the expensive weekend class. The stroke is based on hydrodynamics. A boat's hull speed is determined by the hull length at the water line. The longer the waterline the faster the hull. This technique teaches you to get longer and leaner by stretching one arm out front until the other one comes to replace it. It teaches you to balance on your bouy (chest) which levels your body, brings the hips up and almost eliminates the need to kick. It also teaches you to swim and glide on your side, not flat, so water resistance is minimized. The stroke gets it power from the powerful torso/hip rotation when switching from side to side thus saving your arm and shoulder muscles. This stroke has it all and the very finest swimmers use it. It has opened up a totally new world for me and my swimming. Easier, more efficient, more powerful and more relaxing. You have got to try this out!

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Book has some great ideas and techniques, but repeats a lot. The DVD ought to come bundled with it as there are too few pictures.

Provided excellent details

I am 41 years old and took my first swim lesson last week. I had a traumatic experience as a child which caused me to get out of the pool and never go back in for lessons - until now. I knew nothing about where to begin learning to swin as an adult. Reading the book and watching the companion video gave me an excellent basis to begin my lessons. The first night I was making it across the pool and had never swam an actual stroke prior to then. I believe this book and video made it possible!

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Fantastic - but be patient!

It's now been a little over 6 months since I started the total immersion method described in this book. I went OK based on the book, but decided to get the video after a couple of months. I DEFINITELY recommend getting the DVD as well (as does the author). In fact I wouldn't buy the book without the DVD. (As for those people who complain about the price of the DVD, $30 isn't that much - you can't compare the cost to a movie that is sold to a mass market!). I found the DVD allows you to really visualise how you should be drilling. But you need to have the book to know the theory behind the drills.

Anyway, in 6 months I've completely transformed my stroke and swimming much faster. I used to get shoulder and neck soreness after every swim. Not any more. You have to be patient though. Don't expect fast results. I reckon 6 months of 2-3 swims a week is a minimum. You have to start off with the basics and practise, practise, practise until you get each drill right. I found that if I skipped a drill or went too fast without really getting it right, I stagnated, until I went back and got it right. I'm loving swimming now. (for some reason I can't edit the star rating for this review, but I'd now give it a 5)

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