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

Terry Laughlin (Author), John Delves (Contributor)
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Release Date: May 18 2004
Swim better -- and enjoy every lap -- with Total Immersion!

Terry Laughlin, the world's #1 authority on swimming success, has made his unique approach even easier for anyone to master. Whether you're an accomplished swimmer or have always found swimming to be a struggle, Total Immersion will show you that it's mindful fluid movement -- not athletic ability -- that will turn you into an efficient swimmer. This new edition of the bestselling Total Immersion features:

A thoughtfully choreographed series of skill drills -- practiced in the mindful spirit of yoga -- that can help anyone swim more enjoyably

A holistic approach to becoming one with the water and to developing a swimming style that's always comfortable

Simple but thorough guidance on how to improve fitness and form

A complementary land-and-water program for achieving a strong and supple body at any age

Based on more than thirty years of teaching, coaching, and research, Total Immersion has dramatically improved the physical and mental experience of swimming for thousands of people of all ages and abilities.

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Masters swimmer and acclaimed coach Terry Laughlin has taught thousands to swim more efficiently in the workshops he has given across the United States. In his book Laughlin details simple, step-by-step drills emphasizing the importance of technique and an innovative workout regimen. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Eddie Reese 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 United States Olympic Coach and Head Coach, University of Texas (six-time NCAA champions) The most valuable service a good coach provides is to sharpen your technique, not make you work harder. Terry Laughlin has done an outstanding job of simplifying that complex job, providing practical tools that will work for any coach or teacher.

David Marsh 1996, 2000, and 2004 United States Olympic Coach and Head Coach, Auburn University (2003 NCAA Men's and Women's champions) Total Immersion can help anyone learn to be a better swimmer, regardless of ability. Terry Laughlin makes an improved stroke simple for the novice, yet I've seen his methods work for elite swimmers, too.
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4.0 out of 5 stars What a swimmer with some A times, but nothing better, thinks Aug 19 2002
By David Benjamin
Format:Paperback
Maybe the book deserves five stars, but I shall be stingy. I am a 16-year old age group swimmer. I specialize in long-distance freestyle and am close to my first AA times in a few events. This book is one of the most important advances in my swimming career. By religiously following every drill in Laughlin's program (including one resembling dead-man's float which was hard on my pride to do in public), I have been able to convert my flat, brute-force freestyle into a more graceful and efficient stroke.
I began to see results after about two weeks, but so far my sprints have been fairly resistant to change, although I am confident that I can slowly increase the speed where I can use my new stroke. Since I bought this book during the summer, I have had no meets to get new times, but I have noticed that in practice I have swum faster with dramatically less effort. My biceps, triceps, and shoulders are no longer bearing all the burden of swimming and I have learned how to make freestyle swimming's power and rhythm come from the core of the body.
I can't say how helpful the book would be for more advanced swimmers, but I will recommend it to swimmers with A and AA times who hope to get AA and AAA times, especially to those who have poor rotation in freestyle. Backstrokers may also benefit somewhat if they need to cure poor rotation.
Finally, I am an assistant coach for my neighborhood's swim team during the summer and I have successfully used the principles of the book to quickly correct many stroke flaws of younger swimmers.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This method of swimming does wonders May 30 2000
By David Tepper
Format:Paperback
Terry Laughlin uses basic principles of hydrodynamics to show the correct way to swim "like a fish". Fish-like swimming is perhaps a misnomer, but he does detail how it's possible to reconfigure one's body in the water, to be like a yacht, not like a barge.

There's a whole long section on hydrodynamics for the technically inclined, and for the Olympic watchers there's a bit about how elite swimmers have used these techniques to win. The prose tends toward the purple at times, but it's good background for what's to come: a whole series of lessons and drills that tell you what you're supposed to feel in the water.

Until I heard the phrase "swimming downhill," I'd never really thought about what it should feel like to swim, gliding effortless through the water instead of being dragged by it. But with these and other catchphrases, Laughlin can get any swimmer attuned to what should be happening.

The book itself is choppily arranged. The skill-building practice swims are located in the back of the book, with the actual descriptions of the skills somewhere towards the middle. Even the sections on weight, one for total body and one insanely long regimen for the rotator cuffs, are stuck in their own little sections far apart in the book.

More logical organization would make this a much easier book to flip through, but the results are undeniable. My crawl stroke has improved dramatically, and I can't wait to see what tricks Laughlin has up his sleeve for the other three strokes. This belongs in every swimmer's bedside table, dog-eared and highlighted and worm.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This Works! Jan 16 2012
By I. Gorner
Format:Paperback
I have found this extremely helpful in improving my swimming as I prepare for an upcomming triathlon. Study it carefully and put some practice time in at the pool. Just look up you-tube to see how some TI masters pull off this effortless method.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely informative!
This book taught gave me the confidence and the knowledge to learn how to swim better. I went from no technique to at least an idea of what I was trying to do! Read more
Published on Dec 16 2009 by Jennfier Freymond
5.0 out of 5 stars Better Technique = Better Swimming
I'm not a big swimmer, but I heard so much about this book that I had to check it out- and I'm glad I did. Read more
Published on Oct 2 2008 by a reviewer
1.0 out of 5 stars the book and its drills are obsolete
The total immersion website explains why. There is also a review dated May 12, 2003 which indicates the same. Don't buy this book.
There is a new book (it has new drills).
Published on July 10 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars This method made me a competent, confident swimmer in 1 week
SHORT VERSION

-This method is incredible and works.
-Don't buy this book. Instead buy the updated version "Swimming made easy. Read more

Published on Jun 4 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars Midwest triathlete
While I am a big fan of the Total Immersion technique, the improvements that Laughlin has made in later books renders this version very obsolete. Read more
Published on Oct 29 2003
4.0 out of 5 stars Bad technique = frustrated swimmer
What a useful book! I was a swimmer in the 70's and decided to start swimming again to rehab my broken ankles. Read more
Published on Oct 12 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
This book will help any level of swimmer, from beginner to advanced. Laughlin explains why swimming lap after lap will get you nowhere if you want to improve. Read more
Published on Sep 4 2003
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy the book
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I bought this book with a lot of hope and was disappointed. The author has repeatedly said in the book that one has to swim like fish but unfortunately I am not a fish! Read more

Published on Jun 10 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars I learned to swim with lessons by following this book
This book explains a swimming technique based on science and years of observation of top swimmers by a very gifted professional coach. Read more
Published on May 20 2003 by Kurt Stephens
3.0 out of 5 stars the drills from this book are obsolete
I highly recommend this technique, however, I recently participated in a total immersion workshop and the drills have changed! They no longer teach the drills from this book. Read more
Published on May 12 2003
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