
Terrence James Laughlin was an American swimming coach, author, and the founder of Total Immersion, a groundbreaking swim technique that revolutionized the sport by emphasizing efficiency, form, and ease over speed. Starting his coaching career in the 1970s, Laughlin trained 24 national champions and developed Total Immersion in 1989 to help adult-onset swimmers, especially triathletes, gain confidence and efficiency in the water. His method focused on balance, streamlining, and energy conservation, attracting a global following and influencing coaches at all levels. A best-selling author, Laughlin penned Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way to Swim Better, Faster and Easier and several other influential books and videos, with his teachings amassing millions of views online. He was also a sought-after instructor who inspired swimmers worldwide—from elite athletes to fearful beginners. Even while battling metastatic prostate cancer, he continued to swim, teach, and inspire. Laughlin passed away in 2017, leaving a transformative legacy in swimming education and technique.
by Terry Laughlin
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
Swim Better Than You Ever Thought You Could! If you think fastest way to better swimming is more laps, you're wasting your breath, literally. Now you can swim better -- and enjoy it more -- using simple and original techniques developed by veteran swim coach and top-ranked Masters swimmer Terry Laughlin. Laughlin has helped more adults to swim faster, more smoothly, and with less effort than any other swimming coach in the country. Total Immersion, named for the popular workshops he gives across the country, will change the way you move your body through the water, Laughlin will take the way you swim and turn it inside out as you learn that it's technique -- not athletic ability -- that makes a strong swimmer. And best of all, you'll eliminate the boredom that comes with repetitive lap swimming. Total Immersion features: * Step-by-step skill drills that anyone can master for better swim stokes, improved form, and more enjoyable workouts* Tips on how to eliminate energy-robbing "drag" and swim more powerfully-with less effort* The Total Immersion self- taught stroke makeover* Dry land exercises to improve what you do in the water* How to swim to burn off the most fat* Easy-to follow illustrations You will also learn which "pool toys" -- like hand paddles and fins -- can help you improve the most; how to swim for general fitness; how to stay injury-free; and much more. Based on more than twenty years of teaching, coaching, and research, Terry Laughlin's Total Immersion is sure to improve the quality of your swimming, whether you're skilled athlete or an average swimmer. And best of all, no more boring laps.
by Terry Laughlin
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
A clear, practical guide to swimming freestyle better than you ever thought possible. Not only to swim well enough to breeze through a triathlon swim leg with ease and confidence; but to reach a Nirvana where the swim is your favorite part. If you're not aiming to do a triathlon, but would simply like to swim with ease, efficiency and confidence, TSME will turn you into a beautiful freestyler with the freedom to swim in any body of water.
by Terry Laughlin
Rating: 4.2 ⭐
Terry Laughlin is the world’s most trusted expert on swimming technique. His first book Total The Revolutionary Way to Swim Better, Faster, and Easier is the best-selling swimming book ever. His innovative Total Immersion methods have helped a million ‘average’ swimmers around the world swim with a skill, confidence, and satisfaction unmatched by any other approach. Terry’s latest book, Swim Ultra-Efficient Freestyle, is the clearest, simplest, and most comprehensive explanation ever published on swimming technique (and perhaps for any human-movement skill.) Whether you’re a beginner or have swum for decades; whether you swim for health and relaxation or for endurance and speed; you’ll find insights and instruction (visual aids too) on every page that will provide clear direction on how to swim smarter, better . . . faster. You’ll learn about a path-breaking ‘fishlike’ approach to swimming freestyle--the first major innovation in this technique in 100 years. These techniques evolved originally to help late-starting adults (the vast majority self-taught) progress rapidly from struggling to swim a short distance to covering long distances with striking ease and skill. They've subsequently been embraced by swimmers of all kinds—including the U.S. Navy Seals! TI techniques are the world’s most efficient because of two critical Adapting the balance, streamlined profiles, and integrated propulsion of fish and aquatic mammals to human anatomy; and2. Distilling the skills and habits of World and Olympic champions that are learnable by anyone--and not dependent on special gifts or talents. With the TI Method, it doesn’t take youth, strength, or athleticism to become the swimmer you always dreamed of being. [You’ll read about Dr. Paul Lurie who took his first TI lesson at age 94; became a youtube sensation—and swam a quarter mile in open water--at 95; and increased his speed 25% at 96. At 97, he swims 20 lengths every morning.]
Swimming Made Easy is guaranteed to help you swim better than ever in all four strokes. Refine your form and increase your pleasure with 10 lessons, illustrated with 150 surface and underwater photos. Ten chapters on self-coaching show you how to be your own best coach. A proven way to gain the knowledge to enjoy every stroke you ever take!
by Terry Laughlin
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
A guide to swimming better than you ever imagined! If you've read any Total Immersion book, or have been practicing the TI method via DVD or coached instruction, this book will take you to the next level of understanding, effective practice and readiness to swim better than ever. Extraordinary Swimming for Every Body is (1) those who wish to advance beyond TI basics toward the highest levels of skill and mastery; (2) those interested in becoming complete swimmers; or (3) competitive swimmers of any age especially Masters swimmers. It includes our most up-to-date guidance on how to develop and train all four strokes. This book would also be the essential TI text for swimming coaches and teachers and those interested in becoming TI coaches. *All Four Strokes.
Book by Laughlin, Terry
FREESTYLE MADE EASY DRILL CARDS are the next best thing to having your own TI coach at the pool. Our waterproof Drill Cards illustrate every step from our Freestyle Made Easy video with every key point illustrated by surface and underwater photo's.
by Terry Laughlin
Rating: 5.0 ⭐
初心者からベテランまで、誰もが効率よくラクにきれいに泳げる最先端の方法を紹介。美しく泳げると、結果的に速くなる。考えて泳ぐ画期的手法である、TI(トータル・イマージョン)の水泳メソッドを紹介。日本人コーチの写真入りで、わかりやすく説明。クロール、平泳ぎ、背泳ぎ、バタフライの4泳法の解説あり。
by Terry Laughlin
Product Details Paperback Total Immersion] (1997) B0006RMG8G Product 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
by Terry Laughlin
Drills include Balance on Your Back, Find Your Sweet Spot, Balance in the Skating Position, UnderSkate, UnderSwitch, ZipperSkate, TripleZipperswitch, and others.