Total Immersion Perpetual Motion Freestyle: Part 1

See highlights from part 1/6 of a lecture given by Total Immersion's Head Coach Terry Laughlin about how they developed their Perpetual-Motion freestyle stroke.
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0:01 - Tim's Early Struggles with Swimming
4:39 - Four World Masters Championships in the Last Three Years
5:50 - The Huge Difference Coaching Makes
6:35 - The Aesthetic Approach to Coaching
7:17 - The Improvement Oriented swimmer
7:53 - Work Less, Swim Better
8:40 - Shaping Your Body as a Fuselage
9:00 - What WON'T Make You Faster
12:30 - What WILL Make You Faster
Listen to part 1/6 of a lecture by Total Immersion's Head Coach Terry Laughlin as he explains how their Perpetual Motion Freestyle stroke will improve your distance and speed in the water. In this in-depth lecture Terry explains how he constantly struggled against his stroke until he was in his 50's.
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[@Junjo11]

Rest In Peace Terry Laughlin. Thanks for all your swimming lessons.

[@valvelifter1]

3 months ago, I could barely manage 100 metres of front crawl and was totally wasted at the end. Now I can do 2.5 Km and feel fresh at the end of it. I took your philosophy on board to try to improve every session. I used the "head laser visualisation" and the "superman glide". I amazed myself when I managed to float face down after years of trying and failing. I'm still fairly slow at about 36 seconds per 25 metres but I feel unbelievably relaxed now and look forward to my daily training session. All my life I have made do with breaststroke and had resigned myself to never mastering front crawl. I've just turned 64 years and have entered a 2.5 Km swimathon. The best part is I feel confident I can make major improvements. If I can just master bilateral breathing, I will try some open water swimming. Thanks Terry. I am so grateful.

[@markrothery8719]

Awesome story, still swimming??

[@bernym4047]

@@markrothery8719 Yes, nearly every morning I swim over a mile. Thanks.

[@mrzog12]

Dropped 4 min from my 800m time in 3 months. More important than that, I now get excited about going to swim, and improving my stroke. Feeling the glide, and ease. So amazing. thanx

[@DyzioTheDreamer]

Well, I am 50 and have been a very poor swimmer all MY life :-) Now having accidently stumbled on Terry Laughlin videos, I am about to try the TI Freestyle and am very excited about this and likewise look forward to lots of practice and improvement. THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE(style?) !

[@jojijosette5946]

Thank you so much Terry. You were a blessing. I now love to swim because of you. You changed my life. I swim freestyle nonstop a mile a day.

[@lakhwindersandhu1529]

God bless you. RIP

[@michaeljohnson1761]

I started training for a 2015 triathlon a few weeks ago and could just barely do an hour swim (with breaks) and was exhausted and beat at the end. I watched a bunch of the TI videos the other night and from just that tried it in the pool yesterday. Being a right-side breather only (for now), I focused on my right arm and hand, and the light flick-kick. The results? Nothing short of amazing...and my form wasn't even that good. My lap times did NOT decrease, and my right side felt great when I finished after an hour. I could have gone longer. I imagine that with some good coaching I would improve 1000% more, but just the little bit I did change was a total game changer for me. I used to do a breast stroke every few laps to take a rest, even though I was half as fast and it expends more energy. Yesterday I tried that and found myself way too tired to continue that stroke. Back to the TI stroke for me! And best of all, swimming was actually FUN yesterday and I can't wait to get back in the pool!!

[@saricher]

I am not an athlete, I do not do triathalons, but at 51 with a bad knee, I want to be around and healthy for a long time. I started swimming about 6 weeks ago and just recently read his book and began watching TI videos, and began practicing the TI technique. I will attest to the fact it WORKS. This morning I swam a mile - half freestyle and half backstroke - and I feel great. I look forward to getting in the pool everyday.

[@rod280459]

Terry - Your story is inspiring. I am 53 and been a very poor swimmer all my life. I had my first swimming lesson last week and the instructor has introduced me to the TIS method. I am really excited about swimming for the 1st time in my life and look forward to lots of practice and improvement - Thank you so much Rod

[@xcountrycowboy]

Forget all the other swim lesson/advice/tip videos on youtube and watch 1-8. This has totally changed the way I will start swim training. Thanks so much for providing tiswim.

[@piersbarnett1644]

I have looked at countless videos and channels on youtube and other sites trying to learn to swim faster/ easier. I have only just taken up open water swimming and this guy explains this particular style really well. I know there might be other methods out there but this is the only style which feels like it really makes a difference to my speed.

[@openwaterchicago]

What a fantastic series of videos! I just took a few of Terry's tips and applied them out in the lake this morning. I was amazed at how much quicker and more efficient I was in the water. Thanks Terry!

[@hersheyharden]

His methods were made the the standard at bud/s training in coronado 12 years ago. So he pretty much taught the modern day navy SEALs how to swim.

[@henrysadovsky7543]

Love this video. Terry looks so relaxed. Anyone know what the music is?

[@MrChryslerImperial]

This is really good stuff.

[@mjmvet]

Thank you for this awesome series of videos. I have one book and a video already, but these videos have been SO helpful for me as I learn on my own. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@rod280459]

Fantastic - You have a lot to look forward to. I still have a lot to learn but have made some good progress since I started 11 months ago. You will have some days when improvement comes easily and other days when it does not. Most importantly don't give up and enjoy the learning experience. See if you can find a swim coach to give you some encouragement from time to time.The challenge comes when you try to integrate bilateral breathing into your stroke ! Good Luck - let me know how you go - Rod

[@bunnygopoke]

OMFG IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.. so i'm working my ass off everyday in my high school team and its just making me more tolerant to lactic acid but NOT making me any faster?? FMLL

[@TheJeffatan]

Rip Terry.

[@lincolndavismusic]

So normally I do 1.5 km or 2 km and absolutely murder myself - I tried this for the first time today and swam 2.5 km no problemo. It is freakish! :) Pumped to go swimming next time - thanks for this vid!

[@hinhbat9985]

Is Total Immersion suitable to children?

[@Truthy2]

Hi there, WOW WOW WOW, ive always been a very average swimmer but pride myself on my heart, lungs and not give up instinct. However when the youngsters and old ladys breeze past me at swimming i knew it was time to look for a better technique. I cant wait to try this tomorrow in the pool, at the moment i do 400m in 8min 40 secs, i have my first ever triathlon this sunday (6days), what can i use instantly from these videos to give me gains in time for sunday????

[@tiswim]

Thanks for the feedback, openwaterchicago. Are you swimming open water in IL already??!!

[@ddrkknght]

I don't know to swim freestyle, but I can float on my back on water. So shall start to learn freestyle swimming the TI way or learn ordinary freestyle first and then practice TI?

[@kixigvak]

With that white mike on his shirt collar he looks like a priest.

[@Cdictator]

Terry Laughlin must be a super smart guy

[@bernym4047]

Terry is sadly missed.

[@tdo79]

Size of what matters for what?

[@OrenAdler]

Do you know his family genetics?

[@kixigvak]

Is that really true? It would seem to be the case. But the average size of world class swimmers is not that much bigger than the average human. Compare with basketball players or rowers.

[@Theonegamefreak]

He's a coach. He probably when he swam more.

[@piersto]

Funny thing is that today everybody swims this way.

[@BAMFITNESSUSA]

I made an Aqua Fitness video.

[@Harnas31]

yes, taller is better

[@OrenAdler]

No, total myth. A) he is 58 - bodies change with age, things sag. you better get used to this reality. B) stomach exercises build stomach muscles. I ran 6 marathons and never came close to a 6-pack. C) There is a lot more physiological issues involved, but these are the two key scientific facts to keep in mind. Stay young forever.

[@thaodizon8210]

Forced to watch this, don't know a lot of vocabulary

[@hb950322]

Be carefull about this "sensational" style. I got much slower by swimming like this, which is not at all any myrical secret about swimming. It's just "front quadrant" swimming like Ian Thorpe or Grant Hackett did. But there are lots of top swimmers out there, which use a total different stroke timing. Speed in the water is the Product of Stroke Length x Stroke Cycles/min. "Gliding" itself is a dangerous word for the swimming community, because it is mostfull misunderstood as if passive gliding is usefull for swimmers. The opposite is the case. Of course any good swimmer has to work on reducing drag and get a perfect positition in the water. But it's also very important to get rid of any "dead spots" in the stroke, where you have no propulsion (because you are "gliding"). And to become fast also requires hard race pace work, which requires a lot of grid and determination. Who promises anything else, does nothing good to the swimming community.

[@fionalaughlin]

James T. Kirk There’s nothing sensational about it other than the FACT he transformed hundreds of thousands of people’s lives in his lifetime. What have you done for the world?

[@ThatFailedartist]

get to the point already . . . . imprint movement habits?

[@danaenae490]

patience is a virtue