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Originally Posted by ODB
I'm working on getting a swim forum guys....bare with me (and petition JP and the other mods) Once we get it maybe those of you who are on other boards can invite members of other forums you are on to visit and post. I'd hate to see it go the way of the climbing forum.
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I PM'ed JP a while back and said, if I get a swimming "expert" to answer questions, would he create a swimming forum? He said yes so I contacted one of the TI guys I've been talking to (not Terry... yet) and he just hasn't gotten back to me. The reason that I've been talking to the guy is because I've been saving up to attend the April TI course in Dallas. Yes, it's pricey but I believe that it's pretty hard to self-assess and would be worth it to have someone see you swim and provide feedback.
You can swim and swim and swim, trying to push yourself harder and harder but, if you are creating inefficient muscle memory programs, you may never know to do something different and will max out with the limitations of your current technique. So, from that perspective, I think TI could be good for people who have been swimming for a while, too, but not to the exclusion of other forms of instruction. I think it would help to define what you mean my "just beginning" because I've been swimming for a hell of a long time but I've only recently started questioning my technique and I never swam competitively.
If the JP retreat included swimming, too, then I could do one stop shopping!
I have NEVER had to swim in a lane with more than one person (we just stay on our side) and that's how I envision Master's swimming. That would be hard to get used to. "Suck" was the word that I was actually thinking of. Still, the instruction might make it worthwhile.
Yes, I frequent the TI forum and have a couple of the books and DVD.
