The BSP Pyramid — A Unifying Icon

The Balance-Streamline-Propel (BSP) Pyramid is about as a close to a unifying icon that the Total Immersion school of swim coaching has in its repertoire.  Terry Laughlin, the founder of Total Immersion Swimming, referred to the elements of the pyramid for over 30 years.  When he created the icon several…

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3 Reasons to Not Completely Disregard “3 Reasons You Should Be Doing More Kick”

I was checking out my company’s Facebook page this morning and saw that my office manager had posted an article entitled “3 Reasons You Should Be Doing More Kick.”  To preempt any comments such as “I’m a triathlete.  I thought that I wasn’t supposed to kick.”, I thought I would put…

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Misconceptions on the Freestyle Straight-Arm Recovery

I was going through my stack of swimming rags yesterday, and I came across an interesting analysis of the straight-arm recovery in freestyle in Swimming World’s December, 2014 issue (“Freestyle Straight-Arm Recovery” by Rod Havriluk).  The article’s main intent is to put to the test the conventional wisdom that a…

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