Total Immersion Swimming Freestyle Demo by Shinji Takeuchi
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i have a serious problem on keeping my body level with my legs. please help!
I watch this video at least 3 times a week. I got the “Total Immersion” book and DVD a month ago and my swimming technique has improve dramatically. I am down to 17 strokes per lap (25 meter pool) and enjoy gliding through the water. I still have a lot of work left, especially on my hand entry. You do it so smoothly is sickening… Thanks to this video I was introduced to T.I..
A great vid, it has inspired me to learn TI. It is such an efficient stroke, it’s like learning to swim properly. One thing I would like to know however is the name of the background music!?
The most graceful and natural way of swimming freestyle. I can’t stand people who splash water as if they are fighting aganist it. “Water is your friend, not your enemy!” Popov said.
@naharibo,
When you swim, try to look down and submerge your head. When you have trouble with breathing, try to roll your face with your body without raising your head.
HI SINJI,
I am intermediate in freestyle.
During entry I was taught to enter fingers and then hit water with Carpals (bones between wrist and palm). Is this correct.
Also I struggle furing breathing.When to rotate the body for breathing:where should be the water catching hand during start and end of breathing?
Thank you
i have a problem keepin myself up right when doing a head up freestyle… i keep goin under… so i keep using a swim belt… do u know my problem and what i need to do to fix it?…. also im a beginner
Great swimmer! You swim very nice and your video is very helpful for me and everybody, thanks.
@lipqueen04,
If you raise your head, your lower body will sink. Head up freestyle requires higher balance control and more stable core. It might be better try it after you have more control skills. Head up freestyle does not contribute to forming for beginners.
@19990SAND,
If you want to swim with grace, I do not recommend hitting the water with your hands because it creates the splash. As for breathing, you do not focus on pulling while you are breathing. You try to extend your arm so that your body gets balanced.
Hi Shinji,
In order to glide across the pool and make it in 12 strokes like you did, doesn’t the initial kick-off from the wall followed by an extended gliding take a lot of practice and effort? So, if I can glide a third of the way coming off the wall, the rest two third of the pool then won’t take that many strokes to cover….so I wonder: if one can glide efficiently thru water, it doesn’t make him a TI swimmer simply because it takes him a few strokes to make it across. Any thoughts?
The background music is “My Destiny” by Groove Generator from the Album entitled, “Groove is in the Mix.” However, it does not appear to be released for purchase.
@tiswimjapan Thank you Sinji(Freestyle kicking)
I was taught to kick pointed straight to at the surface,but total immersion says to bend the leg and kick from hips below the surface, Second,I was taught to kick up and down and rotate the torso only during breathing, I am preety good at rotating entire body from hip but could not kick on side and losse momentum that way.
Thank you
I am finding it really difficult to lower my stroke count without feeling like I will sink as it feels like my arms and subsequently speed are incredibly slow. Any suggestions? Thanks you
@jlee4171,
You are right. I am not good at push-off. Your body position will be one foot deeper when you push off, and you keep your body flat with looking down. Many people can decrease stroke counts by polishing their push-off.
@Dee3917,
When you try to decrease your stoke count from 20s to 16-18, slippery position works better. When you try to decrease it to 12-14, you need more propulsion, which comes from your hip drive and underwater finish (hand pushing in the water).
I have watched this video over 100 times and practiced from it; I feel like I have been fighting water all my life instead of swimming (water always wins)
I wish I could do the coaching but I don’t live near a place where there is TI coaching
splashing water=wasted energy, splash water all you like and it doesn’t move you one bit
Hello Shinji
excellent demonstration of TI Swim,
I note that your catch and pull is synchronised with the downbeat kick on the same side. Studying the TI freestyle DVD, I interpreted that the catch and pull should synchronise with the opposite leg downbeat? Could you comment on this please
that’s incredible kick propulsion
Hi Shinji-
Do you have a particular stroke thought that helps you keep your legs still and streamlined?
Thank you.
@lorddarkdude,
I try to sync my snap with spearing my arm. On the other hand, the timing is when I do “underwater finish”.
@rupertdacat,
I try to loosen my knees right after the snap. By loosening the knees, the water will push legs up to the streamline position. I can do it better now (than 3 years ago).
@tiswimjapan
Hi Shinji-
Are there NO muscles that require attention/tone to maintain a streamlined position of the legs while not kicking?
Thank you.
Thanks. I watch this video at least once every few weeks.
@rupertdacat,
I engage lower abs to keep crunching my pelvis. It will help to keep my back straight.