Four Strokes Made Easy
by Terry Laughlin
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DVD Cover Information
Actor: Terry LaughlinDirector: Terry Laughlin
DVD: Region Code 1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full length, NTSC
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-01
Studio: Total Immersion Swimming, Inc.
Movie Reviews of Four Strokes Made Easy
Movie Review: Invaluable self-coaching tool
Summary: 5 Stars
Like all the Total Immersion DVD's I've viewed, this one provides easy-to-follow instructions for drills, arranged in series of gradually increasing difficulty. Even without a coach, I find that I can use these intelligently designed drills to learn new strokes or even a whole new way of being in the water.
This latest addition adds new material on the crawl, not repetitions from earlier crawl DVDs. My balance in the water, already good after working with the TI Freestyle Made Easy DVD, has improved dramatically after just a few sessions in the pool using these latest drills. I had never before learned any butterfly, but the drills on the Four Stroke DVD have enabled me to "dolphin" two pool lengths in a row after just a few days of practice....I expect to be performing the complete stroke--as well as the breaststroke--soon.
This video calls into question the common wisdom which tells us that you can't really learn a skill correctly without the aid of a teacher. I am hoping someday to be able to take some lessons with a TI swimming coach, but until then, I am enjoying the water (for the first time in my life) and feeling safe, powerful, and fluid as I move through it.
By the way, the production values are excellent. The slow-mo sequences are particularly helpful in breaking down each stroke into its elements for learning. It would be nice to have a brief introduction to the swimmers who elegantly demonstrate the drills so we could see what their faces look like.
Thanks, Terry Laughlin, for producing this wonderful tool.