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www.totalimmersion.net - o versiune noua  a unei activitati vechi 
de cand lumea ... - invatarea inotului ...!

TOTAL IMMERSION este numele unei noi metode de invatare a inotului,

autorul ei se numeste Terry Loughlin, USA. Are in vedere numai invatarea

inotului sportiv iar 'targetul' principal este invatarea perfecta a tehnicii

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celor 4 procedee competitionale incepand de la primul 'obstacol' care este 

resimtit din plin de orice incepator - invatarea respiratiei ...

dar ds. aceste amanunte vom mai vorbi...  Total Immersion (in continuare TI) 

a devenit un concept larg acceptat, asimilat in mai toate tarile cu interes+traditie 

pentru inotul sportiv.

'Sucursale'  animatorului Terry Loughlin sunt gasite pe toate continentele si deci

 in multe, multe tari (cea mai apropiata de noi fiind cea din Polonia). 

Dece se face atata vorbire ds. acest nou concept al unei activitati vechi de cand lumea...? 

1. Deoarece TI asigura, normal, invatarea perfecta a miscarilor de inaintare;

 metoda a devenit un brand si are reusite indiscutabile.

2. Deoarece in cuprinsul TI, unele exercitii le-am regasit si in pregatirea celui mai 'mare' 

inotator al timpurilor ... Michael Phelps (18 medalii la ultimile

3 olimpiade) + antrenorul acestuia Bob Bowman provenind, la debutul sau, din 

'liga terry laughlin', deci este un adept al metodei TI (presupunerea mea,

poate doar o simpla speculatie, vom vedea...).

3. Deoarece cu TI, calea aleasa de Terry este alta decat ne-am obisnuit noi.

 La 'el' totul incepe cu obisnuirea subiectului la o noua pozitie de inaintare

('fish position'); este o pozitie, pe care, am putea-o numi 'pe-o parte'..., 

noi fiind cei care am descris mereu pozitiile fundamentale la inotul sportiv

ca fiind 2 (culcat ventral sau culcat dorsal) si iata, Terry mai adauga noi 

ipostaze - 'culcat lateral', pe partea dreapta sau pe partea stanga...

daca stam sa ne gandim bine, inotatorul ideal, cu tehnica perfecta, 'petrece'

 mare parte dintr-un ciclu alternativ de miscare (la procedeul

spate sau craul) fiind culcat pe-o parte, timp care nu poate fi ignorat +

 mai este ceva - se pare ca multe vietuitoare in apa folosesc aceasta

pozitie pentru a se deplasa, adica mi se pare chiar foarte natural ca un 

specialist iscusit cum este Terry sa sesizeze acest fapt important care ,

pentru multi dintre noi, a trecut neobservat.

4.Deoarece prin TI, obisnuindu-l pe subiect cu aceasta pozitie laterala, 

oferi acestuia posibilitatea lejera de a opta pentru trecerea, adoptarea

unei alte pozitii din cele doua numite de noi 'fundamentale', iar daca la 

aceasta schimbare se adauga si actul respirator... vom remarca ca este

mai usor sa intorci capul spre a priza aer din pozitie laterala decat din 

cea culcat-ventrala.

5.Deoarece conceptul TI 'ataca' invatarea celor 4 procedee aproape 

'concomitent'; de fapt linia metodica folosita incepe cu invatarea pozitiilor 

amintite in compania obisnuirii cu respiratia (evident la adancime mica a 

apei si sub supravegherea atenta a instructorului...!): apoi este marcata

 miscarea picioarelor (intai miscarile alternative, apoi cele de ondulare 

si in final cele de vaslire eliptica pentru bras, iarasi - in cat mai multe 

dintre pozitiile anterior descrise); toate aceste secvente sunt 'alimentate' 

cu parti ale miscarilor de brate : atentie - la incepulul pregatirii nu cu

 miscarea in intregimea ei ci cu secvente, de ex.: faza de 'apucare' a apei,

 repetata de  zeci de ori..., faza de impingere biciuita, sau faza de vaslire 

cu brate bras dar in secvente scurte/ pana la barbie, la inceput combinate

 cu ondulatii delfin(!), apoi cu trecere treptata la vaslirile eliptice cu picioare 

bras, samd; apoi se ajunge, treptat, la coodonari mai ample cu diferite tipuri 

de efort dar cu un executant bine adaptat la cerintele tehnicii corecte...

 fara aceasta cerinta, majora la inot, nu se poate 'cere' /'astepta' performanta ...!!!

Aceasta ultra succinta sinteza a TI incearca sa trezeasca interesul celui i

mplicat in aceasta activitate pentru a cauta sa inteleaga diversitatea de '

mini-exercitii' care compun o lectie de invatare a inotului; unele exercitii

 vor ramane , apoi, ca exercitii de antrenament cu adresa - fie la inotul de

 relaxare, compensator ('inot' mult pretuit de inotatorii americani...!), fie 

ca exercitii/efort, de legatura intre seturile importante ale antrenamentului 

cu intervale etc. TI ofera o gama larga de exercitii cu care se poate atenua monotonia lectiilor care uneori dureaza 4-5 ore/sedinta (evident in perioadele de acumulari cantitative ..., aviz amatorilor de 'senzatii tari').

Sper ca accesand adresa TI, pe internet, veti gasi dovezi mai multe decat 

cele semnalate de mine; observatiile vs. le astept cu placere la adresa

 mea de email (scanave@yahoo.com) cu scopul de ale publica pentru stiinta tuturora.

iata o prima corespondenta cu TI din care am putea avea mai multe de invatat :

Total Immersion and Tennis Club 2000

Friday, February 27, 2009 3:51 AMFrom: "TERRY LAUGHLIN"

Add sender to Contacts To: scanave@yahoo.com

Cc: "Kevin Sutton" , "keith woodburn" ,

"Pawel Lewicki" , "Tomas Vojtechovsky" tomvojt@gmail.com

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Dears friends,
 
  My name is Mircea Olaru, and I'm a swim-coach from  Bucharest, Romania. I'm 73 old and I'm a 'technichal director' at our swimming pool (25m),

"Tennis club 2000" Bucharest (+40214343572, president Mr. Marian Sotae, postal address - str.Gabriela Szabo nr. 3, Bucharest VI).
 
  We've found some information about Total Immersion and we really appreciate this concept destined to help all swimmers improve their technique.
 
  Please let us know what are your conditions in order for us to become affiliated to your program etc.

> Prof. M. Olaru, ph.ed  

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Professor Olaru,

I'm delighted to hear of your interest in Total Immersion and to make 

your acquaintance.

We would be most interested in helping you introduce Total Immersion

 to Romania. (My middle daughter, Cari, who is now 29

and a TI teacher, spent a summer in Romania in 1994 with her friend 

Raluca, a Romanian emigre.)  

Please tell us a bit more about your programs and how you envision 

TI as a factor in them.

Do you teach swimming lessons as well as coach competitive swimmers?

 If you teach lessons, what ages do you teach?

Children as well as adults?

Any triathletes or Masters swimmers?

How many hours a week are devoted to lessons?

Approximately how many students of each type or age?

If you have a swim team, how many swimmers are you training?

Are you interested in employing Total Immersion methods at

all levels of your program?

Would you like to advertise your instruction to the public as "Total Immersion."

All of this is possible but the scope of your

 ambitions or goals will determine the training and support we would need to provide.  

We have no trained TI instructors in Romania at present, but we do have one in

 Central Europe - Pawel Lewicki in Poland.

We also have a partner in Prague, Tomas Vojtechovsky, who is currently selling 

Czech language versions of two of our DVDs

and is seeking a Czech publisher for TI books.

He intends to come to the US for training as a coach in the near future. 

 It is possible we could offer training to you and your teaching and

coaching staff via streaming video and downloadable manuals. Someone

 there would have to take responsibility for translating t

hese materials from English into Romanian. There is also the possibility

 that Pawel, who has had considerable

training with me, could conduct some training in a relatively convenient

 location. And finally, we could examine any members of your staff who 

will teach TI  via video you upload to youtube or a similar web site. 

One thing we would want to emphasize about Total Immersion is that 

we require our trained coaches to do more than teach. We require that

 they master the form in their own swimming before they teach it to anyone 

else. This is so for several reasons:

1) It helps them understand the  challenges their own swimmers will face 

in learning the drills and skills.

2) The teachers' experience in mastering the drills and skills gives them 

"tips and tricks" they can pass along to their students.

3) The beautiful TI form they demonstrate should inspire their students 

to want to swim the same way, and

4) Most people are visual learners.

They learn best by watching then imitating what they saw. not by listening.

Thus we expect our instructors to teach by showing.

They must be able to demonstrate the skills in a very accurate manner,

 in the water -- and demonstrate what their students are doing.

When the student sees the teacher demonstrate what he IS doing,

immediately followed by what he SHOULD be doing, he or she learns much faster. 

In the US, all candidates for teacher training must complete a weekend workshop 

plus 60 hours of practice - then submit an

 "audition" video - to be considered for training.

Do you have instructors who have already begun learning TI technique?

If so, could you upload some video to youtube or another web site?

For us, it's important to know how well prepared your candidates for 

TI teacher training are. 

I look forward to further discussion with you, and perhaps one day to 

visit Bucharest myself and watch TI swimming and teaching there.--

Swim well -- Live well,
Terry Laughlin
Head Coach & CEO (Chief Executive Optimist)
www.totalimmersion.net

See TI swimming in action at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ-jaWKjHus&fmt=18.
Then get our free e-book at http://www.totalimmersion.net/free-stuff

It's not just swimming. It's Total Immersion!
>·´¯`·.¸ .·´¯`·.> ¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.>·´¯`·.¸ 

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Total Immersion in Poland

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7:05 PM

From: "Pawe%u0142 Lewicki"

View contact details To: scanave@yahoo.com

Hi,
I am a director of Total Immersion in Poland and just got a message from 

Terry that you are a keen fan of TI.

If I can be of any help with starting the TI program, let me know.

best
pawel

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