Easy Freestyle Swimming by Terry Laughlin

Swim easier, farther and faster. We Guarantee It! Easy Freestyle is the next best thing to having your own Total Immersion coach. Master the skills and secrets for swimming as easily, as far or as fast as you d like. Easy Freestyle presents seven self-coaching lessons, perfected at Total Immersion Workshops, with every telling detail examined above-and below-water, with slow-motion and comparison video.

Lesson One Cooperate with Gravity: Cleverly use gravity to achieve a sense of support, comfort and confidence.

Lesson Two The Past of Least Resistance: Minimize energy cost by learning fish-like body positions and profiles.

Lesson Three Swim with your Body: Use weight shifts, instead of fatigue-prone arms and legs to spear your body through the water.

Lesson Four Perpetual Motion Propulsion: Connect powerful, effortless hip drive to your stroke and kick for maximal speed with minimal fatigue.

Lesson Five Relax you Recovery: Use a compact, relaxed recovery to channel energy and power where they do the most good.

Lesson Six Seamless Breathing: Breathing skills that get your muscles the oxygen they need and make your stroke more powerful and effective.

Lesson Seven Turns that Save Energy and Time: All the details for the easy and airy open turn, and a flip turn that s faster and easier than ever.

Lesson Eight The Secrets of Speed: The fool-proof way to convert an efficient stroke into more speed.