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Posted on Aug. 14 2007 by Marathon Training

TI vs old school

Message posted by: Ronald F.

I have heard of good success with Total Immersion swim technique for new swimmers.

I have also heard of very good old school swimmers complaining that TI really messed up their strokes when they tried it.

I have no idea why.

My questions are- Does anyone know why?

What are the biggest differences in styles?

Why would anyone have trouble going back to their old standby?

Would some of my old style tips mess up a TI swimmers stroke?

The reason I am concerned is that I don't want to confuse swimmers that are using TI when I post tips and would like to point it out when something would not apply to TI swimmers.

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