Swim Better Than You Ever Thought You Could! If you think fastest way to better swimming is more laps, you're wasting your breath, literally. Now you can swim better - and enjoy it more - using simple and original techniques developed by veteran swim coach and top-ranked Masters swimmer Terry Laughlin. Laughlin has helped more adults to swim faster, more smoothly, and with less effort than any other swimming coach in the country. Total Immersion, named for the popular workshops he gives across the country, will change the way you move your body through the water, Laughlin will take the way you swim and turn it inside out as you learn that it's technique - not athletic ability - that makes a strong swimmer. And best of all, you'll eliminate the boredom that comes with repetitive lap swimming. Total Immersion features: * Step-by-step skill drills that anyone can master for better swim stokes, improved form, and more enjoyable workouts* Tips on how to eliminate energy-robbing and "drag and " and swim more powerfully-with less effort* The Total Immersion self- taught stroke makeover* Dry land exercises to improve what you do in the water* How to swim to burn off the most fat* Easy-to follow illustrations You will also learn which and "pool toys and " - like hand paddles and fins - can help you improve the most; how to swim for general fitness; how to stay injury-free; and much more. Based on more than twenty years of teaching, coaching, and research, Terry Laughlin's Total Immersion is sure to improve the quality of your swimming, whether you're skilled athlete or an average swimmer. And best of all, no more boring laps.