Read your way to better swimming



A selection of books and videos aligned with the TI spirit of Kaizen and continuous improvement to help you work on your swimming mindset even if you can't get to the pool.

Compiled by TI coach Penny Wilkin     

                     

Mindset, Carol Dweck

Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities and talent that bring us success - but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. With the right mindset, we can reach our own goals - personal and professional. Dweck reveals how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area.

 


The Talent Code, Daniel Coyle 

In The Talent Code, award-winning journalist Daniel Coyle draws on cutting-edge research to reveal that, far from being some abstract mystical power fixed at birth, ability really can be created and nurtured.

 


Grit Angela Duckworth

Psychologist Angela Duckworth takes us on an eye-opening journey to discover the true qualities that lead to outstanding achievement. Winningly personal, insightful and powerful, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that – not talent or luck – makes all the difference


 

Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell

Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever.






Bounce, Matthew Syed

What are the real secrets of sporting success, and what lessons do they offer about life? Why doesn’t Tiger Woods “choke”? Why are the best figure skaters those that have fallen over the most and why has one small street in Reading produced more top table tennis players than the rest of the country put together.

 

 

  


TED-Ed: How to practice

Mastering any physical skill takes practice. But what does practice actually do to make us better at things? This video explains how practice affects the inner workings of our brains.




Mastery - George Leonard 

Recommended by TI founder, Terry Laughlin - drawing on Zen philosophy and his expertise in the martial art of aikido, bestselling author George Leonard shows how the process of mastery can help us attain a higher level of excellence and a deeper sense of satisfaction and fulfillment in our daily lives.

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