KAIZEN: Don’t push off without a plan

Never leave a wall, for any set or repeat, without a clear sense of one thing you’re trying to do really well. A single-point focus is essential. As soon as you try to do more than one thing really well, you’ll weaken them all. The clarity of one focal point allows you to practice swimming with the mindfulness of yoga or tai chi. It could be your head position, how you enter your arm and extend your body, or perhaps your sense of fitting through a smaller “hole” in the water. My favorite all-purpose, never-fail focus point is simply trying to swim silently.

Kaizen Swimming From Terry Laughlin