Preparation For Freediving Courses in UK

As it were, some sporting events are just full of fun. You may have seen some divers do their stunts and just wondered what it feels like to sink into the underwater world. If it had never occurred to you that humans can share some experience with marine wildlife, then here is a little surprise. Freediving provides an exceptional way of not only getting close to marine wildlife but also a great way to gain fitness and confidence.
1. Take a Freediving Course.
Freediving, as every other sport has lots to offer, discovering new knowledge, the safety aspects and understanding how your body reacts in the water when holding your breath, is an essential part of safe and good practice of Freediving. There is no substitute for a Freediving course, youtube and facebook will not teach you essential parts.
Learning to freedive has never been so easy, we have freediving schools, internationally recognised, teaching all levels of freediving courses from beginner to instructor levels.
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You can start freediving in London, Bristol, Manchester, Cornwall and Devon, You can find all the UK schools and instructors on the British Freediving Association’s website (Click here). http://www.britishfreediving.org/
2. Avoid going it alone.
As simple as it may sound, this is the first point you should bear in mind when thinking of exploring the underwater world. What is more surprising is that many people tend to overlook this number one rule. Well, maybe you can look at it in this perspective … freediving alone could be potentially very dangerous. Don’t take it for granted; in case there is nobody with experience around you, then you are taking your life too lightly. All Freediving should be done in buddy pairs to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience.
3. Learn and practice Rescue techniques frequently.
After the completion of the theory and initial practical course you will learn how to deal with a diver who has experienced problems in the water and it is highly recommended to run safety drills once in a while to ensure we are good and safe buddies to dive with.
After all we are here to have fun, so let’s make it SAFE.
4. Ensure that your diving partner is your ‘ability match’.
Simply put, always choose to dive with people of the same depth level and skills similar to yours. Diving with a person with similar depth abilities would give you confidence to ensure their SAFETY and could always be provided in case of a situation that may present itself during diving. If you are in the company of a friend with not as much experience as you, then limit your dive depths and time, keeping within their ability range will mean that they can provide sufficient safety for you.
5. Always maintain contact with your partners.
It is always good to talk to your dive buddy about your planned depths and dive times so that they know what to expect. Have a visual contact with the diver, in case of bad visibility use diving torches when diving to make sure your buddy can see you too .If diving on the lines use a lanyard.
Plan the dive — dive the plan.
6. Weight.
Weighing and recording your weight is going to partly ensure your safety for both you and your friend.
Take note that weight you will require may be different in lake than in the sea. In order to correctly record your weight, you should be positively buoyant on the surface following a complete exhalation.
In some cases, divers particularly spear fishermen like weighing themselves as being negative; thus, allowing them to add extra weight if they diving in shallow waters. This dangerous, it is not only going to make rescue much harder, but it is also going to make it difficult for the diver to remain afloat or come up to the surface. In order for you to familiarize yourself about the recommended methods of weighting and the best way to establish your personal weighting requirement, we recommend taking a freediving course.
Remember all the weight you wear will have to be brought back to the surface.
7. One up and one down.
It is always recommended that you dive while another person taking the safety role is breathing above you and keeping a constant visual check on you beneath. In case of reduced visibility and one finds it hard to maintain eye contact, use a lanyard on the line.
This is important as it is going to enable the key safety diver to concentrate on any likely rescue circumstances that must arise, and in return make the main diver feel at ease (this is and added advantage, considering how emotional freediving can prove to be). The 3-man rotation is a good practice technique used during deepest free dive training, since it involves diving beyond visibility range even in extremely clear waters.
8. Stick to the 30-second rule at all times.
Assuming the role of a surface requires you to take full charge of your diving partner within the initial 30 seconds afloat and there are no exceptions here. During this stage of diving you must always be an arm’s reach with your diving partner. In the event that you are distantly apart from the diver by the time they start surfacing, ensure to swim faster in their direction so as to cover the gap in good time before they break the surface. In case you are not with the arm’s reach distance and this happens, you may not be able to provide safety to their airway as mentioned in rule 2 as being your basic safety concern.
9. Take your Time.
If you intend to go freediving make sure you take frequent breaks between dives to do recovery breathing .Rule of the thumb, the deeper you go the more recovery time you need between the dives. Remember Freediving is meant to be fun so take the time to enjoy.
These essential rest times will enable your blood to get re-oxygenated and at the same time giving you time to exhale the carbon dioxide that may have accumulated at the time you were diving.
Taking longer breaks will make your dives more enjoyable and safer after all
10. Never dive beyond your personal limits.
Progression will naturally come with training, stay positive and be patient.
The most important thing is not taking your dives to an extended limit that you put yourself at risk.
There may be no sufficient words to clarify this point that safety is rule number one.
Diet, hydration, water temperatures, water conditions and how rested you may be as well as several other factors that may affect your dives and an individual’s capacity to freedive comfortably and securely on any particular day.
Considering the numerous variables there is no way any two dives are going to be alike. Observing and paying attention to your body during each and every dive is an extremely important factor that anyone wishing to freedive should do.
Conclusion
Now, you have all 10 rules at the tip of your fingers! It doesn’t matter whether you are a beginner in this field or you have been spearfishing or freediving during your leisure time for a long time, it is important you enroll for a freediving course. The aforementioned tips are just meant to give you a hint on what the sport entails when it comes to safety alone and there is so much more to meet the required qualifications for effective and safe freediving.
There are various organisations that offer these courses including AIDA, PADI & SSI courses which are designed to enlighten you on everything ranging from the best entry skills, effective fin or kick strokes, selecting and using freediving equipment, rescue and safety management in the water.
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