"Freeediving course" AIDA 1 * frediving course
AIDA * 1 day freediving course: 3000 Baht (Thailand)
With AIDA * you are introduced to the freediving world, you will learn the very basics skills. What is freediving, what kind of equipment is needed? You will understand more about what's happening in your body during the apnea. AIDA * is recommended for those with no previous diving experience.
PREREQUISITES:
To enrol in the AIDA * Freediver course, an individual must:
• Be 18 years of age or older (16 years with parent or guardian consent)
• Be able to swim at least 100m non stop
• Have completed the AIDA Medical Form
• Have completed the Liability Release
The theory session will include:
• Equipment for freediving – introduction to basic freediving equipment – mask, snorkel, bi-fins, weightbelt,
wetsuit
• Breathing for freediving - before a dive and on recovery, correct breathing and avoidance of
hyperventilation. Breathing exercises
• Equalisation – the need to equalise and basic equalisation techniques
• Safety for freediving, avoiding and reacting to blackout and loss of motor control
• Freediving and Scuba Diving - combining the two safely
• Key rules to remember for freediving safely
BREATH HOLD SESSION
(Static apnea) on land and/or in pool/confined water. The student freediver should have access to either a
floatation device or pool side to support them at the end of the breath hold if it is done in water.
After this session the student freediver will be able to:
• Demonstrate abdominal breathing and appropriate breathing techniques in preparation for a breath hold
• Demonstrate appropriate recovery and breathing techniques at the end of a breath hold, including safe
body positioning
• Demonstrate how to train safely and effectively for static apnea with a training buddy
• Do short breath holds to experience both relaxation and contractions
• Demonstrate the appropriate rescue technique for a training buddy experiencing a loss of motor control
or blackout
WATER SESSION:
After this session the student freediver will be able to:
• Demonstrate how to prepare and don equipment for freediving. The student will be able to defog the
mask, choose and don appropriate exposure protection, weightbelt if required, bi-fins and any other
chosen equipment
• Demonstrate appropriate breathing techniques with a snorkel during preparation, and demonstrate
appropriate recovery breathing
• Demonstrate appropriate duck dives
• If possible (not mandatory) beginning with pull downs – descend slowly along a line, achieving
comfortable equalisation of the ears, sinuses and mask either in a head up or head down position
• Demonstrate appropriate bi-finning style and technique with regard to body positioning, movement and
position relative to depth and sides of a pool or bottom and other obstacles in open water such as a reef
or following a rope
• Demonstrate how to freedive safely and effectively with a training buddy
• Supervise a buddy from the surface as they perform a freedive to a maximum of 10m
• Demonstrate the appropriate rescue technique of a buddy experiencing a loss of motor control or
blackout
The maximum student diver-to-instructor ratio for open water training dives is four students per instructor (4:1).
This may rise to six students per instructor (6:1) when the instructor is assisted by another freediver qualified to
at least AIDA **** level. The maximum student diver-to-instructor ratio in confined water is eight students per
instructor (8:1). With an AIDA **** Freediver acting as an Assistant, 4 additional students may be added to this
ratio to a maximum of 12 students
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