"Freeediving course" AIDA 2 ** freediving course

AIDA ** (BEGINNER) 2 days freediving course: 5500 Baht (Thailand)

* NEW!!!! 2 Days /2 sessions Yoga class for beginner adapted for the AIDA *** course:  2400 THB (60 euros)

* With Accomodation of 7 nights in a double room(for more or less night please contact us): 310 euros
* Yoga classes 2 Days /2 sessions + AIDA ***+ 7 night Accomodation: 375 euros

The AIDA ** Freeediving is a good starting point for those who had previous freediving background or who feels confident in the water. You will learn specific relaxation and breathing techniques, physiology, theoretical aspects, safety and practice skills in open water, applied to a different freediving disciplines. After this course you will have all the keys to freedive in safe way. The course also a great opportunity to improve your snorkeling experience and to discover a marine life on your single breath.

 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 200m non stop without fins and at least 300m non stop with mask, fins and
snorkel
• Have completed the AIDA Medical Form
• Have completed the Liability Release

The theory sessions will include:
• Introduction to AIDA as an organisation
• Equipment for freediving
• Breathing for freediving
• Depth and Pressure- Equalisation
• Safety- BO and LMC
• Respect for the Aquatic Environment
• Freediving and Scuba Diving
• Key rules to remember for freediving safely
• Freediving Disciplines

CONFINED WATER DIVES:
After this session the student freediver will be able to:

STATIC APNEA
• Demonstrate abdominal breathing and appropriate breathing techniques in preparation for breath hold
diving
• Demonstrate appropriate recovery and breathing techniques at the end of a breath hold dive
• Demonstrate how to train safely and effectively for static apnea in a swimming pool with a training buddy
• Perform a static breath hold
• Demonstrate the appropriate rescue technique for a static apnea buddy experiencing a loss of motor
control or blackout

Dynamic Apnea
After this session the student freediver will be able to:
• Demonstrate how to prepare and don equipment for pool training
• Demonstrate appropriate breathing techniques in preparation for a breath hold dive
• Demonstrate appropriate recovery and breathing techniques at the end of a breath hold dive
• Demonstrate appropriate bi-finning style and technique for a breath hold swimming with fins, with regard
to body positioning and movement
• Demonstrate how to train safely and effectively for dynamic apnea in a swimming pool with a training
buddy
• Demonstrate appropriate rescue procedures for a freediver attempting dynamic apnea, who suffers a
blackout or loss of motor control on surfacing

OPEN WATER FREEDIVE SESSIONS:
After this open water session, the student freediver will be able to:
• Prepare and don equipment for open water freedive training. The student will be able to defog the mask,
choose and don appropriate exposure protection, weight belt if required, lanyard, bi-fins and any other
chosen equipment
• Demonstrate an awareness of buddy procedures and safety requirements of freediving in open water as
appropriate to the local environment.
• Beginning with pull-downs – descend slowly along the line achieving comfortable equalisation of the ears
and sinuses to find out if the student has head down equalising problems
• Train for vertical swimming with bi-fins along the line with a streamlined body position and efficient
finning
• Demonstrate appropriate breathing during recovery from a freedive
• Supervise a buddy from the surface as they perform a freedive
• Demonstrate rescue procedures for a freediver who arrives at the surface showing signs of possible loss
of motor control
• Perform an efficient, effective duck dive, remaining oriented to the guide line while descending and
ascending with an efficient bi-fin-swimming technique to a depth of at least 16m
• Supervise a buddy as they perform a freedive, meeting the buddy on the ascent at a depth of between
5m and 10m

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)

Freediving courses