New divers often have a difficult time ascending and descending (and holding stops during ascents and descents). Most of the issue is with buoyancy control, however body position plays an important part.
I feel that the vertical body position, as taught by many OW courses, makes ascents and descents more difficult. To provide an alternate viewpoint, I wrote an article comparing horizontal vs vertical body position for ascents and descents.
Not an original idea (as I was taught horizontal body position by my OW instructor), but this discussion of body position is often missing in OW texts.
How to ascend and descend
Thanks for reading.
I feel that the vertical body position, as taught by many OW courses, makes ascents and descents more difficult. To provide an alternate viewpoint, I wrote an article comparing horizontal vs vertical body position for ascents and descents.
Not an original idea (as I was taught horizontal body position by my OW instructor), but this discussion of body position is often missing in OW texts.
How to ascend and descend
Thanks for reading.