The problem is that you can only hover and be motionless if your static weighting is in perfect balance. If you are wearing little or no exposure protection and no lead, and using a tank that cycles around neutral, you can hover any old which-way and it will work.
Our students use HP72 steels in the pool. They are often in bathing suits and carrying no lead. The tank is VERY negative in fresh water, and a Buddha hover is quite literally impossible. If the student gets into a perfectly vertical position, the tank WILL pull them over backwards unless they scull. It is unavoidable.
I cannot do the Buddha hover in my dry suit, my 31 pounds of ballast, and my steel HP100. The relationship of lift from my suit and wing to drag downward from my tank and weights just isn't right; to maintain any kind of vertical position, I MUST kick or scull. On the other hand, I can maintain a horizontal hover without moving a muscle very easily, and for quite a long time.
I don't think there is anything wrong with the Buddha hover as a diving exercise, but if the OP is using steel tanks in fresh water, it may really be impossible for her.
Our students use HP72 steels in the pool. They are often in bathing suits and carrying no lead. The tank is VERY negative in fresh water, and a Buddha hover is quite literally impossible. If the student gets into a perfectly vertical position, the tank WILL pull them over backwards unless they scull. It is unavoidable.
I cannot do the Buddha hover in my dry suit, my 31 pounds of ballast, and my steel HP100. The relationship of lift from my suit and wing to drag downward from my tank and weights just isn't right; to maintain any kind of vertical position, I MUST kick or scull. On the other hand, I can maintain a horizontal hover without moving a muscle very easily, and for quite a long time.
I don't think there is anything wrong with the Buddha hover as a diving exercise, but if the OP is using steel tanks in fresh water, it may really be impossible for her.