dumpsterDiver
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I've been working with my 9 yr old for a while now. We have done a few shallow open water dives and we were working in the pool yesterday. We were practicing buddy breathing, mask clearing, bouyancy control, maskless buddy breathing, removal and replacement of weight belt and scuba unit and also bouncing a heavy rubber ball and undewater swim races. We did a little of all this on less than 1/2 of his tank air.
I then decided he needed more. Took all his gear off and set it up on the bottom of the 6 ft deep pool and told him he had to dive in and don all the gear with no help from me. First I call mom and grandma out to watch his first attempt at this... He did it! with very little trouble.
A few more sessions and he will be decent...
I then decided he needed more. Took all his gear off and set it up on the bottom of the 6 ft deep pool and told him he had to dive in and don all the gear with no help from me. First I call mom and grandma out to watch his first attempt at this... He did it! with very little trouble.
A few more sessions and he will be decent...