ScubaDoo83
Contributor
Yesterday was our second Saturday in a row of pool practice. We will be doing our first ocean diving next week. We haven't been wet since October and only have 10 dives under our belt. Last week we just brushed up on drills, form and buoyancy. Yesterday I added the dive flag and reel to the mix in order to practice that extra piece.
Long story short, I was completely impressd with our performance yesterday. We were under water for a bit over a full hour on 2700psi. We communicated, stayed vigilant and maintained awareness. Our hands and arms were kept close to the body. Our heads were tilted slightly downward. We used head positioning and our feet for navigation and propulsion. One time the line got tangled a bit in my fin and I handled it with tight and precise movements, my father even commented how the maneuver looked like it was out of a training video. We were able to turn on a dime and even stop in place and hold buoyancy. It was a blast pretending the pool floor was the reef as I effortlessly glided by.
Now, I understand the pool floor is flat and the reef isn't. There is current and chop. The lighting may differ, animals will be everywhere and more serious dangers lurk in many places as opposed to the pool. I am just very proud of my dad and myself for improving dramatically at something that once seemed outlandish to us. Honestly, at first we just wanted to experience a different kind of rush with scuba diving. But now we obviously have found something we immensely enjoy and it is proven in how we perform today.
Long story short, I was completely impressd with our performance yesterday. We were under water for a bit over a full hour on 2700psi. We communicated, stayed vigilant and maintained awareness. Our hands and arms were kept close to the body. Our heads were tilted slightly downward. We used head positioning and our feet for navigation and propulsion. One time the line got tangled a bit in my fin and I handled it with tight and precise movements, my father even commented how the maneuver looked like it was out of a training video. We were able to turn on a dime and even stop in place and hold buoyancy. It was a blast pretending the pool floor was the reef as I effortlessly glided by.
Now, I understand the pool floor is flat and the reef isn't. There is current and chop. The lighting may differ, animals will be everywhere and more serious dangers lurk in many places as opposed to the pool. I am just very proud of my dad and myself for improving dramatically at something that once seemed outlandish to us. Honestly, at first we just wanted to experience a different kind of rush with scuba diving. But now we obviously have found something we immensely enjoy and it is proven in how we perform today.
