Dialing in Skills

[PullYourselfTogetherMan]

I just finished Rescue and probably won't take any more courses for a while. I like a measurable challenge so I'm also looking for some ideas to hone my skills. I think it might be fun to come up with some buoyancy drills/challenges with a dive buddy to do at the beginning or end of a dive. Anyone have any fun ones they use with students? I saw that the local quarry has PVC rectangles suspended by the training platforms for this kind of thing. I would love to push myself to really master precise finning and buoyancy control. I'm decent but every once in a while still catch myself "correcting" with my hands, or not quite getting the back finning right.

If you can do a basic 5 drill and shoot an SMB without moving around and losing your position, then you know you have a solid base of buoyancy and trim. I recommend doing this at about 15 or 20 feet since you're so much more buoyant at shallower depths. I wouldn't recommend doing propulsion without being shown the proper way to do the kicks because you might ingrain bad habits :/