Dbmata
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Finally decided to make my first thread here. I didn't find much in my forum searching but that could be because I'm not sure about search terms.
Something we didn't cover in my OW training was methods of propulsion. I have the flutter kick and dolphin kick down from swimming, but I see people here mentioning frog and backfinning. Should that have been covered in OW pool work? With the frog, what's the point? any tips to learn them? I'm not in a diving friendly part of MA, so no pools I can go to with fins on and work on things underwater.
Now, how does the choice of kick affect trim? Something I noticed in the pool was that my knees were dragging when submerged, but I was "face heavy" with the bcd inflated at the surface, putting me face into the water. (Which is no doubt a different issue.) It WAS a good reminder to keep the reg or snorkel in my mouth. Now when you are in proper trim, are you supposed to feel as if you are pushing your forhead down at all times? Weights were split between pockets in the BCD (8#) and 10# on a belt.
Something we didn't cover in my OW training was methods of propulsion. I have the flutter kick and dolphin kick down from swimming, but I see people here mentioning frog and backfinning. Should that have been covered in OW pool work? With the frog, what's the point? any tips to learn them? I'm not in a diving friendly part of MA, so no pools I can go to with fins on and work on things underwater.
Now, how does the choice of kick affect trim? Something I noticed in the pool was that my knees were dragging when submerged, but I was "face heavy" with the bcd inflated at the surface, putting me face into the water. (Which is no doubt a different issue.) It WAS a good reminder to keep the reg or snorkel in my mouth. Now when you are in proper trim, are you supposed to feel as if you are pushing your forhead down at all times? Weights were split between pockets in the BCD (8#) and 10# on a belt.