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| Originally Posted by Violent Ken What's the secret to being good on air? I'm thinking good buoyancy skills, staying as relaxed as possible and using an efficient finning technique will all help, but are there other things that I'm missing? Is there any way I can train myself to be better on air? |
Don't worry about it. Literally. If you think about breathing it goes up.
The only 'trick' to it is do a lot of diving and as the things in you brain begin to realise "Hey! We don't die. It must be OK then." the adrenaline levels go down and you start getting the benefit of relaxing. Almost any trick is bad because you must flush out the CO2 because that is the big bogie man of diving.
Getting your weight right helps because things don't seem to change so fast then. Breathing long and deep helps, keep air moving but slowly. Getting interested in something other than the mechanics of diving really pushes things along. Hang about and watch things. Have fun. Chill out.