Extended skill for inexperienced divers

[Mal Bridgeman]

Originally Posted by Richard Mason

That's all I've ever done too - never taught frog kicks, it was unheard of when I did my training, I read about it on here, gave it a try and it worked - is the technique very specific or is it just what works for the individual?

Depends ..... if you *really* want to frog kick in an anti silting kind of way then the frog kicking needs to be in flat trim and not cause the knees to drop below the waist. If you essentially breast stroke kick then the knees *will* drop below the waist .... an anti-silting kind of frog kick requires a higher degree of ankle rotation that the breast stroke version.
HTH
Mal

[Madfish]

From another thread - how about dive boat etiquette. Use of ladders & lifts, don't stand below other divers, keeping reg in, don't dis the skipper's dog or break the heads, that kind of thing.... or take up lots & lots of space

Di

[IanDennis]

Originally Posted by Simon A

Ian Dennis (IanDennis on here) did a really good lecture on this for my club. If you're not to far from him it's worth booking him up to come and visit your club. (Afaik all it cost was some petrol money)

Simon A

Thanks Simon glad you all enjoyed the lecture

Ian

[scubagit]

How about shot line preparation and shot line etiquette.

[Janos]

Originally Posted by alrhem

- Low viz (had a dive where i couldnt see my outstretched hand and my torch flooded at 20m and did the rest of teh dive on a strobe :S )

Just as an aside, but having been lost in a wreck before (Report here) although I'm comfortable in low viz. I would always reel off or abort the dive if I could not see the "green glow" above me.

Janos

[Paul Oliver]

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

Depends ..... if you *really* want to frog kick in an anti silting kind of way then the frog kicking needs to be in flat trim and not cause the knees to drop below the waist. If you essentially breast stroke kick then the knees *will* drop below the waist .... an anti-silting kind of frog kick requires a higher degree of ankle rotation that the breast stroke version.
HTH
Mal

Yes there is certainly more to the ankle motion but you progress into this.

My knees are below waist level generally 'cos i like to be head up to see where i'm going and i usually get by OK on silty sites.

[Richard Mason]

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

Depends ..... if you *really* want to frog kick in an anti silting kind of way then the frog kicking needs to be in flat trim and not cause the knees to drop below the waist. If you essentially breast stroke kick then the knees *will* drop below the waist .... an anti-silting kind of frog kick requires a higher degree of ankle rotation that the breast stroke version.
HTH
Mal

Not too worried about silt, as I don't do silty places and they are pretty few & far between here but I do find it's a lot less effort and hence better on air consumption than the more conventional scissor/flutter kick.

[A. Berk]

Originally Posted by Tall Jayne

If you were looking at designing a program of skills to be taught to inexperienced divers, an extended skills set, what would you choose to include? I’m not thinking here of technical skills or skills requiring a whole course, like u/w video. What I had in mind are skills to make recreational diving safer & more fun & applicable to UK diving. By inexperienced I’m thinking of people at perhaps PADI AOW level or BSAC OD, with 20 or 30 dives.

Things like:

• ·Lauching an DSMB
• ·Using a pony cylinder
• ·Hovering & frog kicking to not stir up the silt
• ·Buddy diving
• ·Ways of coping with stressful situations
• ·Torches & how to use them better
• ·Basic dive planning
• ·Spares & tools

Any good ideas?

Yeah, leave your phone in the car but remember to take your brain with you

Berko