Hi, i am a newbie freediver, and 4-5 years back,(in my teens) i completely accidentaly(i am not sure how) figured out how to voluntarily open my eustachian tubes. Basically, i can make my ears "click" whenever i want to, provided that i am not congested. Now, for the past years, have been spearfhishing very rarely(1-10 times a year) on shallow(<8m) waters and have been equalizing hands-free.
Now recently,(in the last week or so) me and another friend have been doing some freediving training(i reached a max depth of 20m) and i am trying to work my equalization technique and i have some questions:
1. I generaly equalize hands-free, but sometimes i cant do it , especially on fast descent, so sometimes i use the valsalva manoveur in conjuction with BTV, as follows: I pinch my nose, and attempt to push air with my lungs, now no matter how hard i push, air doesnt normally flow to the middle ear, so at this point i voluntarily open them to aqualize. Basically i continiously "click" my ears during the descent, but if i notice that i am not equalizing fast enough(it usually takes 2-3 "clicks" to fully equalize at a specific depth) then i pinch my nose and apply pressure with my diafragm as i continue clicking my ears. Is this normal/good practice?
2. In deep dives(<15m) i noticed i have increasing difficulty moving my diafragm(either to use the technique i mentioned above, or to equalize my mask), what can i do to aleviate this?Should i be trying to learn the frenzel?What should i do with mask equalization?
Generally any input from people who use the BTV method would be very usefull. Should i concetrate more on learning more advanced techniques like frenzel or should i stick with BTV since it seems to work?
Now recently,(in the last week or so) me and another friend have been doing some freediving training(i reached a max depth of 20m) and i am trying to work my equalization technique and i have some questions:
1. I generaly equalize hands-free, but sometimes i cant do it , especially on fast descent, so sometimes i use the valsalva manoveur in conjuction with BTV, as follows: I pinch my nose, and attempt to push air with my lungs, now no matter how hard i push, air doesnt normally flow to the middle ear, so at this point i voluntarily open them to aqualize. Basically i continiously "click" my ears during the descent, but if i notice that i am not equalizing fast enough(it usually takes 2-3 "clicks" to fully equalize at a specific depth) then i pinch my nose and apply pressure with my diafragm as i continue clicking my ears. Is this normal/good practice?
2. In deep dives(<15m) i noticed i have increasing difficulty moving my diafragm(either to use the technique i mentioned above, or to equalize my mask), what can i do to aleviate this?Should i be trying to learn the frenzel?What should i do with mask equalization?
Generally any input from people who use the BTV method would be very usefull. Should i concetrate more on learning more advanced techniques like frenzel or should i stick with BTV since it seems to work?