Manuals for various descending techniques?

[Flo1407]

Hello everyone,

I am looking for manuals (videos, pics, written) for various descending techniques (arms forward or back, legs wide apart or together when diving). Does anyone of you where you can find something like that? I am particularly interested in their names, if there are any of this. For example, once I heard that there is the concept of "Spearfisher technique". I would be happy about any information ... Regards Flo

 

[Hurlow]

I'd be interested in this as well. Hopefully someone will chime in with info.

 

[kwtony]

Its in the Manual of Freediving. If i can find mine i will take a photo for you. But basically, if you are standing up straight with your head forward and your shoulders relaxed. THAT is what you want to do on your decent, even tho you are upside down its all relative.. You dont want to look where you dive with your head, but just with your eyes. If that makes any sense . You need to know how deep you are diving and plan it. that way you can start laying down as you get to the bottom. Extending your neck and essentially looking up will kill your bottom time. Just look forward and dive.

 

[Hurlow]

Ah yes- the manual of freediving does discuss the square duckdive and the spearfishers duckdive (for about 1.5 pages). I was under the impression that a more substantive review (perhaps additional techniques) was being sought.

 

[kwtony]

One word, valsava. Once you can do that, your equalizing issues at depth can be over come. Simple relaxed body possition and fin stoke are pretty much whats next.

 

[Flo1407]

Thank you for answering. I think for me the time has finally come to buy the freediver bible from Umberto. I took a 2 day course with him this year. It was very inspiring and helpful (learned a lot about the body position an leg stroke).

I hear out that there are only two variants (Spearfisher and Square duckdive) are mapped. Is that right? I am surprised that not so much has been written about it. Compared to the equalization this is really less.

 

[Simos]

One word, valsava. Once you can do that, your equalizing issues at depth can be over come. Simple relaxed body possition and fin stoke are pretty much whats next.

Could you please explain this more? Why Valsava and how does it relate to depth?

 

[Hurlow]

Kind've lost me too- I find frenzel more effective- and don't really see how it relates to the question...