6 Tips to improve Buoyancy & Trim
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Certainly not a typical AOW student "doing their PADI" with borrowed flippers.I wonder if she's a GUE Rec class student?
Once again, confirmation that I am not "normal".That video says "An AOW student". No way Pedro. Knees-bent, fins flat isn't taught at AOW by normal trainers.
That's how my OW students looked after their first pool session. If you teach it right from the beginning, you don't have to help them unlearn bad habits.Knees-bent, fins flat isn't taught at AOW by normal trainers.
Once again, confirmation that I am not "normal".
That posture is how I aspired to dive when I did AOW, with inspiration from SB and too much YouTube, not at the urging of my instructor.
However, my instructor encouraged this trim and gave me some pointers.
So, in my limited experience, the choice of trim & posture & buoyancy may come from the student, not just the instructor.