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As divers we must replace instinctive reflexes with sound and reasoned responses. Creation of a new physical habit may take hundreds, and frequently thousands of repetitions to instill.
This is often ignored in activities such as SCUBA, where we perform a task a few times, with the presumption that this skill is available when and where we require it, even in a life threatening emergency.
Please suggest ideas and techniques to create better habits and responses, whether diving or at home. This is a good way to keep our minds focussed on the fun of diving!
Here are some:
Use your safety stop time as an opportunity to practice OOA (out of air) and mask clearing skills. Take your gear off, and then don it. Extend safety stop as your gas permits.
On the surface, practice visualization and breathing exercises. Time your longest exhalation. Try long exhalation with your face in a bucket of cold water or pool. Feel the mammalian diving reflex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalian_diving_reflex
Aim for 1 minute exhalation.
Practice in the pool breathing with snorkle and no mask. Get used to water on your nose and eyes. (contact lenses out).
Walking or exercising, count each right foot cycle, to make this automatic when you are uw navigating. Treadmill and elliptical trainer are very good. Multi-task while counting, such as listening to an audio book or watching a movie.
Don/doff your diving gear with eyes closed.
what are your ideas?
This is often ignored in activities such as SCUBA, where we perform a task a few times, with the presumption that this skill is available when and where we require it, even in a life threatening emergency.
Please suggest ideas and techniques to create better habits and responses, whether diving or at home. This is a good way to keep our minds focussed on the fun of diving!
Here are some:
Use your safety stop time as an opportunity to practice OOA (out of air) and mask clearing skills. Take your gear off, and then don it. Extend safety stop as your gas permits.
On the surface, practice visualization and breathing exercises. Time your longest exhalation. Try long exhalation with your face in a bucket of cold water or pool. Feel the mammalian diving reflex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalian_diving_reflex
Aim for 1 minute exhalation.
Practice in the pool breathing with snorkle and no mask. Get used to water on your nose and eyes. (contact lenses out).
Walking or exercising, count each right foot cycle, to make this automatic when you are uw navigating. Treadmill and elliptical trainer are very good. Multi-task while counting, such as listening to an audio book or watching a movie.
Don/doff your diving gear with eyes closed.
what are your ideas?
