I look awful when I'm diving.

[BluOrchid2]

Grier, I just sent you a PM. We ARE going to be in Florida in about 3 weeks!

 

[Hank49]

egads. I look like a floundering ....something awful ...when I'm diving. I want to look graceful, composed, and fully in complete control of everything while I'm diving....Any pointers?

Well, after reading your post, I got to thinking, man, how does she look OUT of the water...then I saw your picture in your profile and realized, ahhhhhh, she just needs more practice.

 

[theskull]

theskull, thanks for the offer. Hubby and I would love to do some local diving, but we are on the other side of the state from you, in the KC area. Know anyone over here that dives locally?

Yes, I do know some in KC who dive locally. And the most common place for both of us to go is Table Rock Lake & Bull Shoals Lake, equidistant.

E-mail me if you & hubby would like an invite and some additional local contacts. deepblue@the-skull.com

theskull

 

[BluOrchid2]

I had to dig up this old thread because I went diving last weekend with the instructor who certified me. It was my first time diving since January, so I was pretty rusty. But I remembered a lot of what I'd read here, and after our dive, he COMPLIMENTED me on my dive posture, being streamlined, and buoyancy control. YAY, ME!!!

For anyone else who has problems similar to what I described in my first post, I wanted to share something that really helped me, both for buoyancy control and being streamlined - keeping my arms in tight. My power inflator button is at my lower left side; my manual dump is at my upper right side. I found that by keeping my hands on these two points, I could not only keep my arms in tight to my body, but could also control my buoyancy by inflating or deflating my bcd as I needed to.

It was so nice to have my instructor comment on this, since it had been bothering me so much.

 

[gfisher4792]

Nice job, Blu! Getting compliments (esp. from an instructor) is one of the coolest things.

 

[BluOrchid2]

<<learn the helicopter turn>>

This was mentioned early on, and I forgot to ask about it. I don't know how to do this, and changing directions is something I still have problems doing w/o using my hands. Can someone describe the movement?

Thanks, Neil!

 

[brssmnky]

I look like a floundering ....something awful ...when I'm diving.

Any pointers?

You think that's bad? I look awful when diving and above water too, LOL.

 

[gfisher4792]

Hi again, Blu...ask and ye shall receive: Dive Tek Videos

FYI, I think you need Quicktime Player installed on your computer to view them.

 

[jbd]

<<learn the helicopter turn>>

This was mentioned early on, and I forgot to ask about it. I don't know how to do this, and changing directions is something I still have problems doing w/o using my hands. Can someone describe the movement?

Congrats on your progress!!!

I was the one that mentioned learning the frog kick and the helicopter turn. Its far easier to to show someone how to do this than to describe what to do in detail. There are however some video clips on the internet that show each of these techniques. I am really horrible when it comes to links but I think you will find what you are looking for if you do a search for FifthD Scuba or something like that. The search can be on the internet and I'm pretty sure you can find it here on scubaboard.

In a nutshell the helicopter turn involves doing a backwards kick with one fin while doing a forward kick with the other.

Maybe some kind soul will post the links to Fifth D or direct you to them.

BTW--learn backwards finning and then go diving with your instructor again--he will really be blown away by your expertise

 

[DjS]

Dive Tek Videos
Great site! I just looked it over and I found lots of great info. Are there any more out there with skills videos?