It seems to me that learning good buoyancy control is a lot like learning to drive with a manual transmission. At first shifting gears requires your full concentration but after enough experience you shift gears without conscious thought. I think that good buoyancy control is similar in that at first it requires your full concentration but with practice it becomes automatic allowing you to focus on other tasks while you subconsciously maintain buoyancy.
At first it took my full concentration to maintain any semblance of buoyancy control. With practice I was soon able to hover as long as I stayed focused on doing so. The next step was to try and focus at least part of my attention on something else like reading a gauge or compass. At first it seemed impossible but again with practice it became possible to do both (walk and chew gum) at the same time. Now Im at the point of attempting more complex tasks such as floating a surface marker or running a line and realize that this is the next plateau. Im looking forward to the time when with enough practice buoyancy control becomes automatic even with extreme task loading.
Mike
At first it took my full concentration to maintain any semblance of buoyancy control. With practice I was soon able to hover as long as I stayed focused on doing so. The next step was to try and focus at least part of my attention on something else like reading a gauge or compass. At first it seemed impossible but again with practice it became possible to do both (walk and chew gum) at the same time. Now Im at the point of attempting more complex tasks such as floating a surface marker or running a line and realize that this is the next plateau. Im looking forward to the time when with enough practice buoyancy control becomes automatic even with extreme task loading.
Mike