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Drown proofing is basically sinking to the bottom of the pool and then pushing off the bottom to return to the service where you take a breath and repeat the cycle. Being a "floater" I have a challenge with this technique
Drown proofing is basically sinking to the bottom of the pool...
Access to a pool is a huge help. I spent everyday in the pool for a few months practicing skills and even figured out a way to practice the buddy gear exchange without a buddy. I would take off each piece of equipment while with the regulator out of my mouth, pick up my reg for a couple of breaths and on to the next piece of gear. I did this for 4-5 days and I think it really made my equipment exchange to much more smoothly.All good stuff. I found the academics OK, with the physics toughest. A ton of studying since I hadn't done anything like that since H.S. But being a good "studier", I did fine. Course was harder than all of my other courses combined. Wish I had had the skills video(s), would've helped. Also, a pool closer than 50 miles would've helped both with the swim tests and actual classes. Would have been nice to get more than one OW class to intern. But you've heard all my whines before. Congrats. Now it will be fun to get your "black" card and all the stuff they send, and get ready to pay your money.