The Kraken
He Who Glows in the Dark Waters (ADVISOR)
ScubaBoard Supporter
Scuba Instructor
Divemaster
Buoyancy is one of those things like being an ace fighter pilot. You've had an instructor teach you how to get up into the air, do a few stunts and land without seriously damaging the aircraft or killing yourself.
But becoming an ace requires time in the sky and learning the capabilities and limitations of the aircraft and the pilot/aircraft entity.
It is the same in diving. You must learn to really feel yourself and understand your position in the water column before you will be able to hit that "peak performance buoyancy".
But for starters, I recommend getting to a tank where you can get down to about 13' with a nearly empty tank (the type which you most frequently dive). Get on the bottom and get rid of as much weight as possible (this exercise will help you also in establishing correct weighting).
Practice lying on the bottom taking a breath to make you rise in the water column. Take note of the attitude in which your body starts to rise, this will help you in adjusting your primary and trim weights, as well as redistributing equipment, if necessary.
When you get to the point that you can, by breath control and riding the inhalation/exhalation curve, maintain about a foot off the bottom of the tank in a horizontal position, you've reached the peak.
Now, to the question at hand . . . is it "worth" it to buy the course, that is a subjective question only you can answer, and that would be after the instruction is completed.
Best of luck!
Safe dives, safer ascents . . .
But becoming an ace requires time in the sky and learning the capabilities and limitations of the aircraft and the pilot/aircraft entity.
It is the same in diving. You must learn to really feel yourself and understand your position in the water column before you will be able to hit that "peak performance buoyancy".
But for starters, I recommend getting to a tank where you can get down to about 13' with a nearly empty tank (the type which you most frequently dive). Get on the bottom and get rid of as much weight as possible (this exercise will help you also in establishing correct weighting).
Practice lying on the bottom taking a breath to make you rise in the water column. Take note of the attitude in which your body starts to rise, this will help you in adjusting your primary and trim weights, as well as redistributing equipment, if necessary.
When you get to the point that you can, by breath control and riding the inhalation/exhalation curve, maintain about a foot off the bottom of the tank in a horizontal position, you've reached the peak.
Now, to the question at hand . . . is it "worth" it to buy the course, that is a subjective question only you can answer, and that would be after the instruction is completed.
Best of luck!
Safe dives, safer ascents . . .