FIRST LEVEL COURSE

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FIRST LEVEL

The goal of the First level course is to reach a satisfactory level of freediving. At the same time you will develop safety skills while growing in awareness and enjoyment.

 This course can be an extension of the Experience Apnea course or you can directly apply for a three days course according to your performance level.

Prerequisites:

•  Minimum 14 years of age
• Must demonstrate self-sufficiency in the water without the use of equipment and reasonable skin diving skills

Content of the course:

 THEORY LESSONS:

1. Equipment
2. Anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
3. Equalization
4. Basic laws of physics
5. Risks involved in freediving
6. Precautions and suggestions
7. Techniques of respiration
8. Basic techniques of relaxation
9. Protection of the environment

 CONFINED WATER EXERCISES:

1. Freestyle and breaststroke swimming
2. Underwater breaststroke
3. The finstroke
4. Clearing the mask
5. The folding duck dive
6. The dolphin dive
7. Static Apnea

 OPEN WATER EXERCISES

1. Compensations/Equalization
2. Dynamic Apnea (5 meters deep)
3. The duck dives and u-turns
4. Free Immersion (FIM)
5. Constant Weight with Fins (CWT) and without Fins (CNF)
6. Practice of safety (the system of pairs)

Certification tests:

• Theory test
• Static Apnea (at least 1’45”)
• Dynamic Apnea (at least 30 meters)
• Dynamic-no-fins (at least 25 meters)
• Constant Weight (at least -8 meters)

Maximum depth: 15 meters

Price: 1400 ILS*

*The price includes insurance, First Level certification card, freediving equipment, transportation and photos+videos from the course.