Freediver Course

The Freediver level or Level 1, as it is called by most training organizations, is the basic training in all aspects of freediving, such as technique, physiology, equipment, environment and safety measures, for a person to learn to freedive, as an amateur, up to 10 meters depth.
Yannis Detorakis
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48 Lessons
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An initial adjustment of buoyancy at the surface 01 🔒

An initial adjustment of buoyancy at the surface

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Surface swimming part 1 02 🔒

Surface swimming part 1

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Surface swimming part 2: Position of the body 03 🔒

Surface swimming part 2: Position of the body

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Surface swimming part 3: How to move the fins 04 🔒

Surface swimming part 3: How to move the fins

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Surface swimming - Part 4: Movement style and speed 05 🔒

Surface swimming - Part 4: Movement style and speed

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Surface swimming part 5: the breathing during swimming 06 🔒

Surface swimming part 5: the breathing during swimming

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Buoyancy adjustment before each dive 07 🔒

Buoyancy adjustment before each dive

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Preparation for a freedive part 1 08 🔒

Preparation for a freedive part 1

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Preparation part 2: the placement of the body at the surface 09 🔒

Preparation part 2: the placement of the body at the surface

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Preparation part 3: the mental preparation 10 🔒

Preparation part 3: the mental preparation

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Preparation part 4: the breathing during preparation 11 🔒

Preparation part 4: the breathing during preparation

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Preparation part 5: the final deep breaths 12 🔒

Preparation part 5: the final deep breaths

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Snorkel removal: the first move of the dive 13 🔒

Snorkel removal: the first move of the dive

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The Duck dive - Part 1 14 🔒

The Duck dive - Part 1

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The Duck dive - Part 2: Move by move 15 🔒

The Duck dive - Part 2: Move by move

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The Duck dive - Part 3: Gliding to a few meters depth under the surface 16 🔒

The Duck dive - Part 3: Gliding to a few meters depth under the surface

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The first fin kicks 17 🔒

The first fin kicks

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The fin kicks midwater 18 🔒

The fin kicks midwater

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The final fin kick of the descent 19 🔒

The final fin kick of the descent

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Equalizing the ears 20 🔒

Equalizing the ears

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The body moves during ear equalizations 21 🔒

The body moves during ear equalizations

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Equalizing the mask 22 🔒

Equalizing the mask

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The position of the head during the descent 23 🔒

The position of the head during the descent

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The moves of the ascent 24 🔒

The moves of the ascent

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Rising from the seabed 25 🔒

Rising from the seabed

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The fin strokes of the ascent 26 🔒

The fin strokes of the ascent

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The second part of the ascent 27 🔒

The second part of the ascent

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A periscopic gaze towards the surface 28 🔒

A periscopic gaze towards the surface

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Surfacing and holding the buoy 29 🔒

Surfacing and holding the buoy

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Surfacing in a vertical position 30 🔒

Surfacing in a vertical position

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Using the snorkel to exhale just under the surface 31 🔒

Using the snorkel to exhale just under the surface

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Emptying the snorkel and lay horizontally at the surface 32 🔒

Emptying the snorkel and lay horizontally at the surface

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The first OK signal 33 🔒

The first OK signal

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The 1 min of recovery time 34 🔒

The 1 min of recovery time

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The final OK signal 35 🔒

The final OK signal

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Taking back the expanding air in the mask 36 🔒

Taking back the expanding air in the mask

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The buddy system 37 🔒

The buddy system

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The buddy system before the dive 38 🔒

The buddy system before the dive

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The buddy system during the dive 39 🔒

The buddy system during the dive

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The buddy system in the ascent 40 🔒

The buddy system in the ascent

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The buddy system after the dive 41 🔒

The buddy system after the dive

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Communication with hand signals 42 🔒

Communication with hand signals

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The use of the floats’ rope 43 🔒

The use of the floats’ rope

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Problems of the Valsalva method 44 🔒

Problems of the Valsalva method

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The Frenzel method 45 🔒

The Frenzel method

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The Hands-free method 46 🔒

The Hands-free method

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Cramp relief 47 🔒

Cramp relief

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Belt removal 48 🔒

Belt removal

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Description

The Freediver level or Level 1, as it is called by most training organizations, is the basic training in all aspects of freediving, such as technique, physiology, equipment, environment and safety measures, for a person to learn to freedive, as an amateur, up to 10 meters depth.

For practical reasons, but also due to an old tradition, diving training levels, have been described based on the depth, to which they prepare you to be able to dive and certify that, up to that point, you have the necessary knowledge and skills to organize dives.

The purpose of the Freediver level, of this very important package of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the water, is to enable a person, as a freediver, to organize his freedives, correctly and safely, in the open sea.

Ten meters deep is simply a limit where a person will learn to be able to dive, comfortably, with good technique and with a good apnea duration, so that he can remain at least for a short time at that depth.

The performance that the graduate Freediver will achieve in the pool is at least 1,5 minutes in static apnea and 25 meters in dynamic apnea.

Some training organizations also have a very useful introductory level (before the Freediver level) for the completely new amateur in freediving. The PADI organization, for example, calls it Basic Freediver and in this, the new diver receives a very good first theoretical training and begins learning the technique in very shallow waters up to 5 meters deep, in a protected environment for the beginner (in a pool or on the shore) and not in the open sea.

It is a level that instructors find very useful, because it prepares new divers in learning ear equations, in using the wet-suit and regulating buoyancy, in surface swimming, but also in static and dynamic apnea.

What you will learn in this course?

  • An initial adjustment of buoyancy on the surface
  • The skills of surface swimming
  • Buoyancy adjustment before each dive
  • The preparation for a freedive
  • The first movement of the dive: Removing the snorkel
  • The “Duck dive”: The "breaking" of the waist and the glide to the vertical sinking position beneath the surface
  • The fin strokes during the dive
  • Equalizing the ears and the mask
  • The position of the head during the descent
  • The moves of the ascent and the rising from the seabed
  • The first and the second part of the ascent
  • A "periscopic" gaze towards the surface on the last meters of ascent
  • The skills of surfacing
  • The "OK" signals to the dive buddy
  • The one minute of recovery breathing after the ascent
  • The Buddy system

Curriculum

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  • 48 Lessons
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