Preparing for a Freediving Course I am often asked by prospective students and beginner freedivers how to prepare for a freediving course. This article is a summary of my recommendations for.motivated students. Step 1. Read your Freediving Manual All major freediving certification agencies now have electronic manuals to study from. In our school we email…
DetailsFreediving Pool Standards Code On 21 July 2011 World Champion “No Limits” freediver Patrick Musimu (his personal best dive was to 209 metres) died while training alone in a pool in Brussels, Belgium. This highlights the dangers of freedivers training by themselves in a pool even when such athletes are very experienced and qualified as…
DetailsWin Free Tickets to the Ocean Film Festival 2017 + Winners Freediving Gold Coast is offering free tickets to the Ocean Film Festival (click here to read more about this great event). We feel that this is the best selection of short films on the ocean and in particular freediving that you will see this…
DetailsEasy Equalisation for Freediving This post is in attempt to help freedivers to have a reliable technique to equalise every time they go diving. While this is a work in progress I have attempted to simplify the process and give divers something to work on and practice before they go diving Step 1. Master the…
DetailsI took a photo of this interesting old picture from the wall of the Main Beach Pavilion, opposite Southport SLSC. As a shark deterrent method, it’s a bit questionable (to say the least) especially when you consider the following facts: On average each year in Australia: 1. More than 45,000 Australians die from heart disease…
DetailsClearly one of the secrets, if I dare use that word, to freediving if not stress management in our day to day lives is the control of our breath. I (Clinton Laurence) often ask both new freedivers on courses and patients in my private psychology practice how often do they breathe in one minute. I would…
DetailsOn the 30/5/16 our Principal Freediiving Instructor at Freediving Gold Coast, Clinton Laurence, did a radio interview on ABC Radio with Kelly Devine titled “What is freediving?”. The link to this radio interview can be clicked on here http://www.freedivingtraining.com.au/music/57a980fdaeb67.mp3. The important distinction made in this interview are the differences between recreational freediving and extreme or…
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On the 24/12/2012 our Principal Instructor, Clinton Laurence, completed his AIDA Instructor course with a presentation on Mindfulness in Freediving. A copy of this article is attached for interested readers. Simply click on the link below:
