![]() ![]() Or better yet, come freefall with us in one of our courses here in La Paz. Please share an experience or thought with us below in the comment section. We hope you have learned something from this post. ![]() It is personally our favorite part of freediving, hence the name ‘Freefall Academy’. In conclusion, the freefall is a very useful and peaceful practice to improve relaxed gains in depth while freediving. There are many slight variations that are a personal preference for each individual free diver. Other divers, such as Alenka Artnik, the CWT Roatan 2017 AIDA World Champion freefalls with her eyes closed the entire time and feels the line with her hand. He does this to make sure he has good positioning along the line. The current CWT (Constant Weight) world record holder Alexey Molchanov while in freefall has said he only opens his eyes slightly every few seconds. While in freefall the free diver has the option to close their eyes, this furthers the relaxation and therefore oxygen conservation. With fins, the legs should be slightly bent from the hips or knees so that the blade(s) of the fin(s) run parallel with the line (like in the picture).Ī good technique will yield a freefall rate of approximately one meter per second (1m/s). Without fins the legs should be straight with pointed feet, or slightly bent legs with relaxed feet. The arms and hands should be streamlined along the side or front of the body. Specifically, the head should be in a neutral position to aide in equalization, neither looking down or up the line. In general, the ideal body position will be as hydrodynamic as possible. When mastered freefall can lead a free diver into a dream-like or zen-like state. ![]() That being said, there is a proper technique to the freefall. ![]() Freefall Technique Freefall in freediving with bi-fins (fins are parallel to the line and knees are slightly bent). The freefall can be likened to a depth static, where the individual can focus her or his consciousness on relaxation and equalization. This allows the diver to conserve oxygen and energy while decreasing the rate of carbon dioxide production. This is because, during the freefall the diver is not required to use physical exertion to gain distance in depth. The freefall is a technique used by almost every professional free diver. We will discuss more safety protocols in a different blog post. This way, if a blackout does occur, the diver will float to the surface, making a rescue more achievable. A safe freediving practice is to have a positive buoyancy of at least 10 meters because most of the blackouts happen between 10m and the surface. This is explained by Boyle’s Law and Archimedes’ principle respectively.Įvery free diver possesses a different degree of buoyancy which is variable to their freediving gear (i.e. Why do we freefall? CNF World Record holder William Trubridge showing us how its done! Freefalling with no fins.Īs a free diver descends in water, the volume of air inside of their body (therefore the volume of the body itself) becomes smaller or more compressed thereby changing the buoyancy of their body. The practice of freefall in freediving occurs when a free diver reaches a point of negative buoyancy and stops finning or swimming downward, allowing the force of gravity alone to draw the diver deeper. Posted on 30 August, 2017 10 October, 2018 Freefall in Freediving BY: Valentina / 0 COMMENTS / CATEGORY: CNF, Freediving, Freefall What is freefall in freediving? ![]()
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