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Underwater Club
Open Invitation
Here is a general session plan for what you are likely to experience at one of our introduction sessions.
They run in 45 min blocks 715pm - 8.00pm, just prior to our normal game on Friday nights.
Go to contacts and and book yourself in.
Gear up
- Mask fitting
- Hair out of the way
- Squeeze against face slight negative pressure via nose suck
- Snorkel fitting
- Lips around outer rim
- Teeth gentle holding the teat
- Fin fitting
- Not to tight and not to loose
Hockey intro plan
- Flicking Instruction
- Holding the bat Thumb at rear edge
- Show flicking edge (front & back). Top and bottom are playable
- 80/20 rule 80% of flick is from the wrist 20% from the recoil in arm
- Flicking & Swiming
- Focus on the 80% bit
- focus on positioning of puck on bat
- Focus on making the puck spin
- Turning Instruction
- Happens from the stomach
- Tilt body slightly to side you wil turn from
- Allow legs to follow through
- Turning Demo
- Left turn
- Right turn
- Game
- Working across the pool
Snorkelling Intro Plan
- Clear snorkel
- Expulsions (big exhale)
- Displacement method (release some air just prior to hitting the surface
- Pinching the snorkel to expel that final trickle of water
- Clear mask
- Pressure at top of mask
- Lift the bottom of mask gently
- Exhale through nose
- Getting underwater
- Duck dive using gravity
- Reverse dive using gravity
- Legs need to arc behind body as they descend
