One of the greatest misconceptions in training is the idea that "Practice makes Perfect".
As part of the TED series, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the flow state that is so essential not only for successful freediving, but any form of training and goal setting.
Read more: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on Flow and what makes life worth living
Dominik Schwarz is probably our biggest instructor so far; Look for 2 metres of AIDA Instructor, city hopping around Germany.
Dominik's final presentation for his AIDA Instructor course with us was on the topic of using classical conditioning as illustrated by the famous experiment with Pavlov's dog in freediving. These insights allow us to design our training to be far more efficient and begin to gain conscious control even over our dive response.
Yoshua Surjo is a Event Management and Communications professional from Jakarta. During his Instructor Course with us, his final presentation gave us a guide on how we can communicate our passion to the public in a structured way.
Yoshua's article is kept abstract enough to be applied anywhere in the world and will help the people around us to understand us a little better.
Read more: Yoshua Surjo - Communicating Freediving to The General Public
During his Instructor Course with us, psychologist and hypnotherapist Jan Bareš gave a presentation on the wonderfully intriguing topic of Time Distortion in Static Apnea. A great read that gives some background as well directly applicable tips to improve our Static Apnea Training.
Rachel 'Cat' Wang is an inspirational freediver, based in Beijing, China who came to train with us in order to become a Freediving instructor.
As part of her AIDA Instructor Course, she gave a presentation on the impact of the Chinese Culture of sports and education on learning - and teaching - how to freedive.
Read more: Rachel Cat Wang - The Chinese Culture and its Role in Learning how to Freedive
- The No-Touching Rule in AIDA Competitions
- Richard Marsh - The History and Future of Freediving for the Koh Surin Moken
- Simon Elvmarker - Hydrodynamics in Freediving
- Oli Christen - Action vs. State in Freediving
- Azam Hamid - How Marathon Training can Improve Freediving Performance
- Gary McGrath - Shallow Water Conditioning for Depth and Diaphragm Conditioning for Freedivers
