MASTER COURSE

AIDA 4

  • EXPAND the boundaries of freediving with advanced depth training, instructor preparation, and a holistic approach.

  • GAIN EXPERIENCE IN advanced techniques like mouth-fill, and refine YOUR skills with specialized stretching and nutrition insights

  • ELEVATE essential safety skills AND YOUR mental discipline.

  • BOOST both your performance UNDERWATER and personal growth.

cOURSE dURATION:

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Here’s what makes tHIS AIDA 4 course exceptional:

  • Advanced Depth Training: Gain the skills and techniques necessary for deeper dives, including specialized methods like mouth-fill for improved equalization.
  • Instructor Preparation: Prepare to become a freediving instructor with comprehensive training in safety protocols and introduction to CNF technique
  • Enhanced Skills: Perfect your freediving abilities with advanced techniques and stretching routines to boost flexibility and performance.
  • Holistic Approach: Embrace a holistic view of freediving that integrates physical, mental, and emotional aspects for a well-rounded approach.
  • Training Nutrition: Learn about optimal nutrition strategies that enhance performance, recovery, and overall well-being.
  • Increased Safety: Focus on advanced safety procedures, risk management, and stress management techniques to ensure safe and confident dives.
  • Personal Growth: Develop the mental discipline, focus, and self-awareness essential for advanced freediving.

SUGGESTED FOR:

This elite program is designed for those who aspire to dive deeper beyond residual volume safely, master advanced skills, and potentially step into the role of a freediving instructor. 

Pre-requisites:

  • Min. age: 18 years old
  • Have completed AIDA 3 course, or AIDA3 crossover
  • Have a qualification in First Aid including CPR, passed within the last two years
  • Have a PB of min. 30m, done comfortably. (Training sessions are available to help you prepare for courses, know more here)

COURSE SCHEDULE

  • We start the first day with an intro to aida 4, followed by sta session briefing and sta session in a calm swimming pool.
    After a nourishing break, we go through two sessions of theory and practically apply what you learned through a guided dry session.

  • We start the second day with a full body stretch led by zahraa to understand the concepts of stretching for freediving and prepare you to lead your own stretching sessions. We head to the Open Water and start practicing advanced EQ skills underwater.
    After a nourishing break, You take a further step into your independence as a deep freediver by learning how to set up your buoy, while learning about extra precautions for safe and ethical diving. We dive again while practicing your advanced eq and solidifying your basic mouthfill technique, as well as practicing buddying and rescue.

  • After two diving days, we take a rest day from the water and focus on essential information that compliment and elevate your diving; Bringing more awareness to factors that affect your diving experience and open up a wholesome diving approach.
    We dedicate a dry session to focus on mouthfill training, bringing in exercises that are more specific and advanced to solidy your deep Equalization.
    We end the day by planning the upcoming sessions and giving you more confidence to take control of your own training.

  • On the fourth day, you start to take more leadership by guiding your own stretching session and setting up the buoy.
    Followed by an open water session of your own design, under zahraa's guidance, where you plan for deep diving. We go through essential buddying & rescue skills as well as useful extra skills like CNF that helps diversify you diving experience and prepare for your instructor course.
    After the break we go through theory that helps you understand advanced breathing techniques and potential side effects of unsafe deep diving.

  • On the Fifth day, you lead your own stretching session.
    After having previously covered dynamic training concepts, we go through a dynamic session that covers distance requirements, along with specific dyn training, safety, rescue and buddying.
    After the break we go through a fun theory session to cover our role in respecting the freediving community and being ethical towards other activities in the ocean and marine life. We also cover a light topic of discovering advanced freediving equipment in deoth.

  • On the last day of the course, you get ready to be a Master Freediver by professionally guiding your own stretching session and setting up the buoy.
    Followed by an open water session where we focus on deep diving, rescue techniques & a chance to experience vwt discipline.

COURSE INCLUDES:

  • 4 Open Water Sessions (Incl. intro to No Fins technique)
  • 2 Confined Water Sessions 
  • 8+ Hours Theory Sessions
  • 5 Dry Sessions 
    -  Stretching
    - Mouth-Fill Training
    - Buoy Set-up & Handling
    - Planning Training Sessions
  • Course Certificate (Upon Requirements Completion)

CERTIFICATE Requirements:

  • Static: 3:30 mins
  • Dynamic: 70m
  • Depth: 32-38 m
  • FRC + mouthfill
  • Depth Rescue: 20m + Tow 50m on the surface
  • Buddying & Rescue

PRICE: 450 €

Additional Workshops

Book extra sessions at discounted price to help you master mouthfill or reach any requirements that need more time.

Basic Technique Workshop

  • 1 Day

  • 1 Dry Session
    1 Open Water Session

  • 75 EUR

Open Water Specific Workshop

  • 2 Days

  • 2 Open Water Sessions

  • 80 EUR

*Sessions are valid one week before course starts or after course ends.

Advanced Technique Workshop

  • 2 Days

  • 2 Dry Sessions
    2 Open Water Sessions

  • 140 EUR

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