STAGE HELD BY UMBERTO PELIZZARI:

From Monday 14 th till Friday 18 th of May 2007, the freediving World-champion Umberto Pelizzari will organise a free diving course. The course will address topics of breathing techniques (abdominal breathing, how to use the diaphragm,...), relaxation, autosuggestion techniques, special physical training for Free-divers (jogging, swimming, body building,...) special training for free divers (static free-dive, dynamic free-dive, deep free-dive), personal training programmes, black-outs, security, equalisation techniques, diet, kicking techniques, theory of all different disciplines. Lessons in the water will be developed in the pool (static and dynamic) and in the sea (constant weight and variable weight with the sled).

Screening of videos on competitions in different free-diving disciplines and the world of free diving.

Students will be shown videos of good and bad practical techniques and will be filmed in order to analyze their technique.

Umberto Pelizzari will keep all lessons in the sea, swimming pool, and all breathing and relaxation trainings. The theory in English will be kept by an Apnea Academy Instructor.

Next English Stage: 5 –9 November 2007