Molchanovs Junior Freediving
4 - 7 Years Old
Discover/Lap Courses
It’s time for your child to slowly discover the magic water holds, gain confidence in the pool, and take their first baby steps into freediving!
Give your young child the gift of in-water comfort and safety with the Junior Freediving 4 - 7 y/o courses! These courses are designed to slowly but surely introduce your child to the wonders of the pool, with more advanced levels learning how to participate in pool freediving disciplines. All courses take place in a pool or confined water and are filled with in-water games to keep sessions light and fun!
Lap Discover Freediving Experience
This 1-hour Lap Discover course for 4 - 7 y/o is the best way for your child to start getting comfortable in the pool.
Prerequisites
Comfortable with facial submersion in water
Comfortable with water activities
Course Goals
Learn the correct relaxation technique
Be comfortable with facial immersion
Basic understanding of equalization (Valsalva technique)
Get familiar with the physical parts of a dive:
Flutter kick
Duck dive
Moving underwater
Certification Requirements
None
Course Duration
Approximately 1 hour
Lap 1 Course
Your young child will learn how to flutter kick on the surface, duck dive, and make short and shallow dives in the pool.
Prerequisites
Comfortable with facial submersion in water
Comfortable with water activities
Course Goals
Learn how to flutter kick on the surface
Discover how to duck dive
Be comfortable making multiple shallow dives in a pool
Certification Requirements
Good flutter kick technique
Good duck dive technique
Able to float face-down on the water’s surface for 5 seconds
Course Duration
4 sessions of approximately 1 - 1.5 hours each
Lap 2 Course
Your child will discover how to float face-up and flutter kick at the surface, equalize while diving, perform a very short breath-hold (STA), and be introduced to diving horizontally at depth with flutter kicks (DYNB).
Prerequisites
4 - 7 y/o Lap 1 certification
Course Goals
Be comfortable floating face-up at the surface
Learn how to perform flutter kicks face-up at the surface
Practice equalization while diving
Learn DYNB technique
Certification Requirements
Surface DYN performed face-up
DYNB 5m (15ft)
STA 5 sec
Course Duration
4 sessions of approximately 1 - 1.5 hours each
Lap 3 Course
Through expert teaching and fun games, your child will be introduced to monofin diving (DYN), improve their surface breath-holding (STA) and diving for distance at depth with flutter kicks (DYNB) techniques, learn the dolphin kick technique to swim for distance on a breath-hold (DYN), and become a better surface swimmer.
Prerequisites
4 - 7 y/o Lap 2 certification
Course Goals
Learn DYN technique
Improve surface flutter kick technique
Improve DYNB technique
Be able to flutter kick on the surface without a kickboard
Certification Requirements
Surface DYN 25m (82ft)
DYNB 10m (33ft)
DYN 5m (16ft)
STA 10 sec
Course Duration
4 sessions of approximately 1 - 1.5 hours each