AIDA Pool Competition Safety Freediver Course

The certification is part of the comprehensive Vertical Blue Professional Safety Freediver® program, which is designed to unify freediving safety procedures during AIDA competitions. The benefits of obtaining this certification include the official recognition of safety expertise at various levels and increased opportunities to contribute to high-level events.

• Pool session 1 – Physical prerequisites (1.5h)
• Theory 1 (2h)
  • Introduction (1h)
    • Introduction to the course
    • AIDA competitions
    • Pool competitions setup
  • Roles and responsibilities of the safety team (1h)
• Theory 2 (1.5h)
  • Pathologies and complications in pool disciplines (0.5h)
  • Rescue procedures for pool competitions (1h)
• Pool session 2 – STA rescue scenarios (1.5h)
  • Assistance and rescue during STA performances (team/solo, different types of blackouts and LMCs), including athlete’s extraction (handoff to the medical team)
• Theory 3 (1.5h)
  • Code of conduct & recommendations (0.5h)
  • Video analysis (statics): real scenarios and student videos recorded during simulated practice (1h)
• Pool session 3 – DYN rescue scenarios (1.5h)
  • Surface swimming technique while assisting a DYN performance
  • Demonstrate ability to not disrupt the athlete’s performance, minimize turbulences while finning as well as keeping visual of the judges
  • Assistance and rescue during a DYN performance (team/solo), with simulation of both surface and underwater rescues scenarios (different types of blackouts and LMCs), including towing to the pool side and athlete’s extraction (handoff to the medical team)
• Theory 4 (2.5h)
  • Video analysis (dynamics): competition videos and student videos recorded during simulated practice (1h)
  • Theory exam + Q&A (1.5h)

A Certified AIDA Pool Competition Safety Freediver is trained to provide safety at official AIDA pool diving competitions, covering static apnea, dynamic with fins, dynamic without fins, and dynamic with bi-fins disciplines. In the near future, only individuals with this certification will be authorized to provide safety for AIDA's pool events. By participating in these competitions, certified Safety Freedivers accumulate experience points, which are taken into account when selecting safety personnel for prestigious contests like the AIDA World Championships. Safety Freedivers ascend through four levels of recognition, each reflecting the quantity of experience points they have earned.

The certification is part of the comprehensive Vertical Blue Professional Safety Freediver® program, which is designed to unify freediving safety procedures during AIDA competitions. The benefits of obtaining this certification include the official recognition of safety expertise at various levels and increased opportunities to contribute to high-level events.