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Apnea Academy International organizes an instructor course in English every 2 years. The next course is programmed in 2008 in Sharm el Sheik, Red Sea, Egypt. The duration of the course is 7 days, from the 4th to the 10th of May 2008.

The course will address topics of relaxation, breathing, physiology of respiratory and ear systems, diet, techniques of communication, teaching methods, psychology and group control, with lectures given by expert specialists in each field. Furthermore the AA teaching system, its standards, and the sequence of exercises will be discussed. Theory of Static and Dynamic apnea, Constant and Variable Weight freediving will be treated.

Practical exercises will include techniques of breathing and relaxation at the various levels, Constant and Variable Weight and group control in pool and sea.

Students will be shown videos of good and bad practical technique, and competitions. All students will be filmed in order to analyze their technique. The course places emphasis on the formation of an instructor as much as the development of their technique and performance.

Other than Umberto Pelizzari the teaching staff will be made up of some of the most respected experts in the various relevant fields and a selection of the most expert Apnea Academy Instructors.
Also Carlos Coste, Stig Severinsen, WilliamTrubridge are Apnea Academy Instructors.

To be admitted to the course the candidate must be able to perform perfectly all exercises included in the Manual of Freediving (Idelson & Gnocchi), and be capable of:

• static apnea of 4 minutes

• dynamic apnea of 75m

• constant weight freedive (with bi-fins) of 30m

Instructors who are successful in the evaluation at the end of the course will become members of the Apnea Academy and will be able to hold AA freediving courses of 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd level, Apnea Discovery and Apnea Stages, within the teaching structure of the Apnea Academy, school for the instruction and research and freediving.

The Instructor Course will take place at COLUMBUS CLUB SHARM Village in Sharm el Sheihk. On www.columbusviaggi.it at the link of Red Sea - Sharm el Sheihk, all information about the Village will be available.
All inclusive cost (in double room, breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks and snacks during the day) is 36 euro per person(same conditions will be applied to students’ friends and relatives). Flight will be bought from each diver in his own country. To book the hotel or for any information concerning the Hotel please contact:

It is recommended to book flight ticket and hotel reservation as soon possible to be sure to have the best travel conditions.

It 's possible to reach the village and train in the ocean even before the beginning of the course. Apnea Academy Egypt, in charge of organization, will set up all the diving area.

For further information on the course click here.