The SSI Extended Range Foundations (Sidemount) program provides you with an opportunity to enhance your advanced diving skills in a workshop environment. Learn more about using tec diving gear with any total diving system you are certified to use and build upon your basic skill set to master buoyancy, trim, finning techniques, positioning, and communication. The Extended Range Foundations program provides supplementary training to existing certifications to increase your confidence and in-water control. All in-water sessions are completed in a pool/confined water environment at depths less than 40 feet, and requires a minimum of 4 hours of in-water training. You will earn the SSI Extended Range Foundations certification after completing this program. What you will learn: Advanced buoyancy skills, How to achieve proper trim, How weight placement affects your body position in the water, Finning techniques (frog kick, back kick, helicopter turn, etc.), Different equipment configurations.