SSI XR Extended Range Foundations
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SSI XR Extended Range Foundations
Ever watched another diver glide effortlessly through the water while you're constantly adjusting your buoyancy, kicking harder than you need to, or wondering why your gas disappears so quickly?
The SSI XR Extended Range Foundations programme is designed to develop the core skills that separate a competent diver from an exceptional one. Whether your goal is technical diving, improving your recreational diving, or simply becoming more comfortable and confident underwater, this course provides the perfect platform.
Over the programme you'll refine the fundamental skills that make every dive easier, safer, and more enjoyable. Better buoyancy means less effort and improved air consumption. Better trim means less drag and more control. Better propulsion techniques mean you can move precisely through the water without disturbing the environment or exhausting yourself.
This isn't a course about collecting another certification card. It's about becoming a better diver.
This course is for any diver who wants to become noticeably better underwater, not just future technical divers.
The course can be completed using a single-cylinder setup, twinset, or sidemount configuration, making it suitable for recreational divers looking to improve their skills as well as those preparing for future technical diving training.
No courses scheduled above. Get in touch as we run courses all of the time and to a mutually convenient schedule.
The XR Extended Range Foundations program is designed to improve your buoyancy, trim and propulsion techniques and provide a stable platform from which to improve all of your diving.
Skills Covered
Throughout the programme you'll work on:
- Frog Kick
- Modified Frog Kick
- Flutter Kick
- Modified Flutter Kick
- Backward Kick
- Helicopter Turns
- Neutral Buoyancy and Hovering
- Trim Control
- Mask Clearing
- Mask Removal and Replacement
- Controlled Ascents
- Long Hose Deployment
- Out-of-Gas Diver Procedures
- DSMB Deployment
Every skill is practised repeatedly with coaching and feedback to help you develop efficient, repeatable techniques that will benefit every dive you make in the future.
All training dives are completed in a confined water environment at depths less than 12 meters. You will earn the SSI Extended Range Foundations recognition card after completing this program.
Who Is This Course For?
The SSI XR Foundations programme is ideal for:
- Divers wanting better buoyancy and trim
- Divers who feel their air consumption could be improved
- Photographers looking for greater stability underwater
- Divers moving into twinsets or sidemount
- Divers considering future decompression or technical diving training
- Anyone wanting to improve their overall comfort, confidence, and control underwater
What do I need to start on the XR Foundations Course?
- Minimum Age: 16
- Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Qualification (Any Agency)
- Have logged at least 24 dives.
Course Structure
Unlike many specialty courses, XR Foundations is delivered as a workshop-style programme with extensive coaching and in-water practice.
Training includes:
- Equipment configuration and setup
- Classroom workshops
- Confined water skill development
- Open water training dives
- Detailed debriefing and coaching
The emphasis is on measurable improvement rather than simply meeting minimum performance requirements.
What will I do during the course?
Complete the online elearning components
We will complete a days classroom session with you individually tailoring your kit to you and discussing the techniques and principles of buoyancy, trim and propulsion.
Then there will be a pool session followed by two days in Open Water, debriefing and consolidating skills as we go.
What's included
- Certification which lasts for life
- Pool Fees
Are there any additional costs?
- No equipment is provided. We can rent you kit but the benefit from this course comes by configuring your own equipment, talk to us about starting to build your equipment.
- Air Fills
- Entry and travel to open water sites
We are committed to your success, if you require more help we are there for you, just get in touch
Whats Next after the Extended Range Foundation Course?
The in-water training emphasis of the Foundations course results in measurable improvements. This will set you up for either limited decompression in the Decompression Diver course with a recreational pass or accelerated decompression in the XR Extended Range course with an Extended Range pass.
The in-water training emphasis of the Foundations course results in measurable improvements. This will set you up so you are ready to complete either the SSI Decompression Diver course or the SSI XR Extended Range.
Prior to any Diver training course students need to complete a Mandatory Medical Questionaire.
Please ensure that you have read the Medical Statement and are sure that you will be able to commence any diver training PRIOR to paying as our Training Terms Conditions apply after payment has been made.
A doctor's confirmation of fitness to dive is required if you answer YES to any medical condition on the Medical Statement.
Please note that if you need a Physician signoff most of our local surgeries WILL NOT sign this form, we suggest you contact Midlands Dive Chamber 01788 579 555 in this instance.
You can check out the Medical Statement here:
Oakham Swimming Pool
The 25m heated swimming pool at Oakham School's Leisure Centre is perfect for scuba diver training and kids' diving courses. This state-of-the-art facility provides laned sections for focused training and a comfortable, warm environment, ensuring an ideal learning experience for divers of all ages and skill levels. Whether you're refining your technique or introducing children to the wonders of diving, our pool offers the perfect setting.
Our pool session(s) are on Saturday evenings from 18:00 - 20:00, with a meet at the Dive Centre prior (this time will be confirmed when you book). The time at the Dive Centre is spent on various activities depending on which course you are undertaking but for all first session this will involve introducing you to your instructor, the dive equipment you will be using in the pool, a safety briefing and the evenings activities. During non term time then we have a pool session available on a Thursday from 19:00 - 21:00.
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Our team of highly experienced instructors will be on hand to guide you through every step of the way
