Molchanovs Educational Materials Get a Fresh Update

It’s happened - a complete review of the Lap/Wave 1 - 3 courses, W2I, W2I Crossover, and W3I Upgrade has concluded!

At Molchanovs, we pride ourselves on having the most up-to-date educational materials for our students and instructors. After instructors and Instructor Trainers give their valuable input, we periodically review our courses to make sure that the materials are easy-to-read and consistent, updating scientific information and adding helpful illustrations to make the learning process seamless. Updated course materials include manuals, exams, slides, course completion forms, and any other relevant materials. Important updates and changes also go through a voting process by the Molchanovs Board before implementation.
Keep reading below to learn more about the changes in each course!

Lap/Wave 1

• Added/updated equipment information
• Added a section on how to perform the duck dive
• Added a section on how to perform the DYNB, DNF, and DYN pool turn
• Added a section on how to perform the forward tumble turn in open water
• Added additional Base Training information
• Relocated some trauma information to the Lap/Wave 2 manual

Lap/Wave 2

• Added/updated equipment information
• Added additional Base Training information
• Added more information regarding potential traumas
• Added a section on how to perform the dolphin dive
• Relocated ‘perfecting/mastering diving techniques’ across Lap/Wave 2 and Lap/Wave 3 manuals to make them more logical

Lap/Wave 3

• Added more information regarding potential traumas
• Added additional Base Training information
• Elaborated on FRC diving depth simulation
• Relocated ‘perfecting/mastering diving techniques’ across Lap/Wave 2 and Lap/Wave 3 manuals to make them more logically-placed

See an examples of the changes to Lap/Wave 1 - 3 course materials here.

Instructor Annexes

These brand new documents contain the framing and explanation for each skill taught in Lap/Wave 1 and 2 (for W2I) and skills taught in Wave 3 (for W3I). This includes dry, pool, and open water skills. Combined with the video database, all instructors can now see what the ‘Molchanovs way’ of teaching these skills should be.

Instructor Courses and Crossovers

• Instructor Course slides for W2I (incl. Crossover)
• More illustrations have been added to the course slides for a better visual component.
• An ‘Annex’ document has also been added that describes the ‘Framing’ and ‘Explaining’ of each skill taught in the L/W1 and L/W2 courses.
• The 9 Classroom Presentation slides have been updated to reflect feedback received from instructors and ITs and include all the changes in the manuals and in Base Training.
• W3I Upgrade
• The IT must now go through a classroom presentation with W3I Upgrade candidates. This presentation describes the ‘Framing’ and ‘Explaining’ of each skill taught in the L/W3 course.
• Course completion Forms have all been updates
• W3I: ‘Classroom presentation’ added

What about Lap/Wave 4?

Good question! Our newest course, Lap/Wave 4 - Competitive Freediving, is still fairly recent as it was only launched in mid-2022. It is the first competitive freediving course designed to prepare future athletes for freediving competitions. It covers subjects such as advanced diving and mental techniques, competition preparation and procedures, training plan periodization, and more. The Lap/Wave 4 course will be updated with the next round of manual updates.
Students and instructors can find the updated materials in Dashboard. Let us know what you think - after all, your unique voices are what shape the Molchanovs freediving community!