Coaching and training
Water time built around your goals, with an Instructor Trainer, from our own sailing boat.
Coaching is not a course. There is no syllabus to get through and no certificate at the end. You arrive with something specific, a plateau, an equalization problem, a depth you keep missing, or simply the wish to spend more time in the water, and the session is built around that. Most sessions run one to one from SV Freedom Fargo, so the line, the boat and the coach are yours for the whole time.
Led by an Instructor Trainer
Coach Nikki is a Molchanovs and Apnea Total Instructor Trainer and a former national record holder, coaching freedivers around the world since 2013.
From our own boat
Sessions run from SV Freedom Fargo, so there is no shared dive boat and no fixed timetable to fit into. Shore-based sessions at Tanote Bay are possible too.
You leave with a plan
Every personalised session ends with a performance analysis and a custom training plan, and GoPro footage included, so the work carries on after you leave the island.
Breath first, depth second
Preparation, relaxation and targeted stretching are part of the session, not an extra. Freediving is a breath practice before it is a number on a rope.
Same coach, three formats. Pick the one that matches what you need this week, or mix them across a longer stay.
3 hr · One-to-one · 5-pack 10,000 THB (~264 €)
The full one to one. Three hours, two of them in the water, entirely on your goals. There is a 5-pack if you are staying a while.
2 hr · Buddy system · 5-pack 7,000 THB (~185 €)
You already know what to do and just need water time and a safety partner. We pair you with a diver at your level or above.
1 day · 3-minute breath-hold goal
A full day away from the depth chase, on relaxation, contractions and the mental side of the breath-hold.
Personalised coaching starts after a level 1 course, because the session assumes you already have the basics of relaxation, equalization and safety. Autonomous training goes further and needs a Level 2 or Advanced certification with a 30 metre minimum, since buddies provide safety for one another. The Static Apnea Clinic has no prerequisite at all, so anyone can come and work on their breath-hold. If you are not certified yet and you want coaching, say so and we will point you at the right course first rather than sell you a session you cannot use.
A personalised session is three hours. The first hour is preparation, technique analysis and targeted stretching. The next two are in the water, one to one, on the line. You finish with a performance analysis and a written training plan, and the GoPro footage from the session is yours. Pool coaching is available too if you would rather work on technique, static or dynamic in a controlled environment. Coaching and training run most days, so it usually fits around whatever else you have planned on the island.
No. A course has a syllabus and ends with a certification. Coaching has neither. It is time in the water shaped around what you want to work on, whether that is depth, technique, equalization or the mental side.
A personalised one-to-one session is 2,200 THB (~58 €), or 10,000 THB (~264 €) for a 5-pack. Autonomous buddy training is 1,500 THB (~40 €), or 7,000 THB (~185 €) for a 5-pack, with 300 THB (~8 €) off each session if you bring your own gear. The Static Apnea Clinic is 3,000 THB (~79 €) for the day.
Yes. Coaching is not tied to a system. We teach both Molchanovs and Apnea Total, and a session is built around where you actually are in the water rather than which card you hold.
It depends what you are chasing. One session is often enough to unlock a specific problem. If you are working on depth or on a plateau, the 5-pack exists for exactly that and can be spread across your stay. Send us your dates and we will suggest a rhythm.
Yes. Pool coaching is available if you would rather work on technique, static or dynamic in a controlled environment instead of on the line.
Send your dates, your certification level and the thing you would like to fix or reach. We will tell you honestly whether coaching is the right answer or whether a course would serve you better.
The full pathway, from a first breath-hold to instructor level, in both systems.
A separate, paid session with a professional underwater photographer and an in-water modeling coach. 3,000 THB.
If you are still choosing a system before your first certification.
Seven days of training, sailing and time at sea, with fixed dates.
Small groups. Personal attention. Deep transformation. Boat-based freediving courses and coaching, delivered around Koh Tao.