How often do you practice skills

[phillip1]

How much do you actually practice skills other than S drills?
Skills such as; line entanglement (including cutting line to free yourself, being on out side etc..), lost line, jammed reel.

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Not so much in practice rather than in necessity.

[Neptuno]

well, I was practicing all the above pretty much in every dive when I used to take my old oms reel...lol, the bad is that I never managed to repair any of the jams in that reel... so there it came the other skill of entangled and cutting line

since them not very often, only when I get in troubles

[stairman]

I dont do line repair drills but I know I can if I have to. I did uncontious diver removal, holding their reg in place and controlling both wings as we exit and surface in Rescue class but with a single tank. Id like to try it again with a sidemount diver to see how much different it would be. Its good to go over no vis exits with buddies to be sure were on the same page but dont do it much anymore.

[alias]

Heh, I really didn't know you had to 'practice' jammed reel either.

[phillip1]

Heh, I really didn't know you had to 'practice' jammed reel either.

I dunno that tends to happen, I sit around with a jammed reel and try to unjam it with eyes closed.
I have had to turn 2-3 dives due to a badly jammed reel so I started to practice unjamming my reels and it really helps.

[RN]

The right reel never jams...

While I don't practice jammed reel, line cutting, etc, I do demonstrate valve drills, both in backmount and sidemount to my students on a regular basis.

[adam0321]

I have found (probaly because I'm a novice) practicing every dive makes me a bit more comfy in a cave. I turn the dive at jb then hang out in the cavern for about 30 min doing lost line valve shut down back up light employment. I have even brought parachute cord tied. It off cut it and practiced line repair. The only thing I haven't done is entangled drills. Although the other day right at the bottom of the chute I tried doing an exit with a wing failure.....not fun. Made it to deco rock and re inflated the wing with dbl 95s it was tough and I consider my self a strong swimmer. Just wanted to know I could if I had to..

[Neptuno]

never say never....
I never jammed my H reel, but once I loaned it to somebody to run it a a primary and he managed to do it very well...... so, they ALMOST never jam, but when they do.. just cut the line or will never unjam it underwater....
even the jam proof spools sometimes manage to jam, not very often tho, I never had a reel worst that the one I mentioned above (oms one), that reel always wanted to kill me.

[phillip1]

I used to use a few DR reels and they are really prone to jamming, a jammed reel does not happen that often but almost always at the worst moment exploring and in bad to zero viz it seems.
If you practice unjamming you reel, when it does happen unjamming is a really fast, I do that a lot with my eyes closed sitting around the house.

DR location specific skill: wasp nest avoidance.