{"id":334,"date":"2025-01-08T12:52:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T04:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/?p=334"},"modified":"2025-01-08T12:52:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T04:52:38","slug":"technical-diving-skills-reaching-your-valves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-skills-reaching-your-valves\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical Diving Skills | Reaching Your Valves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technical Diving Skills &#8211; Reaching Your Valves<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>This article, originally posted at DiveDIR by Garf, gives great advice on how to reach your valves when conducting <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-skills-valve-shut-down-drill-explained\/\">valve shutdown<\/a> procedures. \u00a0It&#8217;s the most comprehensive analysis of this key skill attribute that I&#8217;ve read to date. \u00a0They call it the &#8216;ultimate guide&#8217;&#8230; it is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Shutdown-Drills-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Shutdown-Drills-2.jpg\" alt=\"Valve Shutdown Drills - Reaching your valves\" class=\"wp-image-335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Shutdown-Drills-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Shutdown-Drills-2-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">www.divedir.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Link (now dead):\u00a0http:\/\/www.divedir.com\/Drills-and-Skills\/valve-drills-the-ultimate-guide.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Article Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-skills-reaching-your-valves\/#Reaching-Your-Valves\" >Reaching Your Valves<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-skills-reaching-your-valves\/#The-Body-Mechanics-of-Reaching-The-Valves\" >The Body Mechanics of Reaching The Valves<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-skills-reaching-your-valves\/#Twinset-Cylinder-Band-Positioning\" >Twinset Cylinder Band Positioning<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-skills-reaching-your-valves\/#About-The-Author\" >About The Author<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-skills-reaching-your-valves\/#Purchase-my-exclusive-diving-ebooks\" >Purchase my exclusive diving ebooks!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reaching-Your-Valves\"><\/span><h1>Reaching Your Valves<\/h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, let\u2019s have some clarification of a few issues. The name. GUE calls it a \u201cvalve drill\u201d, and I have heard instructors from other agencies call them the same, but I have heard divers from all agencies call it a \u201cshutdown\u201d, and for simplicity\u2019s sake, that is how I am going to refer to them here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the minutiae of the procedure may differ from agency to agency, it can be taken as pretty much universal that being able to reach and manipulate your valves when diving a set of twin cylinders is a \u201cGood Thing\u201d, and that not being able to reach them is a \u201cBad Thing\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just how \u201cBad\u201d is an endless debate, so let\u2019s not go there. Additionally, my experience has been with a set of twins that have their valves pointing towards the sky when I am standing up straight, so that is where the <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/flow-state-scuba-diving-skills\/\">focus<\/a> of this document will be. Not everyone does this, and the pros and cons of \u201cinverting\u201d cylinders are another endless debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"scuba-b4-h2-2\" style=\"margin-top: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;\" id=\"scuba-908462082\"><div class=\"scuba-adlabel\">Sponsored Link<\/div><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9354033900485448\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9354033900485448\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2393012471\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The-Body-Mechanics-of-Reaching-The-Valves\"><\/span>The Body Mechanics of Reaching The Valves<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we get hung up on kit and configuration, let\u2019s talk a little about physiology. How exactly do you reach for the valves in the first place? There are two ways of reaching back. The first way involves keeping the forearm parallel to your body and rotating your shoulder so that so your entire forearm moves behind your head. I have seen people manage to reach their valves like this, but you have to be very flexible, and it looks far too much like hard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second way will give you another two to three inches of movement. Bend your arm at the elbow, but keep your elbow facing forward, with the inside of your forearm tucked in close against your head. It\u2019s a conscious effort to keep it in that position, if you relax your arm will rotate, so keep that forearm close to your head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/175899_522369114441834_688771392_o.jpg\" alt=\"Elbow pointing outwards = incorrect technique when reaching the cylinder valves with a twinset or doubles\" class=\"wp-image-26966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/175899_522369114441834_688771392_o.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/175899_522369114441834_688771392_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/175899_522369114441834_688771392_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/175899_522369114441834_688771392_o-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elbow pointing outwards = incorrect technique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now rotate your shoulder and push that arm back so that you can still see your elbow, but your lower arm and hand have disappeared past your head. This is a much better position to be in and gives you more flexibility. It is also a position that can be extended by training and exercise, which I will discuss later.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reaching back for the isolator with the right hand is almost identical, except there is a little trick to it reach back, as in option 2, above, but this time bend your hand 90 degrees up at the wrist and then put the inside of your wrist against the back of your head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now push back with your head. Your hand should just land on the isolator.\u00a0Reaching for the left-hand post is the same as the right-hand post but with the left hand. However, this is the valve that causes most people problems simply because they have less flexibility in their left shoulder than they do in the right. This can be helped with specific exercises, which I will document later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we know how to reach back, we need to make sure everything is set up to allow you to stand a chance of getting there. Tip number one is to put your kit how you want it and leave it alone. It doesn\u2019t really matter if that configuration is <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/backplate-and-wing-configuration-dir-hogarthian\/\">DIR<\/a>, DIFF, DILLIGAF, or whatever, but once you have your kit setup correctly, leave it alone and start diving it, because you need a few dives with each configuration before you know what\u2019s what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10425462_836580969687312_4522073525849431757_n.jpg\" alt=\"Technical diving - reaching the isolator valve\" class=\"wp-image-26968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10425462_836580969687312_4522073525849431757_n.jpg 575w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10425462_836580969687312_4522073525849431757_n-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10425462_836580969687312_4522073525849431757_n-135x150.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Changing things every dive will just leave you in an endless circle of adjustment. The configuration below works for me. If you want to do it another way, knock yourself out.\u00a0If you do not have your harness, backplate and twins set up correctly, then it really doesn\u2019t matter if you are Mr. Stretch, Captain Spaghetti, or the incredible bendy woman, you are not going to get to those valves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now \u201ccorrectly\u201d, in this article, refers to how I\u2019ve finally ended up with my twinset configured. This is \u201ccorrect\u201d for me. The combination of the elements I describe allows me to reach the valves. Please don\u2019t whinge at me if you don\u2019t happen to like having your rig the same way, I\u2019m trying to be helpful here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Twinset-Cylinder-Band-Positioning\"><\/span>Twinset Cylinder Band Positioning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s start with the twinset. I really have lost count of the number of divers I see moving twinset bands up and down their cylinders whilst at dive sites, in attempts to reach their valves, totally forgetting about what this will do to their trim etc. I was that diver for a few months so I certainly cannot claim I haven\u2019t been there myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10171767_903376253007783_8348959339128029780_n.jpg\" alt=\"Reaching the valves - The chin should be upwards, to open up shoulder mobility\" class=\"wp-image-26971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10171767_903376253007783_8348959339128029780_n.jpg 565w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10171767_903376253007783_8348959339128029780_n-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10171767_903376253007783_8348959339128029780_n-196x150.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The chin should be upwards, to open up shoulder mobility<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Move the bands to just below, and I really do mean just below, the neck of the cylinders. Then leave them alone. Really. It\u2019s a seemingly common belief that moving the bands down a cylinder will move the valves closer to your hands. Let\u2019s think about that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your twinset is a straight line, but your back is a curve. Moving the bands of the cylinders down therefore moves them up in relation to your back, but actually moves them further away. The closest they will get to your back will be if you set up your cylinders as in Image 3. I spent ages mucking about until someone physically demonstrated that one to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/andy-davis-technical-diving\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1-300x296.png\" alt=\"Andy Davis Technical Sidemount Wreck Diving Subic Bay Philippines RAID Courses Training\" class=\"wp-image-6812\" style=\"width:225px;height:222px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1-300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1-1024x1009.png 1024w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1-768x757.png 768w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About-The-Author\"><\/span>About The Author<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/andydavistech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"274\" height=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bmc-button-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bmc-button-1-1.png 274w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bmc-button-1-1-250x70.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/andy-davis-technical-diving\/\">Andy Davis<\/a> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/raid-diving-courses-philippines\/raid\/\">RAID<\/a>, PADI TecRec, ANDI, BSAC, and SSI-qualified independent <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/what-is-technical-diving\/\">technical diving<\/a> instructor who specializes in teaching <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/sidemount-courses\/\">sidemount<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/technical-diving-courses\/\">trimix<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/technical-diving-courses\/\">advanced wreck<\/a> diving courses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently residing in <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/subic-bay-wreck-diving-sites\/\">Subic Bay, Philippines<\/a>; he has amassed more than 10,000 open-circuit and <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/testing-ccr-rebreather-liberty-triton-sidewinder\/\">CCR<\/a> dives over three decades of challenging diving across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/andy-davis-technical-diving\/\">Andy<\/a> has published numerous diving magazine articles and designed advanced certification courses for several dive training agencies, He regularly tests and reviews new <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/scuba-equipment-shopping-buying-best-dive-gear\/\">dive gear<\/a> for scuba equipment manufacturers. 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