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By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor 2 comments
If two of your interests are scuba diving and teaching, you might consider combining the two and becoming a scuba instructor. Scuba instructors teach divers the mechanics, safety and other aspects of scuba diving. If you're willing to meet all ... more »
By Shaweety 1 comments
Buying or Renting? Good Questions.. more »
By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor 8 comments
While there are a few high-tech solutions to this problem, most people rely on this preventive technique that has been around for decades... more »
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This backwards-facing, forward-flipping dive is fairly advanced and even dangerous for an unskilled diver. Executed properly, however, the inward one-and-a-half flip is simply amazing... more »
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The back flip is an essential dive for any aspiring springboard competitor... more »
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Though harder to control than the back pike, the back layout is more graceful in appearance and is an essential part of any serious diver's repertoire... more »
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Emergency Swimming and Emergency Buoyant Ascents.. more »
By byllz 1 comments
As of today, June 22, 2008 the athletes below have been nominated to the U.S. Olympic Dive Team... more »
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A simple forward flip, landing feet first in the water, should be every diver's first somersault dive... more »
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A simple yet skillful forward dive, the forward pike is great for beginners who need work on their forward approach and entry... more »
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In terms of form, the reverse layout dive is the same as the back layout. Coupled with the forward approach, though, the reverse layout becomes one of the most graceful dives possible at the intermediate level... more »
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Kristin Link, six-time USA Synchronized Platform Diving Champion, says that watching divers in competition need not be complicated. Just enjoy the ballet and the athleticism... more »
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Doing a one-and-a-half somersault backwards is your next step after learning a single back flip... more »
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Sometimes known as "the great seperator," forward-twisting dives tend to be the most difficult of the basic springboard dives. Done properly, this dive can set you apart from other divers... more »
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An inward dive is usually required for competition. The inward pike is the first inward dive a competitive diver should learn... more »
By CruiseExpert 0 comments
Seeing all the wondrous creatures caused me to get certified as a diver so I could join their world... more »
By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor 2 comments
Executed in a similar way as a back pike, the reverse pike dive creates a graceful, floating, rotating pike dive that's beautiful to watch and fun to perform... more »
By Shaweety 1 comments
Interested in Scuba? Fear of the unknown? Remember Sea Hunt and afraid some of those episodes could really happen? Well, get in line, I too used to feel the same way... more »
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Olympic hopeful Kristin Link is working hard toward making the Olympic team as a 10-meter platform diver. Think you could keep up a schedule like hers?.. more »
By Sheila Wilkinson 0 comments
Learning to hold your breath for longer periods of time can be useful for swimmers and divers. Keep in mind it is a little harder to hold your breath under water due to increased pressure. There are techniques to learn that will help with this ... more »
By smilesatme1 0 comments
How could you possibly escape and survive if an airplane crashes? Most of the people who survives are considered miracle. But can you really survive in any angle if the plane crashes either in water or in the ground? I would suggest that the ... more »
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The back pike is an excellent first back dive for an intermediate springboard diver... more »
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The forward one-and-a-half flip is actually easier than a single flip, and it looks much more impressive. Simply hold the tuck longer and enter the water in a dive, hands first... more »
By californiagirl 0 comments
You have mastered the front flip off the 1-meter springboard. If you want to learn how to throw a double front flip off a 1-meter springboard then read this article... more »
By californiagirl 0 comments
You have mastered at least a few tricks off the 1-meter springboard. Read this article to find out how to Dive off a 1-Meter springboard from the handstand position... more »