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an athletic competition that involves diving into water a headlong plunge into water
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Diving has several meanings:-#Jumping or falling deliberately, often acrobaticsacrobatically, into water. This, and also completely unequipped swimming underwater, is described on this page. See also Underwater swimming.#Going underwater with or without breathing apparatus. When done for sport, this is sometimes called subaquatics. See:-#* snorkelling and free diving: swimming underwater without breathing apparatus.#* scuba diving and surface supplied diving: swimming or walking underwater with breathing apparatus.Humans are not the only ones to dive (in sense 1). Some species of amphibious animals such as marine mammals and some seabirds dive to catch their prey underwater. When dealing with equipment such as submarines and underwater remotely operated vehicles, the act of descending into the water is called diving and the command for the descent, especially in battle, is "dive."Scuba divers sometimes jump into water feet first from some height above the water (e.g. from a large boat or from a pier. Do not jump in head first if you are wearing any sort of scuba equipment or snorkelling equipment. In particular, an open-circuit scuba banging about on the back is big and hard and heavy and during a headfirst dive (in sense 1) may sprain or break the back or neck. Use one hand to hold your mask on.----Sometimes the term jumping is used to disambiguate, e.g. simply for the thrill of entering the water from a high cement tower, we might say that the children jump off the tower, to describe the airborne experience, as well as the impact with the water, but not emphasizing the dive down below the surface of the water, since the intent of jumping off the cement tower is not really to dive down under the water, and in fact the depth of diving into the water is an undesirable effect that can cause barotrauma. Ideally for recreational fun, one would like to jump from a high tower, but not dive too deep after impact.
Competitive diving - When people dive in sense 1, they deliberately enter a body of water by jumping in, usually in a streamlined posture on entry with arms stretched forwards parallel to straightened legs and torso, typically palms-first, to create a "shadow" for the head.Competitive divers enter the water by diving from a set height above a pool. Dives are performed either from springboards, which are long flexible planks (once made of wood, now made of aluminum alloy) that bend as the divers jump on the end of the board to gain height and rotation before diving by converting potential into kinetic energy; or from rigid platforms of greater height, normally composed of concrete. In elite competition, there are two springboard height competitions, at 1 meter and 3 meters; and a platform competition at 10 meters, but in olympic competition there is only the 3 meter springboard and the 10 meter platform.Such divers may perform a variety of dives, making somersaults and twists in various orientations and from different starting positions (see ''Components of a Dive'' below). Divers are judged on whether they completed all aspects of the dive, the conformance of their body to the requirements of the nominated dive, and the amount of splash created by their entry to the water (less being better). The raw score is then multiplied by a difficulty factor, derived from the number of movements attempted. The diver with the highest total score after a sequence of dives (which depend on age group and specialty in elite competition) is declared the winner.While not a particularly popular participant sport, diving is one of the more popular Olympic GamesOlympic sports with spectators. Much current U.S. popularity is likely due in part to the success and prominence of Greg Louganis. Successful competitors possess many of the same characteristics as gymnasticsgymnasts, including strength, flexibility, and kinaesthetic judgment.Synchronized diving was adopted as an Olympic sport in 2004. In this event, two divers form a team and attempt to perform identical dives simultaneously. This is an impressive spectacle, and requires great coordination between the team-mates.
Components of a Dive - A dive must be composed of one of four defined positions. They are: (1) tuck position, (2) pike position, (3) layout/straight position, and (4) free position, the latter consisting of either tuck or pike position as well as straight position in succession. The free position is generally employed in combination with twisting. There may be any multiple of half-twist rotations and half somersault revolutions combined with these positions.On the springboards, dives are performed by initially rotating from one of four starting positions: (1) forward rotation, (2)backward rotation , (3)reverse/gainer rotation , or (4)inward rotation . A forward or reverse rotating dive begins with an approach and hurdle moving along the diving board. A back or inward rotating dive begins with either a standing or rocking motion by the diver standing at the tip of the board and facing backwards.On the platforms, dives may occur in the four previously mentioned directions starting from either an upright (on foot) position or from a handstand.
Dive Scoring - Ultimately, the judges' scores given on each dive are subjective. However, there are specific rules governing how a dive is supposed to be scored. The primary factors affecting the scoring are: (1) the height of the diver at the apex of the dive, with extra height resulting in a higher score, (2) the distance of the diver from the diving apparatus throughout the dive (a diver must not be dangerously close to the board/platform, but should ideally be within 2-3 feet of it), (3) the properly defined body position of the diver according to the dive being performed, including pointed toes and knees together at all times, (4) the proper amounts of rotation and revolution upon completion of the dive and entry into the water, and (5) the amount of splash created by the diver on entry, with less splash resulting in a higher score.Each dive performed has an inherent "Degree of Difficulty." This is a numerical value in the range of about 1.0 to about 4.0 that is calculated based on an agreed-upon formula. The total score for an individual dive is determined by adding three judges' scores (e.g. the median three scores) and multiplying this sum by the degree of difficulty. The score for each dive is added to give a final score, and the diver with the highest final total is the winner of the event.
Swimming underwater and diving - The ability to dive and swim underwater can be a useful emergency skill, and is an important part of watersport and navy safety training. More generally, entering water from a height is an enjoyable leisure activity, as is underwater swimming with or without breathing apparatus.
Learning to swim underwater - Assuming that you can swimmingswim on the surface, the main obstacle to diving is likely to be the psychological barrier of immersing your head. To overcome this, try hard to keep your eyes open while under the water. Don't be afraid of water getting into your eyes; although chlorinechlorinated water can sting, it is not harmful. (Salt water is less irritating.) Your eyes, nose and ears will become accustomed to immersion; plugs and goggles are advisable when there is a risk of infection, for long periods of training, or for competitive swimming.It is important to be aware of the effect of pressure on the bodies natural air spaces. In breath-hold diving even at shallow depths it crucial to equalize your ears by blowing gently against the roof of your mouth with your mouth and nose closed allowing air to move up in to your middle ear and equalize the pressure created by immersion.The crucial step in gaining underwater mobility is adopting a suitable posture. To do this, first try to reach an object on the floor of the pool (or other body of water) that is within your depth. It will be difficult to reach from an upright posture. To get your hands to the object, jump up, bend your body well forward, throw your feet in the air, and try to reach the object, head foremost.The next exercise might be to swim a few metres towards the object on the surface, and then dive for it. It is difficult at first to get the chest below the surface; but if your legs are thrown well up in the air, their weight will force your body downwards. This is surface diving (also known as a jackknife); some snorkellers and scuba divers call it duck diving.Swimming underwater should follow quite naturally given some practice. It is largely a matter of maintaining a slightly inverted posture so as to counteract the natural buoyancy of the lungs. Strokes used in surface swimming must be adapted somewhat, and some arm movements (such as the crawl) cannot be used.
Learning to dive into water - Diving in this sense is not as difficult as it looks; again the main barrier is psychological, as diving head-first into the surface seems likely to hurt. To avoid the hurt (and possibly being knocked unconscious) the hands are usually held out (preferably palms-first) to protect the head, since fingertips-first entries often do not cast a large enough "shadow" to protect the head from a high height. Jumping in and landing hands-first tends to avoid water up the nose, but feet first often involves holding the nose. However, if going feet first, the impact often loosens the grip causing water to go up the nose, as well as resulting in one punching one's self in the mouth or otherwise the hands hitting the face on impact in addition to being dislodged from their grip. One problem in learning, is that at first there is impact that causes bruises or pain, but once learning to be streamlined, another problem arises: pain in ears. The ear pain is often absent during initial learning because lack in coordination, etc., causes the body to land in a less streamlined way, so it does not go as deep. Once streamlined, the body goes deep, resulting in immediate and tremendous pain in the ears, from the impact and sudden increase in pressure. Ear plugs seem to mitigate such pain. For safety reasons, diving should always be done into deep water and without goggles, which can damage the eyes by way of sudden increase in pressure. Most eyewear makers, such as Speedo, include instructions that advise against jumping into water with the eyewear on. However, in competitive swimming, the swimmers seem to jump off the starting blocks while wearing eyewear, which seems to run contrary to the advice of the eyewear manufacturers. Competitive swimmers wear specially designed, streamlined racing goggles which are meant to be used while diving. Competitive swimmers usually wear their goggles tighter than recreational swimmers do. This is to keep them from becoming dislodged mid-race. Competitive swimmers use a shallow racing dive which doesn't usually penetrate more than a meter into the water. There is less risk to competitive swimmers of eye injuries for these reasons.It is best to start by entering some water where the surface is close to or level with the edge. Stoop down until you are nearly double, put your hands together over your head, lean over until they nearly touch the surface, and try to glide, rather than fall, into the water. With practise the height of entry can be increased. Next, you can try taking short run, and leaping head first into the water. Some pools have increasing heights, 0 m, 1 m, 3 m, 5 m,7.5 and 10 m, but others have only limited choices. For example, the Donald Summerville pool in Toronto has only 0 m, 5 m, and 10 m heights available. This means that children learning must move from 0 m to 5 m, which is a large jump in height. At 5 m, adults who are learning often climb back down after seeing the pool from the increased height, since it looks higher from above than down below. Children, however, seem to be less afraid. Children don't seem to need to wear ear plugs, or have as much problems with pain. This may be due to the volume to surface area ratio, e.g. an adult who is twice the height of a child will be eight times as heavy, but present only four times the surface area (volume varies as cube of height; surface area as square of height), resulting in deeper penetration of the water. Perhaps there is also the effect of muscles and bones having a strength that varies as the square of the length, and volume as the cube; this is why ants can fall from great heights with less damage. Therefore, it is much more difficult to learn in adulthood, if one does not learn as a child.To make a clean entry, you should keep your body, arms, and legs quite stiff, and in a straight line. Tuck your head in so that your hands break the surface in front of it.cleanup-dateJune 2005
Feet first or hands first - Hands first results in more streamlined entry, and less pain, if things work out correctly, but since the body needs to change orientation 180 degrees, things can go wrong, such as having legs bent, resulting in bruised thighs. The bruises that swell up usually go away after about 14 days or so. Once getting streamlined, then ears will hurt. Feet first is less streamlined, and also the nose is facing the "wrong" way, and water is blasted up the nose. To avoid this "nose enema", one hand may be used to hold the nose. Usually the hand will be pulled off, unless it is tucked in tight. Using the other arm to hold the first arm in tight helps in this regard, since the outer arm gets yanked away at time of impact, but the inner arm sometimes remains holding the nose. Crossing the legs when going feet first tends to reduce the effective impact on the genitalia, which might otherwise be felt as "referred pain" in the abdomen. When going feet first there is a choice in pointing the toes, more or less. More pointed (streamlined) impacts further up (genitalia, nose, etc.), and not pointed helps to bear the brunt of the water on the feet, which are often hard and calloused from walking barefoot on gravel roads (sometimes people wear shoes if doing feet-first entries from large heights).If going hands first, it is important to keep arms out to protect the head. Looking down at the water will likely result in a badly bruised face, but some people take that risk and quickly pull the head in just before impact. When doing so, a common mistake is to overshoot, and to pull the head in too far, bruising the top of the head. Thus it seems easiest to keep the head steady, and also this allows the shoulders to be brought in to help protect the ears when the arms are extended. Fingers should not be interlocked, or they may be broken or damaged. The most recommended way is to grab one wrist with the other hand and quickly separate the arms under water. There are several benefits to this method, such a reduction of impact speed felt by the rest of the body (less injuries), dispersion of local surface tension (less injuries, pain, splash), reduced splash and most importantly protection for the head. A good streamlined entry results in less sudden energy transfer/dissipation, and therefore less pain and bruising, except on the palms which are usually tough enough to withstand the approximately 300 pounds (136 kg) or so of impact force from a height of 10 meters (approximately 14 pounds per square inch of water column).One non-standard diving (class 1) method sometimes seen is entering the water in the fetal position bottom first, making a big splash. This is sometimes called bombing. If done from excessive height, there is a risk of the impact pressure pumping water into the anus. It also may wet people standing beside the pool. Blunt entries of this sort will also result in bruising, if done from any but the lowest towers.Another undesired entry attitude is the bellyflop. In it, the body enters the water horizontally or nearly so, belly down.
The effect of height on the dive - The following table summarizes velocity of impact, and time-in-the-air, from the various standard heights of 1 m, 3 m, 5 m, and 10 m, that are found in municipal swimming baths, as well as from greater heights. The impact velocity and time of impact vary as the square root of the height. Heights beyond 10 m are not commonly found at municipal swimming baths, but exist at "use at your own risk" places such as bridges and cliffs. Cliff jumping, a common pastime for daredevil children, often takes place at heights of 20 m to 30 m. There is a limit to how high one can jump from and survive, regardless of water depth. For example, the Golden Gate Bridge is 220 feet (66 m) high and overlooks water deep enough to not hit the bottom, but the result is (almost) certain death. Thus the 66 m jump listed below is only used for suicide, but the other heights are typical of recreational bathing. Although 66 m is a "lethal dose", children often jump from 30 m (approximately 50% lethal dose) for recreation. This can be quite dangerous (e.g. if landing badly, or hitting a branch or dead fish or other object floating on the surface). The impact can also knock him unconscious, and, in absence of lifeguards (i.e. bridge jumping or cliff jumping), can cause drowning, even if from less than the lethal height. There have been documented accounts of people walking away from dives as high as 54 m, as well as the occasional Golden Gate Bridge survivor. One should note that in heights above 30 m, there is little additional time in the air, yet the velocity upon impact increases considerably. Thus, diving from heights above 30 m offers no advantage for acrobatics or thrill-seeking, but instead greatly increases the risk of injury. !Category:DivingCategory:Olympi c? sportsCategory:Individual !sportsang:Dýfunghe:צלילה da:Dykningde:Wasserspringenfr: Plongeonja:ダイ 2499;ングnl:Duiken no:Dykkingpl:Nurkowaniept:Salt os? !ornamentaisru:Да&# 1081;вин
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We specialise in Red Sea liveaboards and diving safaris, offering a large range of quality liveaboards to individuals and groups. Our liveaboards travel to all areas of the Egyptian Red Sea.
http://www.discovery-divers.com/
Scuba Dive in Gran Canaria with PADI 5-Star Gold Palm Centre - Davy Jones Diving
This PADI 5-Star Gold Palm resort is the closest dive centre to the El Cabrón Marine Reserve at Arinaga , and the only BSAC school on the island of Gran Canaria. Being next to one of the best and most spectacular dive sites in the Canary Islands means that they have some fantastic dives and great fun as their knowledgeable dive leaders and instructors lead you through this fabulous treasure-trove of marine life.
http://www.davyjonesdiving.com/
Great Lakes Diving Academy
Commercial Diver Training and Instruction.
http://www.greatlakesdivingacademy.org/
Diving Koh Samui Searobin dive center
Searobin Koh Samui diving Center offer a full range of PADI scuba diving courses, daily koh Samui diving trips in small groups on a good selection of boats with two locations on Samui Chaweng and Choeng Mon beach
http://www.divesearobin.com/
Wanna Dive
Scuba diving tours and instruction in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii.
http://www.wanna-dive-kona.com/
GIE PLONGEE DE TAHITI ET SES ILES
scuba diving in french polynesia, in more than 12 islands with 24 dive centres. 80% about the fish life we can find all the tropical world. Big fish, very deep wall, coral, clear water and warm. Speack french and english. Diving provided during all year with the professional dive center. All medical security are avaible with competante team in Papeete.
http://www.diving-tahiti.com/
Unterwasservideo Galerie, Fische, Tauchplatzbeschreibungen, Film, Fotos, Meerwasseraquarium-Weblog
UnterwasserVideos, Fotos und Screensaver, Faszination Tauchen. Original Videoaufnahmen unter Wasser, Tauchplatzbeschreibungen und wissenwertes zu Fischen und Wirbellosen. Filme und Videoclips für Werbung und privat, für Taucher und Nicht-Taucher, sowie Aquarien-Freunde. Die UW-Video Clips sind Original-Aufnahmen von verschiedenen Tauchplätzen, teils mit UnterwasserFilmMusik und Sound unterlegt. Informationen zu Divespots und Fischen werden mit kurzen Texten und Hinweisen vorgestellt. Desweiteren finden Sie diverse Unterwasser-Screensaver und ein Meerwasseraquarium-Weblog. Alle Movieclips und DV-Filmaufnahmen können für gewerbliche und kommerzielle Zwecke erworben werden
http://www.videounterwasser.com/
Daniela Diving Center
If you are a diver who is looking for a relaxed and stress free diving vacation in the red Sea , If you are thinking to become a diver or if you would like to follow your diving education and training - then you are at the right place. The Daniela Diving Center is integrated in the nice and friendly family owned Daniela Diving Hotel. Directly facing the a breath taking coral reef and surrounded by the beautiful mountains of Sinai. Away from the crouwds and mass tourism , easy accesible by road and only 3 km north of the Beduin village of Dahab , the Daniela Diving center is only minutes away from the most famous dive sites of Dahab , such as the Canyon , the Blue hole, the Bells and Abou Helal. The housereef offers for divers and snorklers a beautiful and diverse variety of fish and coral . Three natural pools in the coral with sandy bottom give snorklers the feeling of swimming in an aquarium . The house reef can be dived with high tide and has a drop off of about 18 meters. Where ? Located on the Sinai Peninsula on the Gulf of Aquaba , approximately 95 km north of Sharm El Sheik .The Daniela Diving center is 3 km north of the Beduin village of Dahab on the way to the Blue Hole.
http://www.daniela-diving.com/
guesthouse in jamaica located on a deserted beach
ECO-tourism resort on a deserted beach in Portland, Jamaica W.I.
http://www.spring-garden.de/
Holiday Bonaire
Holiday Bonaire: Looking for a holiday rental on Bonaire? Here you can find bed and breakfasts, apartments, lodgings, inns, bungalows and holiday rentals. And if you are interested in renting out your Bonaire holiday home, you can list your property!
http://www.holiday-bonaire.com
Ravenna Sub Scuola di Immersione CMAS - www.ravennasub.it
Ravenna Sub scuola di immersione - la subacquea a portata di tutti - si organizzano corsi sub e apnea tutto l'anno e per tutti i livelli
http://www.ravennasub.it/
BEYOND DIVING - München, Munich, Bavaria, Underwater Sports, Scuba Diving
Alles für Taucher aus München und Umgebung. Tauchschule, Shop und Tauchreisen weltweit. Everything for scuba divers from Munich, Bavaria and around. Education, Shop, Travel worldwide
http://www.beyond-diving.de
Grand Bahama Scuba
We are a scuba operation in Freeport, Grand Bahama. We take scuba divers and snorkelers out to the beautiful waters off the south shore of our island. Scuba divers explore the reefs and shipwrecks. There is a fantastic shark dive. Scuba training is available at ALL levels. Juniors welcome, Nitrox is available.
http://www.grandbahamascuba.com/
baliadvertising.com - bali tourism information and travel guide
offer a free tourism information and travel guide, a complete info to explore bali, including place of interest, accommodation and hotel, traditions, and much more
http://www.baliadvertising.com/
Reefseekers Komodo
Diving Komodo National Park, Indonesia, Manta Rays, sharks, pristine coral, frog, leaf, pygmy seahorses and more.
http://www.Reefseekers.net
Resort Universe
Resort Universe, Your guide to the most luxurious resorts, hotels,lodges and spas in the world. Discover the perfect resort, lodge, cruise, vacation or travel adventure
http://www.resortuniverse.com/index.php
Dive Solutions (London)
5* IDC centre in London with purpose built stainless steel swimming pool on site. Courses from beginner to instructor level, active dive club, equipment sales, servicing and air fills
http://www.dive-solutions.com/
Curacao Tour Info Center
The Tour Info Centers are the Reservation & Info Centers for Tour Services, Group Activities and Transportation on Curaçao. The Tour Info Centers offer over 50 different tours and activities, and has outlets at the most important hotel on the island.
http://www.tourism-curacao.com/
PADI - The way the world learns to dive
Sito ufficiale della "Professional Association of Diving Instructor" con versione anche in italiano.
http://www.padi.com
Rodale's Scuba Diving
RSD has objective equipment evaluations, information on dive sites the world over and dive medicine answers.
http://www.scubadiving.com
U.S. Diving
Information about the US Diving team.
http://www.usdiving.org/
Gulftel Communications
Offers telephone, dial-up, and DSL internet services for south Baldwin County.
http://www.gulftel.com
UK Diving
Diving and Scuba resource UK, used kit wanted and for sale sections, UK Wreck Database, find a buddy, Worldwide diving sections, Divers' news, forums, and reviews.
http://www.ukdiving.co.uk/
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