Free Diving

• Freediving or breath-hold diving

  is a method of underwater diving that does not require the help of a breathing apparatus.
• Free diving


  diving is the practice of holding your breath when diving underwater without the use of breathing equipment, such as a scuba tank.
• Recreational freediving


  freediving is free diving for leisure, such as on vacation or training (non-competitively) with a certified buddy.
• Competitive freedivers


  freedivers are athletes who dedicate their training to participate in competitions.
• Lifestyle sport free divers

  who join competitions to challenge themselves and improve their skills,
• Professional sport freedivers


  who compete to break national and world records.
• "shallow-water blackout" and lose consciousness during the ascent.

  risk. The ocean exerts tremendous pressure on the lungs as divers descend, and some experience
• both Plato and Homer


  mention the sponge as being used for bathing.
• The island of Kalymnos

  was a main centre of diving for sponges.
• Read the History nalang uys
• snorkel


  a device used for beathing air from

  above the surface when the wearer’s head is face

  downwards in the water with the mouth and the

  nose submerged. It may be either separate or

  integrated into a swimming or diving mask.
• All scuba diving masks


  consist of the lenses also

  known as a faceplate, a soft rubber skirt, which

  encloses the nose and seals against the face, and a head strap to hold it in place.
• Swim fins, fins or flippers


  are finlike accessories worn on the feet, and usually made from rubber or plastic, to aid movement through the water in water sports activities.
• wetsuit


  a garment usually made of foamed neoprene with a knit fabric facing, which is worn by the people engaged in water sports or other

  activities in or on water, primarily providing

  thermal insulation, but also buoyancy and

  protection from abrasion, ultraviolet exposure and stings from marine organisms.
• Weight belts


  most common weighing

  system currently in use for snorkeling.
• Spearfishing


  is an ancient method of fishing that has been used throughout the world for millennia. Early

  civilizations were familiar with the custom of spearing fish from rivers and streams using sharpened sticks.
• Aquathlon


  (also known as underwater wrestling) is an underwater sport where two competitors wearing masks and fins wrestle underwater in an attempt to remove a ribbon from each other's ankle band in order to win the bout.
• Competitive spearfishing


  is defined by the world governing body CMAS as "the hunting and capture of fish underwater without the aid of artificial breathing devices, using gear that depends entirely on the physical strength of the competitor."
• Synchronized swimming


  is a hybrid form of swimming, dance, and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers (either

  solos, duets, trios, combos, or teams) performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied

  by music.
• Underwater Hockey


  (also called Octopush (mainly in the United Kingdom) is a globally played limited-contact

  sport in which two teams compete to manoeuvre a puck across the bottom of 8 swimming pool into the opposing team's

  goal by propelling it with a pusher.
• Underwater rugby


  an underwater team sport. During a match two teams try to score a negatively buoyant ball

  (filled with saltwater) into the opponents’ goal at the bottom of a swimming pool.
• HEALTH FITNESS COMPONENTS IN FREE DIVING

  1. Cardiovascular Fitness
  2. Muscular Endurance and Muscular Strength
  3. Flexibility
  4. Body Composition