do you need to be a good swimmer to dive or go snorkeling ?
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It depends what kind of diving you mean. If you mean diving off blocks etc then you dont have to be especially great, just confident enough to be in the water. If you mean scuba diving, it does help but it is not vital. The main thing you do in diving is float along and kick your legs. you have fins on so you dont need to kick hard and you have a BCD (buoyancy control device) that helps you move up and down & keeps you afloat on the surface. I know someone who is a highly experienced diver but cannot swim.\nFor snorkelling, it does help. If there is a current or waves you could find yourself away from the boat and having to swim back. If it is nice and cal you just float and use your legs (with fins is better) to basically steer.\nHope this helps you
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No, sorry... I was a diver and my sister is a diving/swimming coach. She went to state for her excellent diving skills from the time she was in 8th grade til she was in 12th... :D That doesn't help you much though. Does it? LOL
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If you are looking at the minimum requirement, then the Recreational Scuba Training Council (RSTC) standard is as follows:\n\n(2) Physical Conditioning and Watermanship Evaluation. The student shall effectively demonstrate basic watermanship ability by performing, to an instructor, the watermanship evaluation required by a training organization. This watermanship evaluation shall include either: a) continuous 200 yard (183 metre) surface distance swim and a 10 minute survival swim/float without the use of mask, fins, snorkel or of other swimming aids; b) 300 yard swim using mask, fins and snorkel, and a 10 minute survival swim/float without mask, fins, snorkel or other swimming aid. If an exposure suit is used, the wearer must be neutrally buoyant at the surface.\n\nThe major scuba training agencies in the US (PADI, SSI, NAUI, YMCA, PDIC, etc) are part of RSTC and must meet this requirement.  The individual agencies' requirements may be more rigorous though.\n\nIf you are concerned about the swimming requirements, then you should consider taking swimming lessons.  Learning proper kicking techniques will make you efficient in the water and you will use less energy, use less air, and be safer.  Ultimately, you will have longer, more enjoyable dives.
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Free divers practice by doing a dead mans float in a pool during regular practices every week. Basically they just go limp and face down in the water. It's best to do this with a partner in case there is a problem.\n\nYou should also completely exhale and inhale a few times before going under. Again, swim with a partner in case there are complications.
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Please.  Your lungs can not be down as much as 3 feet I believe, or the air would be forced out of your lungs.  Now if you snorkel at normal depth, you can hold your breath and go down as far as you can make it.  But you can't breath continuously unless the air is being pumped.  Your head will not collapse, it's filled with liquid which doesn't compress.
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How does the punchline go? "Practice, practice, practice."\n\nBecoming a successful competitive swimmer involves committment to its highest level.  It's also very rewarding.  Good luck!
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Don't worry !!! First you must feel very comfortable in the water - walk, run, jump etc. Next step is contact water with your face. If you feel that everything is all right then you can hold your breath under the water: standing at the wall, with and without float (or another equipment). First start swimming with some equipment (legs, hands) and then start do it without those things. Process of learning  is very difficult to describe and put it down.I can say something more about your movement in the water  if I could see how you move.Some people learns very fast some doesn't want to even put their face into the water. I had all of them and now their can swim :) so don' worry :)
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well, i believe that talent takes only a small part in becoming really good at a sport. Sure, Micheal Phelps has a predisposition to be a really good swimmer because of the way he is built (really long arms, strong upper-body, large hands), but i don't think that its all that. Anyone can become really good at a sport if they work hard and long enough. they may have to work harder to become better in their techniques than people that may have "talent," but i'm positive that it is possible.
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do you swim alot? if you do you got swimmers ear
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For swimming underwater, you need to condition yourself small steps at a time. First just dunk your head underwater with a stopwatch, see how long you last, then try going longer, at least like 2 seconds, each try, after a while your lungs will get used to it. I did that and after a while I could hold my breath for 2 minutes and 10 seconds underwater, it's not much but it's a lot better than the 45 seconds I could before. For singing, it works differently, although you could reinforce your breath holding by using the technique above. What works for me though, is taking small breaths, like 1/2 seconds breath every once in a while. I learned to do so by watching rappers, they do it from time to time to be able to keep on going. Good luck with that.
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Train harder at practice. (if you are a swimmer)
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This is a tough question to answer through this medium without being able to see you swim, but here are the most important tips on freestyle\n\n- good rotation\n- steady kick\n- high elbow pull \n\nif you can do those you will be better
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I agree with you and I think it is necessary.. I dont think this swimming and diving category is meant for scuba diving.. I think they mean diving as in platform or springboard diving\n\nIf you need votes to get this passed, let me know
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Sure.  A vest works just fine.  All you have to do, minimum, is float face down on the water and kick with fins on.  It's an odd sensation to breathe through the snorkel, though, and if you're uncomfortable in the water it can be a little scary.  \n\nLots of folk like to dive down to look more closely, but not necessary to enjoy it.  But yes, if you're not a good swimmer, definitely wear a vest.
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anything under 50 sec per 50m of the 500m is great for non-swimmers.  Anything over 1 min per 50m is poor.
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Swimming is damn good exercise, but it sucks when you jump in and the water is cold! (shrinkage!)\n\nGirls that swim, except for th big husky water polo woMEN are very hot!\n\nSwimming = thumbs up!
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don't dive with scuba without training - it could possibly kill you - it is not pure oxygen. The air mixture of the normal surface air becomes deadly if you go too deep, and lots of other problems can happen also, like it you come up too fast from very deep, your body could literally explode. once you are trained, you will learn to deal with the ear thing very easily\nthe first answer is from a schmuck that heard about scuba but never learned it