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Written by Rik Rösken
Breath-hold diving is a ever increasing sports with more literature than most divers might imagine. On this page we will in short compare manuals which each other.
Revieuwed Manuals are:
Manual of Freediving, Underwater on a single breath (2004)
Apnoetauchen, Grundlagen, Trainingstipps, Praxis (2003
The Simple Guide to Snorkeling Fun (1999)
Freedive! A complete Guide to Breath-Hold Diving (1998)
(2004) Umberto Pelizzari, Stefano Tovaglieri; Manual of Freediving, Underwater on a single breath.
Postive Points
- A lot of into depth information on training, adaptation and the environment
- Giving ideas on Breath-hold dive training
- Depicting exercises with a lot of pictures
Negative Points
- No index, no glosary, no structure
- Fails when it gets really intresting (DCS, Packing, Periodisation)
- Not looking outside of the Italian border
Audience:
Instructors and (Competitive) breath-hold divers who would like to be inspired on creating a training program and gaining a overvieuw on diving technique.
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(2003) Dagmar Andres-Brümmer; Apnoetauchen, Grundlagen, Trainingstipps, Praxis
Positive Points
- Structurised with detailed suggestions, accompanied by a Index
- Strong philosophy and explanation
- High level of scientific (medical background), but still including Yoga techniques
Negative Points
- Written in German (Can be a problem for those who do not read the language)
- Limited scope on trainingtechnique
Audience: Instructors of recreation diving programs, breath-hold divers who are intrested of reading a scientifically medical sound explaination.
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(1999) Steven M. Barsky; The Simple Guide to Snorkeling Fun
Positive Points
- Very structurised
- Readable with minium knowledge and experience
- Very motivating
Negative Points
- The pictures looks out-dated
- Limited explanation
- Much American East Coast information (wildelife)
Audience: Ideal for Snorkeling and Skindiver courses.
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(1998) Terry Maas, David Sniperly; Freedive! A complete Guide to Breath-Hold Diving
Positive Points
- Very broad presentation of breath-hold diving activities
- In depth on history and physiology
- Experienced based
- Index and Glossary
Negative Points
- Sometimes too much enthousiasm
- Conservative towards increasing performance
Audience: Intrested readers on Breath-hold diving in general. Inspiring for instructors and trainers
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