| The breathold-ing world of APNEA Finswimming |
APNEA is the discipline of Swimming whilst holding Breath. It is a
discipline in itself and most, if not all, practitioners of DYNAMIC APNEA
use Monofins to perform the discipline. STATIC APNEA, as it's name
implies, is performed while stationary, so fins are not used. Finswimming
APNEA races in Great Britain are usually of 25 or 50m in length,
depending on the pool being used. Abroad, APNEA Events are almost
exclusively over 50m. A small number of Finswimmers concentrate
exclusively on APNEA events - in other words they do not race surface or
SCUBA(Immersion) events.
Technique:
Much has been said and written about Apnea technique, that it is just "a
gasp, a splash and a dash", but the bottom line is that it is all about
pacing ones-self within one's own limitations in the context of the event.
One school of thought says that Yoga or meditation excercises can
help when it comes to breath control - another maintains that simply
learning deep-breathing - possibly with the assistance of breath exercise
trainers on the market, is sufficient. Whichever way you choose to to
approach the discipline, it can be fun, exciting, and just a bit 'on the
edge', and give you a further dimension to the sport of Finswimming..for
my money the discipline is probably the most Elegant and Exciting of the
three in the sport.
discipline in itself and most, if not all, practitioners of DYNAMIC APNEA
use Monofins to perform the discipline. STATIC APNEA, as it's name
implies, is performed while stationary, so fins are not used. Finswimming
APNEA races in Great Britain are usually of 25 or 50m in length,
depending on the pool being used. Abroad, APNEA Events are almost
exclusively over 50m. A small number of Finswimmers concentrate
exclusively on APNEA events - in other words they do not race surface or
SCUBA(Immersion) events.
Technique:
Much has been said and written about Apnea technique, that it is just "a
gasp, a splash and a dash", but the bottom line is that it is all about
pacing ones-self within one's own limitations in the context of the event.
One school of thought says that Yoga or meditation excercises can
help when it comes to breath control - another maintains that simply
learning deep-breathing - possibly with the assistance of breath exercise
trainers on the market, is sufficient. Whichever way you choose to to
approach the discipline, it can be fun, exciting, and just a bit 'on the
edge', and give you a further dimension to the sport of Finswimming..for
my money the discipline is probably the most Elegant and Exciting of the
three in the sport.
We have been given links to a couple of Freediving/APNEA sites by our
member Steve Millard.
The links are :
http://www.aquatechdivingcentre.co.uk/aida/
and
http://www.freedivers.co.uk/resources/courses.asp
Thanks to Steve for these!
World (CMAS) and GBR (BFA) Record Times for APNEA Swims:
The records in the World for Apnea Swims are as follows:
-The 50m men's record was broken on August 1st 2007, at the CMAS
World Championships in St. Petersburg (RUS), in the final.
The new record Holder is the gold medallist Pavel Kavanov.
50m AP Men
Pavel Kavanov- Country: RUS - Time: 00:14.15
50m AP Women
Zhu BaoZhen - Country: CHINA Time: 00:15.50
Britain (BFA)
25m AP Men
Alaric Smith Time: 00:07.42
Place: Glasgow, Scotland. 11/11/2000
25mAP Women
Michelle Hadden Time: 00:09.85
Place: Eger, Hungary. 05/09/2001
50mAP Men
Alaric Smith Time: 00:19.00
Place: Patras, Greece. 13/09/2002
50m AP Women
Michelle Hadden Time: 00:22.30
Place: Patras, Greece. 11/09/2002
member Steve Millard.
The links are :
http://www.aquatechdivingcentre.co.uk/aida/
and
http://www.freedivers.co.uk/resources/courses.asp
Thanks to Steve for these!
World (CMAS) and GBR (BFA) Record Times for APNEA Swims:
The records in the World for Apnea Swims are as follows:
-The 50m men's record was broken on August 1st 2007, at the CMAS
World Championships in St. Petersburg (RUS), in the final.
The new record Holder is the gold medallist Pavel Kavanov.
50m AP Men
Pavel Kavanov- Country: RUS - Time: 00:14.15
50m AP Women
Zhu BaoZhen - Country: CHINA Time: 00:15.50
Britain (BFA)
25m AP Men
Alaric Smith Time: 00:07.42
Place: Glasgow, Scotland. 11/11/2000
25mAP Women
Michelle Hadden Time: 00:09.85
Place: Eger, Hungary. 05/09/2001
50mAP Men
Alaric Smith Time: 00:19.00
Place: Patras, Greece. 13/09/2002
50m AP Women
Michelle Hadden Time: 00:22.30
Place: Patras, Greece. 11/09/2002
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