{"id":412,"date":"2022-04-20T12:25:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T12:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.npvaredo.it\/?page_id=412"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:59:42","slug":"finswimming-and-apnea","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.npvaredo.it\/en\/agonism\/finswimming-and-apnea\/","title":{"rendered":"Finswimming and Apnea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"412\" class=\"elementor elementor-412\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18b276f0 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"18b276f0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44b80601\" data-id=\"44b80601\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16d90d78 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16d90d78\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce1d40c\" data-id=\"ce1d40c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-363b9f3 elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"363b9f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot; 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Following the approval of the new Federal Statute on 10 February 2015, there was the union of the Sector <strong>Underwater Activities<\/strong> with that of the <strong>Finswimming<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting single sector took the name of Sector <strong>Underwater Activities<\/strong> e <strong>Finswimming<\/strong>. Although today they are encompassed within a single Sector, Diving and Finswimming continue to maintain <strong>an identity of their own<\/strong>, which can be summarised as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Diving Activities Today <strong>Competitive Diving<\/strong>, officially became part of FIPSAS activities in 1949.<\/p>\n<p>In the beginning, the focus was on competitive sports, with the first Apnea Fishing Championships, the first depth records and Underwater Technique competitions. At the same time, a serious didactic activity is devised and proposed, which for decades has seen the Federation at the forefront in the world, so much so that it became one of the founding members of CMAS.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b-RLF7m1pF4?si=rmEm6m2X3MjxYan5\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p><p>Currently, the Underwater Activities are largely renovated.<\/p>\n<p>They are so in the competitive sports field, where new specialities have appeared: Underwater Photography, Underwater Photographic Safari, Underwater Video, Underwater Hockey, Underwater Rugby, Underwater Target Shooting and, in particular, Apnoea Diving. But they are even more so in the educational sphere, through the identification of a specific pathway that provides for the training of highly specialised technical cadres in the preparation and training of athletes in the various disciplines.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-lgdaoY6pgA?si=a43eUtnoFaZGnLVk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p><p>Skin diving is the underwater sport of the future.<\/p>\n<p>Currently practised in Italy and around the world are the specialisations of Dynamics with Gears (monofin and fins), Dynamics without Gears, Speed &amp; Endurance Dynamics, Static, Constant Trim with Gears (monofin and fins), Constant Trim without Gears and Jump Blue. The first five specialities take place in a delimited basin, the other four in the sea and lake.<\/p>\n<p>Italy is a leading nation in this sport, having won, with its national team, multiple European and world CMAS titles, as well as having set, with its top athletes, countless records.<\/p>\n<p>The activity is growing in popularity and evolving technically. The FIPSAS collaborates with experienced technicians and coaches, specialist doctors and scientific researchers with the aim of increasing safety standards and quality of performance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6bf046a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6bf046a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-220aea7\" data-id=\"220aea7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fdfa9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fdfa9e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79ef3be\" data-id=\"79ef3be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce49ab7 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ce49ab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npvaredo.it\/en\/contacts\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">request info<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finswimming is divided into Speed Finswimming and Cross Finswimming. Speed Finswimming consists of all distances in the pool, from 50 to 1500 metres, performed in the styles prescribed by the regulations, finswimming, fins and speed diving. 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