AIDA New Zealand

Supporting New Zealand's Competitive Freedivers

Team World Championships 2012

The 2012 Team world champs are fast approaching us, The event is being held from the 8th June to 16th September in Nice, France. Further information on the event can be downloaded here and more inforamtion can be found on the official website.

AIDA NZ is looking for an expression of interest from those interested in being put forward for selection. Should we have more athletes come forward than there are spots available, we will be making selections based on performances in competition over the last 18 months.

AIDA Worlds Team Shirts Available

We've had some interest in the Team Shirts that were worn by our Freedivers who attended the 2011 Worlds so we've decided to put some short sleeve copies of these fantastic shirts up for sale for a very limited time.  Thank you to Kathryn Nevatt for making this possible.

Order your NZ Worlds T-Shirt here

What are Freedivers in New Zealand up to?

Freediving Depth Nationals 2012

07-12-2011

The AIDA Freediving Depth Nationals are coming soon to a Lake Taupo near you.

The competition will consist of three sessions over three days. For each session, competitors can nominate any of the three AIDA depth competition disciplines. Disciplines can be repeated, although final ranking will only take into consideration the best result in each discipline. As this is our national championship, competitors are encouraged to take part in all disciplines and challenge for the final ranking, though this is up to the competitors.

There will be a recreation grade available for those not interested in international ranking and just wanting to challenge themselves. Divers in the recreation grade will compete in the same disciplines, but with relaxed rules and against other recreation grade divers. These dives will not be eligible for international ranking.

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AIDA New Zealand

AIDA NZ is charged with the responsibility of supporting our elite athletes by facilitating competition in New Zealand and internationally as with any sport grassroots activity is important too and AIDA NZ wants to promote the sport at club level.  To maintain consistency in the sport AIDA NZ engages the rules of AIDA International standards and selects internationally qualified judges for every world ranking competition.

AIDA NZ believes that divers should be aware of the risks of the sport and promotes safe diving by compiling appropriate references and contact information for freediving courses run in New Zealand.

Training Tips

Internalise Your Goals
Level: All Levels

It is always good to set goals, and these don't just need to be limited to particular depths/distances/times - you can set a goal to train a certain number of times per week, to complete a particular training table, or just to feel comfortable and relaxed at a certain depth.
If the goals aren't too ambitious, and you work diligently to achieve them, then each time it will boost your confidence in yourself and allow you to quell those negative voices that try and tell you you're not up to the task.

However perhaps one of the most important aspects of goal-setting that is easy to overlook is that there is more motivation - more impetus to achieve the goal - when you haven't told anyone about it.  As soon as we start telling all our friends and family that we are aiming to hold our breath for 5 minutes by the end of the month then the goal becomes public - externalised.  Quite often we are commended for our 'daringness' or dedication, when we haven't even started working towards the goal yet!  The energy we have to work towards the goal diffuses...
If instead we keep the goal completely secret - internal - then the only way other people are going to find out about it is if and when we achieve it.  The commendation comes appropriately at the end, after the achievement.  There is an empowerment that comes with harboring a secret like this: the goal is much less tangible when only we know about it, so we are more motivated to make it tangible - to bring it into fruition.
This approach will also allow us to focus more on the process of achieving the goal, as we won't feel any external pressure to achieve the goal, and so won't measure our progress by how far we still have left to go.

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