Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-12-04
Rules for Diving
and Saving Lives

H>DASAIAHAHADsA EADAHAIAHN
According to the rules of the Life
Saving Society, framed for the pur-
poses of the national graceful diving
competition in England a dive is de.
fined as follows: A leap is first made
into the air, the body is then straight
ened almost horizontally, the arms are
turned at once toward the water and
the legs are thrown up for the down.
ward drop. On entering the water the
arms must be extended in advance of
the head, the fore-fingers must be In
contact, and the palms Of the hands
held downward. The thighs and the
legs, from the hips to the great toes,
must be kept close together, and the
feet turned back. No dive is counted
in which the competitor, when enter
ing the water, turns on his back.
1t is difficult dive to accomplish
neatly and gracefully, and should only
be attempted after practice at gradual
heights, for II the legs are thrown too
far upward the body is likely to turn
over, and bad fall will be the result.
Many swimmers have habit of lean
ing forward in doubled up positiol,
and then allowing themselves to drop
an ineffective method, generally a
sign of nervousness. The bold diver
springs fearlessiy out over the wate'.
When saving life in water, a branch
OF diving that is eminently useful Is
the dive from the surface" A man
who can dive from the surface can go
instantly to the bottom, a feat which
most swimmers find but an essential
factor In life saving. The correct me-
thod Of practice is first to swim few
feet with the breast stroke, to take a
breath when the spot is reached where
the dive is to be made, and then at once
to turn the head downward, kick Wig
orously with the legs and make an up.
ward stroke with the arms. This will
cause the body to sink beneath the sur
face. Once under the swimmer contin-
ues to use the legs and arms as In the
breast stroke, but with palms turned
well toward the surface.
After little practice diving from
the surface can be performed without
the use OF hands or feet. for 1t Is then
suficient TO turn the head and body
downward to make n neat dive. To
come to the surface after dive the
hands are turned upward, and the quic-
ker this Is done the more rapid VIII be
the ascent.
one OF the most cultivated forms OF
low diving Is termed, "plunging, and
serves the useful purpose OF teaching
man to enter the water at the proper
angle, SO that he may skim along Just
under the surface. with an ordinary
plunge he VIII travel from thirty to
forty feet under the water, but experts
who are able to hold their breath Tor
long time VIII accomplish more than
eighty feet' ...
diving ana two men VIII perform
many clever feats together. one cf
the most grotesque OF these is when one
man stahds upright on the sprihgpoard
ana ightiy clasps another mans body
rouhd the waist hoidihg MN mead
uo"h"ard' ana putting ms own hean
through the o'her mans iegs' When
the upright man springs from the
ooard ne throws MS legs INTO the arr
80 that the TWO men, each ciaspihg the
other tishuy round the waist turn d
somersauit' ana wheh they reach the
water the man VINO started upside
down arrives rect foremost
me handspring ave Is an enectlve
specially OF swedish swimmers The
performers taxes on from the diVins
poards with hahds instead OF teet turn
ing his Douy III oruer 10 uescehu rect