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Scuba Forum / General / February 2005Scuba contest for high schoolers?
Hypothetical situation: You have a Pacific island high school that has a scuba program and you want to have some sort of contest that energizes the students and gets them to want to improve their scuba-diving skills. Underwater cameras would be used to televise the contest live to the student body in the school theater. All students that have gotten certified in scuba-diving can enter the contest and, through an elimination process, work down to the best five or ten students. What scuba contest(s) would be good for this? Scott Jensen  SignatureLike a cure for A.I.D.S., Alzheimer, Parkinson, & Mad Cow Disease? Volunteer your computer for folding-protein research for when it's idle. Go to http://tinyurl.com/6fsdg to sign up your computer. > Hypothetical situation: You have a Pacific island high school that has a > scuba program and you want to have some sort of contest that energizes the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > down to the best five or ten students. What scuba contest(s) would be good > for this? An obstacle course that requires them to swim, without touching, through a number of triangular, square and round openings, under bars, etc, (usually made with PVC pipe) at varying depths, no using the hands for propulsion or correction. If that looks easy, make them do it with one fin, etc. Time it. Use a lift bag to get a weight off the bottom, move it, and set it within/on a circle or other target, without the liftbag breaking the surface, or touching the load to the bottom. For teamwork, one must dive with a blacked out mask, guided by a buddy, and negotiate the obstacle course above. Only the blacked out diver must pass through the obstacles. All of these are best done at shallow depths to magnify the buoyancy swing. Let us know how it goes, and what you decide on. Scott > > Hypothetical situation: You have a Pacific island high school that has a > > scuba program and you want to have some sort of contest that energizes the [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Scott You could also add surfacing very, very slowly, coming out of the water so that only your mask (or half your mask) and the top of your head breaks the surface. Alan I like the suggestions so far given. Which would lend itself to more of a spectator event? There would be live feed video underwater cameras broadcasting the contest back to the school's theater. I'd like one where the student body will get into the event and feel some intensity. The student body is divided into five parts and those in each part that would like to compete, initially would compete to represent their part in the final contest. The final contest could be five solo contestants or five two-person teams. Scott Jensen SignatureGot a business question, problem, or dream? Discuss it with the professionals that hang out at... misc.business.consulting, misc.business.marketing.moderated misc.business.moderated, and misc.entrepreneurs.moderated > I like the suggestions so far given. Which would lend itself to more of a > spectator event? There would be live feed video underwater cameras > broadcasting the contest back to the school's theater. Wow, that's sound so exciting . . .that's one of the things about scuba diving, it is so . . . um, exhilerating for the bystanders. > I'd like one where > the student body will get into the event and feel some intensity. Poker. I tole ya already. You don't like that idea? Maybe pocketpool. >The > student body is divided into five parts and those in each part that would > like to compete, initially would compete to represent their part in the > final contest. The final contest could be five solo contestants or five > two-person teams. Hmm, five card draw? > > I like the suggestions so far given. Which would lend itself to more of a > > spectator event? There would be live feed video underwater cameras [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Hmm, five card draw? Texas Hold 'em. > > > I like the suggestions so far given. Which would lend itself to more of > a [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Texas Hold 'em. Would be kinda boring for the onlookers, unless it was strip Texas Hold 'em, which would give it a whole new meaning... > > > > I like the suggestions so far given. Which would lend itself to more > of [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Would be kinda boring for the onlookers, unless it was strip Texas Hold 'em, > which would give it a whole new meaning... Which would you lose first, your wet suit or your BC? Does your regulator count as a piece of clothing? > > > > > I like the suggestions so far given. Which would lend itself to > more [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Which would you lose first, your wet suit or your BC? Does your regulator > count as a piece of clothing? no rules, any order you can live with. >> > Hypothetical situation: You have a Pacific island high school that has a >> > scuba program and you want to have some sort of contest that energizes the [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >so that only your mask (or half your mask) and the top of your head >breaks the surface. Floating at 5 feet, without finning. Last one up wins. >Alan Signaturedillon "When the French are against it, you know we can't be far wrong." - Adm. Bobbie Ray Inman >> Hypothetical situation: You have a Pacific island high school that has a >> scuba program and you want to have some sort of contest that energizes the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >good >> for this? One simple exercise; make a 3x3x3m cube with ropes. Now hover inside for the longest time without touching the "virtual walls", "roof" or "floor": Reduce to 2.5x2.5x2.5 to make it really difficult. Also, among normal competition sports, orienteering and volleyball works. With orienteering, make uw posts, and let a buddy team find them. Spread them out if it gets too easy. UW Volleyball only needs a net and a somewhat negative ball. All of this can be done in less than 15 feet of water. -- mrr > UW Volleyball only needs a net and a somewhat negative ball. Rules? We have UW-Rugby balls. Takes about 4-5 seconds to sink to 4 m. Matthias Bowling balls work quite well for games underwater. Good diving, Captain Dale >> UW Volleyball only needs a net and a somewhat negative ball. > > Rules? > We have UW-Rugby balls. Takes about 4-5 seconds to sink to 4 m. > > Matthias > Bowling balls work quite well for games underwater. Definitely worth a try. >>>UW Volleyball only needs a net and a somewhat negative ball. >> >>Rules? >>We have UW-Rugby balls. Takes about 4-5 seconds to sink to 4 m. But I was asking for the rule of underwater volleyball, because I suspected something else than just pushing a ball over a net while swimming. Ok, when the ball sinks, you may have to recover it before it reaches the ground, get it up, and throw it to somewhere where the other team will have difficulties retrieving it in time. Though, a saltwater filled ball is to heavy to be thrown with a degree of securety(mind your fingers..) Instead, I was thinking about a complete inversion, so to speak. The net suspended at mid depth, and with a very slightly positively boyant ball . You'd have to push the ball down, "across" under the net to try to make a point when the other team lets it hit the surface. safe diving Matthias >Hypothetical situation: You have a Pacific island high school that has a >scuba program and you want to have some sort of contest that energizes the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >down to the best five or ten students. What scuba contest(s) would be good >for this? How about a photograph contest but for underwater pictures? I worked with an instructor who would give his advanced students a disposable underwater camera on a shallow reef and expect them to bring back some pictures. A complex compass course is also a terrific idea. Make sure each point of it is far enough to be out of sight of the previous one. Perhaps have a flag or other token they can pick up so at the end they can prove they did the whole course? In this same vein, an Easter-Egg scavenger hunt with a light-salvage aspect by scattering some anchors across the sand.... SignatureVincent Fox Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 Internet: vf5@mail.gatech.edu > In this same vein, an Easter-Egg scavenger hunt with a light-salvage > aspect by scattering some anchors across the sand.... Combined with depth charges from cherry bombs to make it a little more interesting... > > In this same vein, an Easter-Egg scavenger hunt with a > > light-salvage aspect by scattering some anchors across > > the sand.... > > Combined with depth charges from cherry bombs to make > it a little more interesting... Serious? If so, that would very likely be a nice crowd-pleaser for the student body watching the contest live on a screen in the school's theater. Scott Jensen SignatureGot a business question, problem, or dream? Discuss it with the professionals that hang out at... misc.business.consulting, misc.business.marketing.moderated misc.business.moderated, and misc.entrepreneurs.moderated > > > In this same vein, an Easter-Egg scavenger hunt with a > > > light-salvage aspect by scattering some anchors across [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Serious? If so, that would very likely be a nice crowd-pleaser for the > student body watching the contest live on a screen in the school's theater. You'll have to excuse him, he an old swabbie. Static overpressure such as that generated by cherry bombs etc, would not be good for the kids underwater. http://www.scuba-doc.com/uwblast.html >From: "Scott" pugetsounddiver@geemail.com >Date: 12/9/2004 6:05 PM Eastern Standard Time [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >http://www.scuba-doc.com/uwblast.html Eel Wrasslin'? Popeye The only working atomic bomb platforms the Japanese ever had were delivered via airmail. >> > > In this same vein, an Easter-Egg scavenger hunt with a >> > > light-salvage aspect by scattering some anchors across [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Static overpressure such as that generated by cherry bombs etc, would not be >good for the kids underwater. Doesn't do much for the fishies, either. And a pool gets pretty much beat to sh.t. Although, if you're going to do, do it right. M80s. >http://www.scuba-doc.com/uwblast.html Signaturedillon "When the French are against it, you know we can't be far wrong." - Adm. Bobbie Ray Inman Easy. The last to come up to the surface wins. Other than that, anything goes. Or you can play in teams, by total time. To add some more fun, fill the bottles at random, no SPG allowed. Hope this helps. Froggy > Easy. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > To add some more fun, fill the bottles at random, no SPG allowed. > Hope this helps. You guys!! First of all, forget the fricken photography. No divers should be encouraged to take up underwater photography until they've had something in the neighborhood of 500 dives. But at the same time, the students should be playing underwater poker. Best hand wins. |
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