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Does Diving Need a Minimum Fitness Standard For Dive Pros?
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Randall B. Pollard
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2010-03-11 05:55:54
I came home from WW2 onboard the A.S.A.T. Gen. Harry Taylor. Leaving Bremerhaven, Germany on June 21st, 1948 and arriving in New York City on ...
Mandy
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2010-03-09 22:45:11
I definitely think that there should be annual fitness tests for instructors and divemasters. While most certification agencies require the watermanship tests to receive ...
Blades Robinson
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2010-02-25 02:18:44
John, thank you for your more precise explanation of the IADRS Watermanship Test and how you and Fred Jackson designed the passing score of 12 ...
John Carney
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2010-02-24 22:41:54
This post is from one of the co-authors of the IADRS Watermanship Test. The test does not DIRECTLY measure METS as Blades inferred. In the ...
butch Hendrick
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2010-02-23 21:12:10
Blades this is another one of those topics that you and I agree on. I too belive there should be a physical and academics ...
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