Beginners need to start somewhere, so you might as well do it right from the start!
Two one's and two three's? Is your dryland equipment next to the pool or do you have a separate room or dryland center? Do you train out of a college, municipal or private pool, or do you scrounge for every available bit of pool time you can find? And what happens when you have a problem with a diving board or fulcrum?
Once you find that perfect sammy, sometimes it is a bit hard to let go. So if you want to keep it for a long time, and not have it look like something that the dog found in the back yard, you should probably take care of it.
It doesn't take much, but it does take a little bit of effort. So here are some tips to keep your sammy looking just like the day you pulled it from the package.
We are now in the Olympic year, and less than 200 days remain until London will become the center of the sports world. So what do you get if you finish in the top three spots at the Olympics? Other than fame and fortune, you receive a coveted medal! And this is what they look like.
I gotta tell you, I like these medals. They are more in the classic mode. No frills, or loops, or holes. Just round and symbolic!
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Diving in high school is more difficult than you may imagine. Picture this: you have been diving in age group meets and have eight solid dives (nine for the boys, what is required in the 14-15 age group), only three of which are optionals (four for the boys) and then suddenly you need two or three more dives for high school competition - time to scramble.
And that 11th dive is always interesting, especially for the girl's who will never use a sixth optional except in high school. It can also become a stretch to come up with those extra dives, and it's not always pretty in some cases ... back 2 1/2 twisting somersaults have a lot of D.D., but it's a lead up!
So don't be taken by surprise about the many nuances of high school diving by reading about these six important points!
As a side note; when will the high school federation realize that they require high school girls to do more dives than they require in college?
A diving onslaught is coming to North Carolina this summer - divers, divers everywhere. The point here is that Greensboro, N.C. will be the host this summer of three major diving competitions; the USA Diving Age Group Diving Nationals, USA Diving Junior National Diving Championships and the AT&T National Diving Championships.
All these events will take place at the brand spankin' new Greensboro Aquatic Center beginning August 2 with Age Group Nationals and concluding August 19 with senior nationals. And for the first time since 2006, these events will be held in the same venue which will no doubt make the coaches happy!
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