Tips to make every day in the pool or gym count.
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?
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Today marks the start of the 2012 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The FINA Grand Prix is an annual series of diving competitions for the world's elite that take place (depending on the year) from January to August throughout the world.
The United States hosts its yearly visit by the Grand Prix each year in Fort Lauderdale, a destination that many, if not all the international divers love to attend.
The first event has already kicked off with the women's 3-meter prelims and as luck would have it, the U.S. contingent fared pretty well - three in the top five with Kelci Bryant leading the way in second. Results and video are available on DiveMeets.com.
As we inch closer and closer to the London Olympics, I am sure that many of you are wondering, "What has happened to many of our past Olympians?"
Divers such as Kelly McCormick, Chris Seufert, Tom Gompf, Cynthia Potter, Matt Scoggin, Miki King ... well the list goes on an on.
So check out Where Are They Now, and just don't go there once as this list will continue to grow, and grow, and grow ...
Photo: Kelly McCormick
Back in the day, there were two national championship events that were held at distinct times and were given distinct names: Indoor Nationals and Outdoor Nationals. It was pretty obvious during that time that the Indoor Nationals were held when, for most of the nation, the event had to be conducted inside. You can't very well hold a diving meet outdoors in New York in January, although I'm sure that quite a few coaches would do it anyway!
Conversely, the Outdoor Nationals usually took place during the summer at an outdoor pool. But as time goes by, Indoor Nationals continues to be held indoors, but Outdoor Nationals is also sometimes held indoors. Now you can't call it that though because you already have an Indoor Nationals, so it just becomes the National Championships - usually with a sponsors name attached.
By this time Indoor Nationals becomes Spring Nationals, but because it is not always held in the spring it becomes Winter Nationals. And then, to top it all off, the 2012 Winter Nationals is held in 2011!!!
It's all so very confusing. Much too confusing for me to sort out, so I just call the national championships that are generally held at the beginning of the year, Indoor Nationals. And here is who won ...
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