QuickTips Index
How to Structure Your Diving List in Competiton
Knowing what order to list your dives in competition is as easy as paying attention to your personality and how you are training.
Your High School Diving List
Success in high school diving has as much to do with knowing how a meet will be judged as much as the diving itself.
How to Earn Extra Points in a Diving Meet
Diving meets are often decided by less than a point. Here are a few tips to squeeze an extra 1/2 point from the judges.
Is a 10 a Perfect Dive?
Excellent and exceptional dives many times receive scores of 10. So is the dive excellent and exceptional, or perfect?
Coaches and Hand Spotting in Diving
Hand spotting in diving training is a technique that requires physical contact between a diver and a coach. Coaches need to make parents aware of what this training technique entails.
Six Tips to Consider When Training a Diver
Here are six tips that even the most experienced diving coach should consider during a training session or practice.
Use Tape to Help Your Hurdle
Using a piece of tape during practice can help a diver develop a consistent front approach and hurdle in springboard diving.
Hitting the Board – What is the Rule and the Penalty?
Judges need to the be aware of the rule and penalties that occur when a diver hits the board, especially the difference between FINA and High School rules.
Which Knee to Use in the Forward Approach and Hurdle in Diving?
When doing a forward approach and hurdle on springboard, which knee should the diver use?
Coaching and Feedback
Coaching diving involves what types of feedback a diver should receive in order to improve their ability to dive, and ultimately, their performance.
What is the Proper Hurdle Position in Diving?
When doing a forward approach and hurdle on springboard, where should the knee and hurdle leg be in relation to the rest of the body?
10 Resolutions for the New Year
Ten New Year’s resolutions that will improve your diving program in 2009.
Grabbing a Flat Hand Provides the Best Opportunity for a Rip
Always practice grabbing your hands before stretching for the water every time you do a dive or practice a fundamental.
Twisters and Fail Dives
How to avoid fail dives during the twisting round in diving.
Land on Your Hands, Not Your Feet
If you want to rip dives on a consistent basis, set a goal of having all your dives enter the water head first.
Should there be differences in the fulcrum settings for different dives?
Should there be differences in the fulcrum settings for different dives?
How Many Steps Should a Diver Take in a Forward Approach?
A forward approach and take-off in diving is as unique as a divers' personality. Figure out what is best for you by experimenting with diverent types of take-offs.
Important Trampoline Rules to Follow
Trampolines are a important piece of equipment used in diver training, but make sure you follow these five important rules when using a tramp!
Fundraising for Your Diving Program
If you are running a diving program, fundraising can be an important, but many times overlooked, aspect of a successful program.
Things That Get Rewarded Get Done
Rewarding positive behavior in diving can lead to positive results.
How to Diagnose A Proper Rip Entry
Diving coaches should watch the bubbles on an entry to tell if a diver is properly executing a rip entry.
Water Depth and Safe Diving
Every time a diver steps on the board, he or she should know the depth of the water in order to ensure a safe diving environment.
Where to Start Your Forward Approach
Beginner divers always seem to have a problem finding the right place to stand when starting a dive. Mark your spot on the diving board so that you each time you dive, the approach and hurdle is consistent.
Steve Voellmecke
Steve Voellmecke began coaching diving in 1984. Although he has coached both national and state champions and served as both judge and referee at state, national and international diving competitions, his first love is teaching diving to beginner divers.