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Training for Springboard and Platform Diving

Learning to become a diver takes much more than practicing dives every day. Today’s diver must understand a variety of training aspects such as stretching, weight training, sports psychology, injury prevention, dryland training, and skill progression. So what are you waiting for, dive right in and learn how competitive divers train their mind and body for optimal performance.
Eight Reasons to Use Skill Progressions in Diving
Learning and practicing dives should be based on fundamental building blocks or skills, learned in a series of progressions. Here are eight reasons why.
Diving Tips and Insights
Here are a collection of tips and insights to help every diver improve their skills, and their ability to compete.
Six Important Pieces of Dryland Equipment
There is much more to training a diver than asking them to repeat a dive multiple times and hope it gets better. Modern training methods involve using equipment other than the diving board and water. These six types of training equipment can help a diving program and coach expand and enhance the ability to develop successful divers.
Six Reasons Why A Diver Should Stretch
Stretching is an important element of any divers’ training. Stretching before a workout or competition will help in injury prevention and assist in warm-up. Stretching after a workout or competition can help to increase flexibility and prevent injuries.
Balking - It's A Bad Practice
If a diver balks in practice, chances are that it will effect their ability to compete well in a diving meet.
Advantages of Dryland Training in Springboard and Platform Diving
Dryland training is diving is a vital ingredient for success in springboard and platform diving today and the use of a trampoline or dryland diving board allows the diver to practice a dive in a safe and efficient manner.
Fear is an Important Aspect of Platform Diving
Fear is an important aspect of platform diving. As a diver stands 33 feet above the water, the fear of smacking on the water must be managed in order to be successful.
Swim Down Drill for Diving
Descriptions and images of a drill that will help a diver swim on the end of a forward head first entry.
The Value of Rest
Divers should be aware that when engaging in a training program that requires short and long periods of intense physical training, they should include short and long periods of rest.
Tower Diving
Tower diving is one of the most breath-taking and exciting sports in the world. It is a sport that takes real coordination, balance, timing, flexibility and strength, as well as courage, determination and desire.
Springboard and Platform Diving Camps
Diving camp resources from USA Diving.

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