Diving Forum

What you said about the body following the head is a really helpful way to think about it, as is the image of the hips being above the shoulders. I think the next time I'm at the pool, I'll feel confident enough to start trying to dive again.

Thanks Patti!

just starting to try diving after my first attempt off the board which resulted in the perfect SMACK!!!!welts and all at, as far as my memory will allow, after the blackout, age 12, i had a very deep respect for H2O.  This might have something to do with being quite uncomfortable at hights above 4 inches. then there was the boating, swimming, showing off at the lake (very long way to the bottom) drowning incident,(another blackout, but a really neat memory) but one that I don't want to experience again not for a while yet. There was an electrocution black out while standing in water and a hot wire.  Did 3 jumps off the 1 meter board feet first, wasn''t bad jumping, standing at the end of the board and taking a step with a baby bounce, what would that be a riding the bouncy baby board (BBB)? was shakey on one and two, was't the water, not really the height, just the idea somehow of being off the tera, king of KETHER if you will, between ........then really kind of felt like it was ?  Fiqured i stop after the third jump, still just trying to develop land training skills, flat hand, posture, form, balance,,,,,...liked the reply about head first.  Thinking of giving it a try when ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it feels right.  Does that make sense?  And even though the pool is inside, if theres a thunderstorm going on, i'm not even getting out of the car.

Today was really a neat beginning. I wasn't able to get on the board to roll-in off the board for a dive, to many people.  As far as diving off the edge of the pool, the pool I'm at doesn't allow diving from the side of the pool, to shallow I'm told. So instead I put on a auqa belt (the life gaurd suggested it) and did my normal warm up streaching, flex, and form.  It really does help a WHOLE lot wearing a belt because now i can concentrate on what muscles, arms, legs, toes, ect. without having to try and stay above water.  As far as what you said in a previous comment to ? about diving with the head first and the body will follow, I tried that while floating with the belt and would you believe that while floating in the water hands at side (remember form) and the toes, that which ever way I pointed or tilted my head my submerged body would respond accordingly. try it, its kind of neat and some folks can't quite fiqure out just what I'm doing or how.  Part of my warm up involves some intense leg streaches because of a groin tear about 6 months ago, so I can't be jumping up and down right now well anyway, but while in the water I can get all the practice, kind of slow motion but still the same basic muscles and moves, and what I think is understated, as with a lot of things, mind. I would like to know if there is a correct way to make a simple land board to practice riding?  Mroz

I've seen the vidios on how to ride the board while over water.  What i was wondering was if there is anything that i could put together that i have around the house and yard that i could throw together to practice dry land training of riding the board if there is such a thing.  Right now i'm standing on a couple of 2x4 about 4'' above ground stationary, is there someway of using something with a bounce or would that take away from the proper way to go about getting mind,balance set?

a carpet board sounds like what i could really use. I'll see about getting one. It sounds like just what i need to help me get over that ...it's hard to explain just what that feeling is while standing on the board over water, kind of like 'buck fever'.  I can stand on boards, logs, ect. but put it a yard over water and............
As far as water training, the aqua belt is the ticket for me.  Doing all those mental/physical exercise for each body group,(if there is such a thing)from just doing laps using arms while focusing on keeping legs tight and pointy toes, twists, pikes, squats, all those dry land exercises while floating with the belt, oh, and one thing i do just cuz i may have seen it in a movie, while in the pool, don't touch the sides of the pool, is that called a gutter? Also while doing these laps i try and stay over the black line on the bottom of the pool and keep an eye on the focus points if i where to ever need any.
 

there is a diving pool about  25 miles, about an hour drive this time of year. Thats okay cuz theres so much to develope before actually diving, right now i'm okay with just practicing riding the board and a few jumps into the pool off the board, which is probably a good thing to do at any pool at first because of the different pool depths.  At this pool, just jumping off the board with a baby bounce I still hit the bottom of the pool and with enough force yet to cause me to even squat on the bottom, hate to think of what a head first dive with really good hight would do.  That makes me ask,,What is the best angle to enter the water, as straight  veritical and tight, or what? and do you try and change your direction once you've entered the water?

 

thanks for that info. There is sure alot to think about and execute all at the same time from top to bottom.  At first read it sounds , well that ain't so hard.  But take each word and apply in succession with each area, (quad?) How many places can the body bend? That'll keep me busy for awhile just trying to count.  One thing that I kind of hit on right off the bat, and maybe I'm way off base knowing that the dive ain't over till your out of the water, but there isn't to much to do once in the water but to get out of the water so the dive which in my mind now is just a little bit easieer cuze the important parts are the starting position, take off, entry,that includes to tippy toes, after that, its all gravy, just remember there is a bottom, don't breath, and get out of the water and probably a zillion other things that I'm sure I'll find out as time goes by.





















 

A pool with a 1-meter springboard should be at least 10 feet deep, preferably 12 feet deep. It sounds like this pool is much shallower than that. Don't dive head first into a pool that is too shallow. It can be very dangerous. Also, regarding angle of entry -- it depends. In general, in order to get the best score, you want to land vertical. However, divers do perform underwater saves. "Saves" essentially change the direction of entry once the diver enters the water. If you want to learn more about these saves (similar to a somersault under water) take a look at iSports diving guide, "How to Do an Underwater Save in Diving." Here is the link:http://diving.isport.com/diving-guides/how-to-do-an-underwater-save-in-diving/

Hope that helps! -Patti