Time to explain since some have had things to say about our videos. Here in Delaware, we face several challenges regarding diving. For one, there are very few regulation boards. The pool in this video is ) the only high school in the entire state with a regulation 16’ Maxiflex board. There are also NO regulation boards at any outdoor pools; some have boards but they are not suitable for lessons or competition. And our YMCA’s don’t have ANY boards. We only have one diving club team state wide at the university. This is a good program (currently closed for 9 months due to COVID) and great facility but it’s expensive and does not always run year round. In the 1990’s and 2000’s many diving boards (most were not regulation or suitable for competition) were removed from high schools and outdoor pools due to pool depth/safety concerns. This removed valuable opportunities for kids to become involved in competitive diving. Our facility is also nowhere near as nice as other states and diving programs. We have one diving board and a video delay system. That’s it. We have no twisting belts, dryland boards, foam pits, trampolines, multiple boards, bubble machine, etc. As you can see, unfortunately Delaware is behind many other states when it comes to diving opportunities and participation. We’ve gone from having 30+ divers qualify for the state meet in the 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s to less than 16 most of the last 10 years. Our goal each year is to get as many kids out as possible, teach them the basics, safely learn 11-12 dives, and to have fun…all in 3 months.
This is good diving. I don't know why people are so spiteful. It is not an easy sport I connects 3 of most people fobias in to one: deep water, flying, and heights.
Alright I haven't dived before, but, the one at 0:58 ... come on... some of these is just them jumping. Please add 3m dives and 5m dives to the highschool diving teams. Maybe even the 10m dive to spice it up