Diving

A parent’s guide to youth diving: starting ages, learn-to-dive classes and USA Diving junior programs, dryland and trampoline safety, injuries and recruiting.

How divers recover from training and meets: refueling, sleep, rest days, wrist, shoulder and back warning signs, and what the research says…

Diving rules made simple: dive numbers and groups, degree of difficulty, judging and scoring, synchro, high school and college formats and safe…

How divers build skills safely: dryland and trampoline progressions with spotting, core, wrist and shoulder strength, flexibility, rest days and the mental…

How to handle a long diving meet: formats and scoring, warm-ups, staying warm between dives, fueling and hydration, nerves and meet-day safety.

Why divers must eat enough: energy availability and REDs, eating-disorder warning signs and where to get help, daily eating, bone health and…

The injuries that keep showing up in springboard and platform diving, concussion after board strikes, shallow-water spinal safety and when to see…

Who runs diving: World Aquatics, USA Diving junior and Masters programs, AAU Diving, high school, NCAA zone diving and the Olympics.

Springboard, platform and synchronized diving at every level: how scoring works, youth to Olympic and Masters, common diving injuries, pool depth safety,…

The right wearable for springboard and platform divers: sleep and recovery trackers worn off the boards, a chest strap for dryland, and…

A simple diving gear list: suit rules, shammy towels, wrist supports and tape, ear plugs, dryland trampoline and spotting belt safety, and…