{"id":1491,"date":"2015-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/intro-to-diving\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:54:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:54:13","slug":"intro-to-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/intro-to-diving","title":{"rendered":"Intro to Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Diving is one of the most popular sports in the Olympic games, and has been growing increasingly more popular among athletes as well. Diving<\/a> is a sport in which the athlete jumps or falls from a specific apparatus, while performing acrobatic spins, flips and tricks before entering the pool. Divers are very similar to dancers<\/a> and gymnasts<\/a> in that they have to have incredible flexibility and strength.<\/p>\n

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In the sport of diving<\/a>, there are different events that divers compete in. the events are categorized by the type of board they are done off of. At a diving meet, you will see three different boards. There is the 1-meter springboard, 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform. Divers<\/a> can compete in an event individually, or with a partner for 3-meter and 10-meter. Diving with a partner is known as synchronized diving.<\/p>\n

There is a lot of room for variety in the way you approach a dive. These are known as the different dive groups. Each dive group explains the starting position from the apparatus, and the entry position into the water. There are five classifications of dives for both springboard and platform, and an additional sixth dive group for platform.<\/p>\n