Plymouth Diving
Specialists in springboard & highboard diving
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Help & advice for Parents
PROMOTION & SKILL DEVELOPMENT. Different divers move, develop and learn at different rates, which is why not everyone always works on the same thing in any given group and which is why divers are promoted at different times.
Coaches will always take the divers along a path which is appropriate for them personally.
Important - competition results have no bearing on squad or group selection.
Please remember in terms of developing the more advanced skills, the basic skills are even more important, than the end skill.
For example, the most important parts of a forward 2½, are the hurdle step and the entry. Therefore if there are technical problems, a diver will benefit more from working on hurdle step jumps and tuck rolls, than doing loads of front 2½’s.
The aim of the coach and the programme is to enable the diver to reach their full potential, regardless of their level. The methods/skills used by the coach are chosen in order to achieve that goal.