How Do You Perform A Synchronized Dive From A Three-Story Platform?
Kristin Link teams with Lindsay Long to form the U.S. champion synchronized diving team. The two perform a series of dramatic dives, free falling from nearly 33 feet into the pool. Don’t even consider this unless you are a champion diver who is under a coach’s tutelage. Select a partner. Divers need to be of similar size, shape and weight so that when they dive they fall into the water at similar speeds. Learn dives that correspond to each other. Kristin points out, “The dives performed must have mixed takeoffs so one diver may be doing the exact same dive as the other, but in reverse.” For example, one diver may do an inward 1 1/2 pike in which she leaves the platform with her back to the pool while the other diver will begin facing the pool on takeoff and do a front 1 1/2 pike. Practice the dives individually. The divers must both be comfortable with the dives before trying them in tandem. Walk to the end of the platform together. “From the time you reach the top of the platform to t
