Welcome to your one-stop-shop for everything you need to know about diving!
We’ve curated a massive library of resources, from foundational drills and elite dive demonstrations to advanced clinics on biomechanics, athlete psychology, and nutrition. Whatever your coaching challenge, find the visual guide and expert insight you need right here.
Resources to help you support divers throughout their development, including long-term, elite athlete management, preparing college bound athletes, performance monitoring, and training strategy adjustments.
Everything from introductory biomechanics resources to relevant research and performance focused analyses. Learn how to apply physics, optimize athlete training and techniques, and discover emerging performance optimization technologies. The sport of diving is evolving. Are you ready?
Archived practice footage, coaching sessions, and long form lectures from legendary coaches dating back decades. Includes foundational drills and teaching insights that complement the resources found in other categories.
Expand your coaching toolkit with professional growth resources curated specifically for diving coaches. Discover advanced courses, transformative communication strategies, immersive workshops, and insights from elite-level mentors.
A growing collection of high standard dives that serve as visual models for teaching and skill development. Use it to compare technique, study form, and build stronger fundamentals.
A collection of progressions, modelling guides, and drill ideas designed to build strong fundamentals for divers at every level. Includes skill breakdowns, correction strategies, and technical cues that support proper shaping, alignment, takeoffs, entries, to aid coaches in the development of high-quality and consistent athletes.
Guidance on safe and effective dryland training including spotting rig setup resources, tutorials for pulling spotting belts, facility specifications, dryland equipment basics, water belts, bubbler/sparger use, board maintenance, and safety standards for coaches and facilities.
Focused tools, guides, and examples designed specifically for high school diving coaches. Perfect for building strong fundamentals, structuring practices, and navigating the unique demands of the high school season.
A broad archive of international competition footage, including FINA, Grand Prix, World Cup, and meets from countries around the world. Ideal for studying diverse styles, technique trends, and high level performance globally.
A library of NCAA Division I championship meet videos. Valuable for understanding collegiate level difficulty, execution, and competition standards.
Archived footage of Olympic Trials from multiple countries and past Olympic Games. A historical and technical look at the sport’s highest level of performance.
Resources for improving athlete strength, flexibility, nutrition, mobility, recovery and injury reduction.
Tools and examples for structuring practices and seasons, including handbooks, workout plans, intensity and volume guidance, periodization models, and tips for planning effective training for different developmental stages.
Materials to aid coaches with the running and growth of a successful program including club handbooks, coaching manuals, facility recommendations, parent communication, compliance and copyright guidance, beginner athlete resources, and additional tools for building strong club culture.
Resources on confidence building, managing fear, improving focus, competition mindset, emotional regulation, and helping divers develop the mental skills needed for long-term success.
Judging guides, rulebooks, scoring expectations, deduction explanations, and educational course recommendations.
Full session recordings from past PDCA Coaching Symposiums, with hours of lectures and deep dives from top coaches and experts. Valuable for coaches in the pursuit of professional development and advanced coaching education.
A collection of senior national championship and Olympic Trials meet videos. Useful for examining high difficulty dives, elite level execution, and competition pacing at the top of the sport.