Diving. We all talked about how we'd actually do this one - some of us having last dived as kids (and not competitively) and others never at all. Luckily, the SMU head diving coach agreed to have us come out and he'd show us how to get started. Last October, we headed over on a Friday morning and took our chances...
There are four women's diving events at the Olympics:
3m springboard - singles and synchronized
10m platform - singles and synchronized
The coach said we'd just work on jumping in, which was fine by all of us. And, um, by the way, was the 10m platform REALLY that MASSIVE concrete thing looming above us? Holy cow! I think I was the only one crazy enough going in to do it, but I admittedly chickened out after going off the 5m a couple of times.
We started on the side of the pool jumping in, to get used to the arm motion and, well, clenching that had to happen to protect us on our jumps. Then we moved up to the 1m springboard. L1 and L2 both dived off of this one. Next up was the 3m springboard, followed by the 5m platform. Not everyone did the 5m, and some did it with quite a bit of hesitation and a lot of cheering from below.
The fear factor was pretty high on this event, much like our track cycling, but we're all learning to lean on each other and help our friends succeed. I think everyone was happy with what they did accomplish here - more than some of us thought we could do!
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| J (and baby L!) stepping off the 1m springboard |
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| L1 prepping to dive off the 1m springboard |
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R overcame her fears and did the 3m springboard
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| L1 and L2 preparing for the 3m springboard synchro jump |
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| L1 on her way down from the 5m platform |
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| Everyone accomplished just a bit more than expected! |
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