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Board Love

1/25/2016

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Day two of dive team started out after a full day of "school".  It was my first day of classes, which was interesting.  I went to First Aid and then after practice I had Health.

Dive practice was on the three meter board.  I went through the normal warm-ups, line-ups, etc. and then began my "set".  I started with fronts.  I did some front dives, 1-1/2's and then moved onto some 2-1/2's.  For whatever reason, I just didn't hit my 2-1/2's.  I'd make it around, but barely.  I'd never really extend out of the dive or open up, so it looked like a huge human ball going into the water.  And that much weight hitting the water at that speed created quite a splash.  Not the look the judges go for.

Then I moved onto the back dives.  I walked to the edge of the board, turned around and took a deep breath to prep for my first back dive of the day.

This is what ensued...
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Dive Team - Day 2 from Oh, Rio! Productions on Vimeo.

It's been six days since this happened.  Today is my first full week of dive team.  I'm mostly recovered from this.  And I've learned my lesson to make sure I jump it up more and not let my legs "go for the ride" so to speak.

​Heading off to Dive Team, day six.
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