The Techniques of Springboard Diving

This is the first book on diving to progress beyond the beginner's stage.although open to the beginner, it will come into full use in the hands of theadvanced performer and his coach. A careful balance is maintained betweenencouraging the instinctive response ("The truth of the matter is that good diversdo the natural and correct thing -- despite coaching ") and encouraging the diver toact in accordance with basic physical principles that are instilled so deeply theybecome second nature to him.The author abjures the folklore of traditional divinginstruction in favor of an approach solidly based on the science of mechanics. Suchconcepts as the moment of inertia and the conservation of angular momentum aresimply and graphically explained. This is by no means empty scientific bravado -- ingiving the diver a genuine knowledge of why certain motions produce certain results, the book will impart more confidence than a mere set of precepts telling him what todo.All the main groups of dives are covered in separate chapters. The "saving ofdives," an essential development of modern diving, is treated, and there is achapter on the judging of diving. The book is profusely illustrated with drawingsand photographs, including for the first time stroboscopic movie action shots (eachframe at 1/100,000 of a second) of current National and Olympic champions.