Springboard and Platform Diving is the authoritative guide to the sport. Thoroughly researched and painstaking compiled, it covers it all, including coaching, competition, and conditioning.
Internationally renowned coach Jeff Huber has worked with divers at all levels—from novice to Olympian—for more than four decades. Now that lifetime of knowledge, analysis, and expertise is distilled into Springboard and Platform Diving.
Chapter 1 How Coaches Teach, How Divers Learn
Chapter 2 Forward Approach
Chapter 3 Backward Press
Chapter 4 Takeoff and Connection
Chapter 5 Position, Spotting, and Come-Out
Chapter 6 Line-Up and Entry
Chapter 7 Skill Progression: Putting It All Together
Chapter 8 Strength, Conditioning, Nutrition, and Recovery
Chapter 9 Creating an Annual Individualized Training Plan
Chapter 10 Mental Training for Practice
Chapter 11 Mental Training for Competition
Jeff Huber has been involved in the sport of diving for more than 45 years. He spent 37 years as a collegiate diving coach, including 24 years at Indiana University.
During his career he developed U.S. and NCAA champions, international champions, and Olympians. At Indiana University, Huber coached divers to more than 40 Big Ten championships and more than 75 All-American selections. As a USA Diving coach, he accompanied his divers to every international competition in the world, including the Pan American Games, World University Games, World Championships, World Cups, and three Olympic Games. He has been named U.S. National Coach of the Year, NCAA Coach of the Year, USOC Coach of the Year, and Big Ten Coach of the Year.