Team Info

Team Levels:

After the level 1~Beginner, divers will move up into the team levels. Each team level in the diving program has a set of skills, drills, and dives that each diver will learn. As the divers progress through these skills, they will move up into the next group until they are competing at the Junior Olympic level of diving. Every diver will progress at his/her own rate and will be coached at their skill level.

Level 2 - Intermediate Team:

At this level divers, will already have a foundation of diving skills. They will begin working towards creating their first competitive list of dives. These dives are basic dives that they will continue to develop into a Novice competitive list of dives for their age. Divers on this level should expect to attend a few meets to begin to understand how a diving meet works and begin developing their competition readiness.

Novice Team:

At this level, divers will have a basic Novice list of dives for their age group. These dives are determined by the requirements set by USA Diving and AAU. At this level the diver should be training more often and begin to build dives with a greater degree of difficulty. Novice Team divers should expect to compete at as many meets through the year as possible. The main goal of the Novice Team is to continue to build on the skills, drills, and dives that they have learned to gain enough dives to move to the Junior Olympic level of diving.

Advanced Team:

The Advanced Team is made up of divers that have, or are close to having, a full Junior Olympic list of competition dives and are serious about competing for the Mansfield Diving Team. These divers are required to compete regularly and attend the National circuit of diving meets through USA Diving and AAU.

Team Responsibilities

Parent Responsibilities:

*Support your diver at all times.

*Help get them to practice on time and often.

All Parents are needed to help work at the meets, especially those hosted by the Mansfield Diving Team. Help is always needed with meet set-up, table workers, hospitality, and post meet clean up. Hosting meets can be a large undertaking. We need all athletes and their families to participate in organizing and running these events. The income from this meets allows us to keep our tuition low, pays for needed equipment and saves the individual families the added expense of traveling to other meet.

Athletes Responsibilities:

Attend all scheduled practices.

Maintain a positive attitude during practice and competition.

Stay focused in practice and make legitimate attempts to make corrections.

Treat others with courtesy and respect and be civil to all teammates.

We expect our athletes to be:

• self-motivated

• interested in learning

• respectful of teammates and coaches

• filled with positive enthusiasm

• good sports – excellent sportsmanship is a cornerstone of our program

Athlete’s Mission

• To become better every day

• To prepare myself each day for a successful practice or competition

• To learn something from my mistakes and failures

• To be modest and grateful in success and victory

• To set my sites on Junior Olympic Regional, Zone and National Championship Meets

During Regular Practice

Our intent is to create a focused training environment in order to get the most out of every athlete. Distractions must be minimized during this time.

Therefore: Parents, friends and visitors are asked to stay in the spectator’s stands during all training sessions. Parents, friends and visitors are asked not to attempt to communicate with athletes during practice except in exceptional circumstances. Athletes may not use cell phones during this time. Athletes are expected to wear loose fitting shorts or stretch pants and a t-shirt during dry-land training workout.

Competition Code of Conduct

When traveling with the team all team members will adhere to the code of conduct. The coaching staff and/or the chaperone is responsible for enforcing the code and will have the authority to impose penalties for infractions of the code. These penalties may include but are not limited to, a phone call to the parents, being scratched from an event or the meet, to being sent home immediately.

1. Divers must attend all team meetings, warm-ups and practices and events while at competitions.

2. **Please be on time….the team will be waiting for you.

3. Divers should be in bed and resting at a reasonable time at all competitions. Warm ups at meets are usually very early in the morning and rest is very important for good performance.

4. You represent the team while at meets. Be courteous to other competitors

5. CHEER for your team mates.

Parent Coaching

You pay your money to a coach because he or she is qualified to do the job. Allow the coach to work effectively by granting him/her authority on the sport. Diving is a very technical sport, which should not be taught by those without specialized training. Diving is a unique sport in that all athletes must, with the help of their coaches, face and conquer considerable fears. The result is that our coaches will form a very close bond with and understanding of your child. This understanding gives our staff great insight into the motivation and discipline of your child.