Practice Times
Lessons Group (Beginner-Advanced), 75 minutes, 1-4 days/week
Choose from:
Monday - Thursday, 6:45pm - 8:00pm
Sundays, 1 - 2:15pm
Junior Advanced Group ("Pre-Team"), 90 minutes, 2-4 days/week
Choose from:
Monday - Thursday, 6:15pm - 7:45pm
Sundays, 1 - 2:30pm
Medal Track Group (Bronze, Silver, Gold), 120 minutes, 3-5 days/week
Choose from:
Monday - Thursday, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Sundays, 1:00 - 3:00pm
Training Fees
Prices good, September 2023 – July 2024
- Lessons, 1.25 hours/day, 1 day/week = $154/month
- Lessons, 1.25 hours/day, 2 days/week = $307/month
- Lessons, 1.25 hours/day, 3-4 days/week = $450/month
- Junior Advanced, 1.5 hours/day, 1 day/week = $184/month
- Junior Advanced, 1.5 hours/day, 2 days/week = $326/month
- Junior Advanced, 1.5 hours/day, 3 days/week = $489/month
- Junior Advanced, 1.5 hours/day, 4 days/week = $541/month
- Medal Track, 2 hours/day, 2 days/week = $326/month
- Medal Track, 2 hours/day, 3 days/week = $489/month
- Medal Track, 2 hours/day, 4-5 days/week = $541/month
Annual Club Registration Fee
2026-27 Club Registration (valid September 2026 - August 2027) = $175
Club Registration includes:
Team membership and administration
Access to all available equipment, while supervised and according to skill level
Team T-Shirt and SWAG
External Fees, Required Upon Registration, not charged by the club:
AAU Youth Athlete membership, $16-29/year (required insurance, to be purchased and our club selected as part of our online registration process. This must be obtained BEFORE any diving!). AAU Memberships run September - August annually, which means you have to renew every year after August 31st.
Web Administration Fee, $3.50/month (added to your monthly bill)
Group Breakdown
Lessons — Where new divers learn the fundamentals and build confidence on the board. A great option for those coming from summer league who want to keep diving going.
Lessons is our starting point, with three varying skill levels to allow divers to continue growing without needing to commit to more hours or a new group. We have significantly increased the level of skills being performed, coached and expected in the Lessons group.
Note: If your diver only attends practice once a week, Lessons is their group — regardless of skill level.
Beginner Lessons
Skills: Focus:
100P Jumps for 7s
200P Body Tension
001B Fall in dives
002A
Intermediate Lessons
Skills: Focus:
H100C Jumps in all directions (twists too)
AS101C Board work skills (hurdle)
MB 100/101 Jumping dives
200C
Advanced Lessons
Skills: Focus:
102C Somersaults
401/2C Inwards
201/2C Backs
301/2C Reverses
Junior Advanced — The bridge to our competitive track, where meet participation is encouraged, and training becomes more focused and consistent. Perfect for divers ready to commit to more practices and push for bigger dives on both 1M and 3M.
Skills: Focus:
103C Perfecting Voluntaries on 1M, taking them up to 3M
403C Learning Optionals on 1M, taking them up to 3M
203C Adding DD (tuck to pike, add a rotation, twisters)
303C Learning 05s and 3M
Medal Track — Our premier competitive program coached primarily by Coach Jeff, made up of Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels. Divers train a minimum of three practices per week and are expected to compete in all meets we attend.
Bronze
11U Age Group Lists 1M and 3M: 3 Voluntaries, 2 Optionals
Silver
12-13 Age Group Lists 1M and 3M: 5 Voluntaries, 3 Optionals
Gold
14-15/16-18 Age Group Lists 1M and 3M: 5 Voluntaries, 4/5 Optionals
Evaluation Days
ALL new divers start with our club in the Lessons group and advance as they demonstrate proficiency in our skill progressions. Divers who want to start with the Junior Advanced group or the Medal Track must complete an evaluation to determine eligibility.
These evaluation days will take place throughout the season, the first of which will be during the first week of season, in September, known as Camp Week.
NOTE: Divers looking to attend only once a week do not need to do an evaluation, as they will be placed directly into our Lessons group, regardless of skill.
Makeup Practices
Going forward, WE WILL NO LONGER ALLOW DROP IN MAKE UP PRACTICES.
This is a major departure from how we have operated in the past. Due to our larger group sizes, we can no longer allow athletes to switch days every week or make up days they miss on different days of the week than they are scheduled. ALL MAKEUP PRACTICES will only be held on designated Fridays, depending on pool and coach availability throughout the season. Additional details to come.
What are Progression Skills?
Progression Skills are progressively difficult skills in all five dive categories.
For example, here are some typical progressions:
Fronts: 100 > 001 > 101c > 101b > 102c > 102b > 103c > 103b > 104c
Backs: 200 > 002 > j002 > 201c > 202c > 202b > 203c
Reverses: 300 > 201c > 301c > 302c > 302b > 303c
Inwards: 400 > 101c > 401c > 401b > 402c > 402b > 403c
What do all of those numbers and letters mean?
Numbers = Categories, Half Somersaults, Half Twists
100 = Front Jump
200 = Back Jump
300 = Reverse Jump
400 = Inward Jump
5000 = Twister (5, followed by Category, followed by number of half somersaults, followed by number of half twists)
Letters = Positions
A = Straight
B = Pike
C = Tuck
D = Free
Examples:
101B = Front Dive, Pike
203C = Back 1 1/2 Somersaults, Tuck
5323D = Reverse 1 Somersault, 1 1/2 Twists, Free
What is a Pencil Jump?
Pencil Jumps are standing jumps, in "hollow" entry position. Pencil Jumps help train body tension and position awareness. These can be performed forward, backward, reverse and inward directions!
What do we learn in Lessons?
Beginner Lessons (aka Summer Prep) are where you learn fundamental skills that allow you to learn progressively more difficult dives. Beginner Lessons are geared toward athletes (usually under 10 years old) who are new to diving, and are still just learning the basics. We teach things like diving safety, positions (tuck, pike, hollow, "pencil", entry), how to jump off the board forward and backward, what's an inward and what's reverse dive, brand new hurdles, hop hop skills, and venturing up to 3 meter (yikes!).
What is the Novice/Intermediate Group?
The Novice/Intermediate Group is where we learn to do TUCK DIVES in all four directions. This group is for divers who are interested in improving their skill level and learning new dives, but not (yet) interested or ready to train at a more advanced level. We take a more laid-back approach to learning dives and provide a fun and engaging environment.
Divers in this group will practice two days per week, on a first come, first served basis, and are encouraged to dive with us for at least three consecutive months to see true, lasting improvement. This is not a required commitment, but real change happens over time and divers who stick with it longer will improve more substantially and form better habits which they will tend to keep.
What is Junior Advanced?
The Junior Advanced Group (aka Pre Team) is for divers who want to take their diving to the next level, whether getting ready to dive in Junior Olympic events or thinking they might want to dive in college.
This group is ideal for advancing athletes who do not yet have all of their FINA age group dives, or want to learn bigger dives, and are willing and motivated to train. Divers will be invited to join this group, once they have shown the desired commitment and interest, and will have the option to practice three or four days per week, with a four-month commitment.
What is Elite Junior Olympic Training?
The Junior Olympic (aka Elite) Team is the most advanced group in the club. Divers will be invited to join this elite group only when they have exhibited the traits needed to join - a willingness and desire to train hard every day, a high level of coachability, commitment, work ethic, and a demonstrated passion for learning and perfecting harder and harder dives.
This group will be expected to train at least four days per week and will commit to training for twelve consecutive months.
Elite Junior Olympic athletes will work on improving every dive in their FINA age group lists and work towards learning new dives every day. Training is offered Monday - Saturday and will have intense dry land and water training.
Private Lessons
Private lessons are sporadically available, upon request. Pricing and times offered for private lessons will depend on the coach, coach's availability and pool time availability.
Administration
All club administration, choosing and cancelling of workouts, team updates and billing will occur online. You will be able to manage your billing and workout schedule through the Parent Portal on our website. Billing will be recurring.
Coaches will not be able to perform any administrative functions on deck.
Your AAU membership, practice times and payments MUST be completed before you get to the pool, and will be done via the registration process.
Competitive Standards:
Age Group Lists both boards
US Diving
Future Champions
Level 1 – 6 skills
Level 2 – 5 skills 1 dive
Level 3 – 4 skills 2 dives
Level 4 – 3 skills 3 dives
Level 5 – 3 skills 2 vols 2 ops
Level 6 – 2 skills 3 vols 2 ops
Level 7 – 1 skill 3 vols 3 ops
Level 8 – 4 vols 3 ops
Skills = 100, 200 abc; 001, 002 abc; 5301, 5102, 5303, 5104, 5201, 5203, 5205
US Juniors
11U: 3 vols (5.0/5.4) + 3 ops
12-13: 4 vols (7.2/7.6) + 3 ops
14-15: 5 vols (9.0/9.5) + 3 ops (boys 4 ops)
16-18: 5 vols (9.0/9.5) + 4 ops (boys 5 ops)
AAU
9U: 3 vols (5.4/5.4) + 1 op
10-11: 3 vols (5.4/5.4) + 2 ops
12-13: 5 vols (9.0/9.5) + 2 ops (boys 3 ops)
14-15: 5 vols (9.0/9.5) + 3 ops (boys 4 ops)
16-17: 5 vols (9.0/9.5) + 4 ops (boys 5 ops)
18-19: 5 vols (9.0/9.5) + 4 ops (boys 5 ops)
AAU Novice
9U: 4 skills (1.0) or dives (true DD)
10-11: 5 skills or dives
12-13: 6 skills or dives
14-15: 6 skills or dives
16-17: 7 skills or dives
AAU Synchro 1M / 3M
13U: 2 vols (2.0) + 2 ops (true DD)
14-15: 2 vols + 3 ops
16+: 2 vols + 3 ops