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Ron O'Brien has produced more champions and coached more Olympic, world, and Pan American teams than any other coach in diving history. Now, in this definitive work, O'Brien brings his full experience and expertise forth so that today's divers and their coaches can enjoy similar success at their own level of competition.
Springboard & Platform Diving covers all aspects of diving. From solid fundamentals to fine-tuned movements that add aesthetic appeal, O'Brien presents each type of dive with detailed descriptions and accompanying sequential illustrations. Mental preparation tips and physical training programs will give divers a competitive edge. A special boardwork checklist will help pinpoint any deficient skills.
Springboard & Platform Diving provides readers with inside information once exclusively reserved for the world's best. This book is a one-of-a-kind blueprint for diving success, written by the greatest coach ever in the sport.
About the Author
Ron O'Brien is the best-known and most successful diving coach in the United States. He has produced more champions (including four-time Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis) and coached more Olympic, world, and Pan American teams than any other coach in diving history.
Before retiring from active coaching in 1988, O'Brien served in almost every capacity in diving, from national 3-meter champion in 1961 to president of the U.S. Professional Diving Coaches Association from 1981 to 1985 to International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee in 1988. His divers have won 12 Olympic medals and 196 gold medals in national and international competition, and he has coached at least one U.S. national champion in each of 23 consecutive years (1973 to 1995).
O'Brien is now the national technical director for United States Diving and lives in Islamorada, Florida.
Springboard & Platform Diving,Ronald F. O'Brien,Human Kinetics Publishers,0736043780,Diving,Sports,Sports & Recreation,Sports Medicine,Swimming,Swimming And Diving,Swimming & diving
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