Flip Flops at the Dive Bar

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Kelly McCormick, two time Olympic medalist and head coach of Emerald Diving in Washington state about her experiences growing up in a diving dynasty, her preparations heading into two Olympic games, how the sport has evolved over the decades, mental training and much more!

This week, Robert & Logan chat with Erica Sorgi, World Aquatics Judge and member of the USA Diving Judges Commission about her work leading the USA Diving Neutral Judges Initiative. We talk about the goals and rational for this initiative, we get into the details on how to properly judge common mistakes found in lower level dives, and much more!

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Evan Hull, former club and NCAA diver and current traveling stand up comedian about how his experiences in diving prepared him for performing stand up comedy, which dive coaches know how to have a good time, stories from the road, and much more! Check out Evan's new special, Big Cool Bug, available on now Apple TV and Prime Video, online at www.evanhull.com, or on socials @evanhullalive.

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Charlie Collins, owner and coach of Alamo Area Aquatics Diving in San Antonio, TX about his work with AAU diving, his experiences in the show diving world, his efforts to make diving a more valuable component of high school swimming and diving, how to make diving events more engaging, and much more!

This week, Robert and Logan wrap up their series on Long Term Athlete Development discussing the Train to Compete, Train to Win and Active For Life stages with John Appleman and special guest, Grayson Campbell, Team USA member and World Championship finalist. Grayson provides his unique perspectives as an athlete having gone through the Train to Compete and currently in the Train to Win phase of his career. We discuss what it means to embody the full athlete, navigating the post collegiate world, and much more!

This week, Robert & Logan dive into the Train to Train Phase of the Long Term Athlete Development Model with John Appleman. The key windows of opportunity here are strength development and learning the building block skills. Follow along to learn about how to develop strength specific for post pubescent divers, what specific dives and skills to be training, along with how to instill good training habits during this phase.

This week, Robert & Logan discuss with John Appleman about the second phase of the Long Term Athlete Development Model, Learn To Train, why it's arguably the most important phase and the phase most often overlooked. This phase focuses on making improvements in flexibility and sport specific movement patters, and John goes into detail on the specifics of what and how to train during this phase.

This week, Robert & Logan continue their series on the Long Term Athlete Development model with John Appleman by discussing the first phase, FUNdamentals. Learn about who this phase is designed for, what to focus on, how to incorporate this phase into your program, and much more!

This week, Robert & Logan kick off their new series on the Long Term Athlete Development model with John Appleman. John has for a long time been advocating for the adoption of the LTAD model in the USA. We begin this series by giving an overview of what the LTAD model is, how it works, and why clubs should consider implementing it within their programs.

This week, Robert & Logan talk about their favorite subject - what kind of pool are they going to build when they win the lotto. Logan goes a little over the top while Robert sticks to a slightly more conventional facility. What are you putting into your lotto dream pool?