Palisades Swimming Pool Association, Inc.
6918 Seven Locks Road, Cabin John, MD 20818
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Website last update: 5/3/2008
Dive Team
About the Dive Team
The Palisades Dive Team is a great way to learn to dive, improve your diving,
or perfect
what you already can do. Diving teaches kids body control, acrobatic skills,
mental focus and competitiveness. It’s also a lot of fun!
Dive on In!
Whether your child has never jumped off a diving board or has past experience, the Palisades Dive Team will be a fun, social, and exciting activity for them to be involved in this summer. Children from 6 to 18 years old are welcome to develop this challenging and rewarding sport and be a part of a fun team. Whatever your skill level, we can help you improve!
When are practices and meets?
Practices are weekdays, with times shifting during the season. They start Tuesday, May 27 and run weekdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. After June 12, practice times switch to Monday through Friday: 3-4 p.m. or 5:30 to 7 p.m. Divers can select which practice fits their schedules best and you do not have to be at every practice to be on the team. Divers will receive both land and water training. This year Palisades will be in Division 5 and will host three home meets and attend two away meets. All meets are Sunday afternoons starting at 5 p.m., with Monday rain dates, if necessary. For more information on schedules and pools, check out www.mcdiving.org.
2008 Dive Meet Schedule
Dive Meet Schedule (all meets 5pm):
June 15 at Home
June 22 at Potomac Woods
June 29 Bye meet (possible club arranged meet)
July 6 at Potomac
July 13 at Home
Practice Schedule
May 27-June 12: 5:30-7 pm
After June 15:
Monday-Friday: 3-4 pm
Or
5:30-7 pm
How do I sign-up?
You can reserve a spot by calling this year’s diving representative, Richard Grinker.
Diving Representative:
Richard Grinker: 301-320-6499
chunggrink@aol.com
Who are the coaches?
We welcome back Todd Singer, in his new role, as head coach for the Palisades Pool dive team. Last season, Todd helped guide the team to its first divisional championships in many, many years! He has competed on 1m, 3m, and 10 platform. He dives with the Montgomery Dive Club. Todd is a Sophomore at Walt Whitman High School. Todd has been diving since he was 8 years old.
What is the cost of the dive team?
The participating fee for the dive program is $65 per diver for the first diver, and $50 for each additional diver in the same family.
Can my child participate on both swim and dive teams?
Yes, practice times and diving meets are scheduled so that kids can participate in both activities without conflicts.
Parent Participation
Like the swim team, parents are need to be regularly and directly involved to make this program successful. Assistance will be needed from parents at the five dive meets and the divisional and all-start championship. Volunteer jobs included scorers, referees, selling refreshments, and ribbon writing. In particular, the Palisades dive team really needs diving officials (judges, scorers, referees). There will be three clinics for parent volunteer officials in June to train. THE DATES ARE TO BE ANNOUNCED.
Mailing List
To be informed of last minute changes to the dive team schedule and announcements, subscribe to the dive team listserv. After you subscribe make sure that the messages from the mailing list do not go to your junk e-mail folder. If they go to the junk folder, make sure to configure your e-mail service so that e-mails from the mailing list do not go there again.