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This week, Robert & Logan chat with Ted Everett, head dive coach at Princeton University, about the realities of what it takes to get into an Ivy League school, best practices when applying, what it's like diving in the Ivy League, and much, much more!

This week, Robbert & Logan chat with Derek Starks about how work with the Coaches Advisory Committee, how to get a good 107c on 1 meter, his experiences attending international competitions, and much more.

This week, Robert & Logan revisit how they use AI to help with their coaching and managing their programs.

This week, Robert & Logan talk about the the things they wish they knew and the advice they wish they had when they first started diving. Coaching philosophies, proactive learning, leaning in to the business side things, and much more!

This week, Robert & Logan celebrate one year and 50 episodes by chatting with the very first guest to the podcast, Quinton Mendoza about summer dive camps, their best and worst flops, competition selection strategies, and much more!

This week, Robert & Logan chat with Max Flory, current member of the USA Diving National Team and owner/founder of Diving Mentoring, about lessons learned from his recent international competitions, an in depth discussion on his Mentorship Program, how to bridge the gap from 05's to 07's, and much more! Visit www.maxflory.com for more info and to book a session.

This week, Robert & Logan bring back their Unpopular Diving Opinions Series, discussing why they think USA Diving should get rid of the Junior Region meets altogether.

This week, Robert & Logan talk about some of the new things happening at the USA Diving Junior Region meets, including mandatory technical meetings, neutral judges, meet attendance, region alignments, region hopping, and much more!

This week, Robert and Logan talk about tools and equipment that they wish they had to help them coach diving, some existing, most theoretical. Above ground foam pits, outdoor water belts, AI judging, auto platform callers, the extrapolator, and much more are discussed in this fun episode based on the idea of "Wouldn't it be cool if we had this!?"

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.c...

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 h...

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 train...

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 ph...

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?

This week, Robert & Logan chat with Omar Ojeda, program director at The Diving Academy in Virginia, about his book - Diving Science: A Technical Handbook for Coaches and Athletes, his role as an educator for various international diving federations, how to breakdown reverse takeoffs, and much more!

This week, Robert & Logan chat with John Proctor, head coach at COM Diving about what makes COM Aquatics so unique, man cards, super powers, coaching philosophies and much much more!

This week, Robert & Logan continue their conversation with Yahya Radman, Owner and Program Director at Wisconsin Dive Club, about the importance of self care, how to avoid burnout, WDC's unique approach to building and maintaining a well rounded program, the technical aspects of teaching a 5233d on 1m, and much, much more!

This week, Robert & Logan reflect back on some of the major topics and events that happened this past year in the diving world, talk about the lessons they have learned from the podcast since starting it, and share some things to look forward to in 2026 and beyond. Thank you to all of our listeners and supporters who provide the inspiration and motivation to make everything happen. This episod...

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This week, Robert & Logan talk about some common judging inconsistencies that are prevalent at the lower levels of the sport, why they are made and how to improve them.