Flip Flops at the Dive Bar

This week, Robert & Logan chat with Aaron Fleshner, former high performance diver for Team USA, about his time competing internationally, what it takes to perform incredibly hard dives, how AI can help athletes and coaches, why diving needs to be more engaging to the general public, and much more!

This week, Robert & Logan chat with Lo Thiel, Elite Team Program Manager at Mission Viejo Nadadores about strength and conditioning programs for various ages and stages of development, how to spot a diamond in the rough athlete, the lessons she has learned from olympic weightlifting, drills and cues to perfect back optional come outs and much more!

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Alejandra Fuentes, former Venezuelan Olympic diver and head coach for St. Bonaventure University about what it was like diving in the Venezuelan system and how different the diving world is in the US, the importance of coaching the metal side of the sport, her experience at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and much more!

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Jeff Stabile about his journey as an international judge, his advice for coaches and athletes on what judges are looking for, double bouncing back take offs, hand spotting techniques, and much more!

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Eddie Stevens, dive coach with Santa Rosa Junior College about coaching at the JC level, the meteoric rise of diving in the UK, his takeaways from becoming a World Aquatics certified judge, and much more!

This week, Robert and Logan speak with Gerry Dunn, Director of Strategic Initiatives with USA Diving about masters diving, the direction USA Diving and the sport of diving in general is working towards, and much more! Listen and follow along for more interviews and discussions.

This week, Robert & Logan chat again with Quinton Mendoza about selecting travel meets to attend, skill progressions, summer dive camps and much more! Listen and follow along for more.

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Yahya Radman, owner and program director of Wisconsin Dive Club about how to develop grit and resilience in young athletes, the mechanics behind a great inward takeoff, and so much more!

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Roland King about the importance of building strong relationships with athletes, how mentors play a role in shaping coaches, athletes and the sport of diving overall, reverse twisting mechanics, and much more! We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did. Listen and follow along for more.

This week, Robert & Logan talk about some of the barriers to entry that exist in diving, and discuss ideas on how to reduce them.

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Mike Freese, Head Coach of Northside Diving Academy, about his journey with show diving and high diving, how to train the mental side of sport, and much more!

This week, Robert and Logan continue their series on Unpopular Diving Opinions. Logan shares his take on why the USA Diving developmental system is unlikely to ever change for the better from the top down, and why creating Regional Training Centers is the the best solution moving forward.

This week, Robert and Logan continue their series on Unpopular Diving Opinions with Robert sharing his take on dive camps and why he doesn't want his competitive divers going to them. Listen and follow along for more!

This week, Robert and Logan begin their series on Unpopular Diving Opinions with Logan discussing his opinion on why the NCAA is the problem, not the solution for USA Diving. Listen and follow along!

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Todd Mulzet, Director of High Performance/Athlete Development at DiveLab, about his long career as a senior level diver, the importance of mentors, how to build platform divers, and much more! Have a listen and follow along.

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Karla Helder about the coach/athlete connection, masters diving and diving being a life long sport, twisting mechanics and much more!

Robert and Logan chat with Jason Baumann, owner and program director of North Star Diving Club about the importance of networking and community building, growing and managing a dive program, the current state of USA Diving, and much more!

This week, Robert and Logan to talk travel rewards points. Learn how get started, best practices, and how it can help you or your small business!

This week, Logan and Robert talk about the recent USA Diving Junior Nationals, how the meet went from Robert's perspective, his takeaways, and much more!

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Aaron Kilfoyle, owner and head coach of Inland Empire Diving outside Spokane, WA, as well as a member of the medical team for USA Diving about their recent trip to Croatia, his experience working with Team USA at international events, best practices for injury prevention, the realities of owning and running a small business in a "diving island", and...

This week, Robert and Logan chat with Derek Starks, MVN satellite club coach in Poway, CA about collegiate coaching, his role one the USA Diving Coaches Advisory Committee, and much more!

Robert and Logan talk with Jason Craighead, head swim and waterpolo coach for Las Positas College about the relationship between swimming and diving, the junior college system, and much more!

This week, Robert and Logan chat about different things they have tried over the years to make practice fun. We also want to hear from you! What do you do to liven things up?

This week, Robert and Logan chat with John Appleman, High Performance Director with Mission Viejo Nadadores Diving about Long Term Athlete Development, training opportunities for post collegiate athletes, and much more!

This week, Robert and Logan sit down with Oleg Andriyuk, head coach with Stanford Dive Club. Oleg talks about his time diving in the former Soviet Union, and shares insights on what he learned from coaching his own kids. Most importantly, we learn Oleg's favorite brand of flip flops! Give it a listen and follow along.