I’ve been using the following idea since 1978 and thought I would share what I learned with anyone that was interested. The deck of the diving well is a useful station for teaching a lot of diving fundamentals. The problem was that some pool gutters protrude further out than the edge of the pool deck. Wayne Oras Diving site

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Need a hot tub on a budget. For about $180 your team can stay warm this winter. Just fill with hot water (even if you need 300 foot hose) It's worth it. You can order it from Home Depot, Target and Walmart. find a local store

Protect your elbows

For divers who can't keep their elbows in during somersaults, we have the perfect solution for avoiding scraped elbows and knees. Home Depot and others sell a rubber insulation (not the closed cell) for 1/2 pipe that fits perfectly over 11mm rope. The rubberized insulation tubes allow the divers to wrap the rope around their shoulders for front hurdles. more

Simple idea to prevent divers from getting hurt while getting up and down form the trampoline. Using plastic "strap ons" place pile insulation to the sides. No more bump knees. Cost less than $10. This idea is from the CAMO club.

TiVo

The Best Innovation for Diving Since the Cheeseboard

A TiVo is a “personal TV recorder”, sold at most TV/small appliance stores, that provides an automatic video playback.  Once you use this machine you won't remember what you did without it. While designed to record TV shows, when set up properly, the machine allows divers to watch themselves on TV just seconds after doing a dive, without taking up the coach’s time out of coaching to rewind and playback video.  Every coach or team should get one – its worth every dollar.  It may even pay for itself by creating one more “station on deck” allowing room for one more diver at practice. more

Tivo Idea

For small training rooms or pools where you must must use a wide angle lens here is an idea We use the Pro Video cvc-6700 color camera by CSI/Speco of Amityville NY. It's small enough to mount out of the way on our wall and has a 3.6 (wide angle) lens. With 380 lines of resolution it get a reasonable good picture. It's also good in low light. Cost about $220.00 (USD) It's small about 2 X 4 inches. Works fine with a Tivo system.

USAdiver.com has a new section on its website of "Diving Ideas." These are ideas from a variety of pools and programs from around the world.. If you have any ideas you would like to share with the diving community, please share them.

No room or money for a new diving board?

Perfect extra station for line-ups, front rotation, etc. Just roll it out on it's self contained wheels. Specs 55" x 48 x 18", about 120 lbs. It's compact and durable (steel tube construction).

Roll it to the edge of the pool. Flip it down. Square it to the pool edge with built-in stop. Start diving. All surfaces in contact with the pool deck have rubber protection. More

1) Instant regional training center. Here is a great idea for those of you with an extra $20,000 lying around. Eight connected portable trampolines and trailer. Park, unfold and you are ready to go.

2) Having trouble seeing the water surface?  Here’s an idea for a water agitating system for less then twenty dollars.

Tivo Ideas

3) For small training rooms or pools where you must must use a wide angle lens here is an idea We use the Pro Video cvc-6700 color camera by CSI/Speco of Amityville NY. It's small enough to mount out of the way on our wall and has a 3.6 (wide angle) lens. With 380 lines of resolution it get a reasonable good picture. It's also good in low light. Cost about $220.00 (USD) It's small about 2 X 4 inches. Works fine with a Tivo system.

4) Here is an idea from our friends at CAMO in Montreal Canada. It is a balance board that stretches out your ankles and builds strength, while increasing balance. The balance board is made by attaching a heavy wooden screw-on ball available at Home Depot to a heavy duty piece of plywood cut in a circle.