Posted by Ashley (24.147.56.101) on July 15, 2000 at 20:10:56:
In Reply to: WHy should divers have to be 14 to compete at junior worlds? posted by Chris Dutton on May 02, 2000 at 20:23:59:
Well, first of all your bones are still developing and 10 meter is a LOT of impact. In fact, I calculate that by the time you hit the water you are going approximately 20 meters per second. That translates to about sixty miles per hour (I used physics concepts and penciled it out, no calculator so nobody yell at me if that is off by an order of magnitude or so). That is a lot of force for a small body to bear. As you finish growing your bones strengthn and get a little more solid because they no longer have to expand. If competing on 10m were allowed at such a young age, US Diving and other organizations could face major lawsuits from injuries caused by the improper training of young divers. I know a girl who has to treat her own wrists every day including using and electrostim machine, EVERY DAY, it takes her about 20 minutes just to tape up for practice, all because a coach I don't like very much forced her to dive in a way her body was not yet capable of, she was too young and too small. Do you really need to add bad wrists to your list of injuries? Nope, that's why you can't dive 10 in competition.
: Why hsould divers ahve to be 14 to compete at junior worlds? They should be allowed to dive up yes? Also why should they have to compete only 7 metre at hat age why not ten metre?