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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.com, or on socials @evanhullalive.

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 his career. We discuss what it means to embody the full athlete, navigating the post collegiate world, and much more!

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 training habits during this phase.

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 phase.

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 episode is for you!

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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.

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 so much more! This episode is filled with so much great information, so give a listen and follow us for more.

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.

Robert and Logan chat with Ryan Wallace, JO coach with Stanford Dive Club about coaching philosophies, work-life balance, and much, much more. Heads up, this episode hits hard. Listen through to the very end, as Ryan drops wisdom bombs throughout the entire episode you won't want to miss.

Robert and Logan discuss how they use Artificial Intelligence to help with their coaching and managing their programs.

Chatting with Quinton Mendoza, owner and head coach of 707 Diving, about what it's like owning and operating a small business, the benefits of an indoor dryland gym, and much more.

Robert and Logan break down the upcoming changes to the Junior competition format for USA Diving that were recently announced.

Meet your hosts, Logan Champion and Robert Wimberly, and find out what this podcast is about.