1. Active Nation Diving Programme
The Quays
Southampton

2. The Vision
The VISION for the Active Nation Diving Programme, Southampton is :
To deliver a high quality programme that caters for divers and pre-divers at all stages of development and with different aspirations and aptitudes. The programme will promote enjoyment and encourage participants to commit to the sport

3. The LTAD Pyramid Training to compete Training to train
Learning to train
Training To
win
FUNdamentals

4. The Programme Pyramid Elite Junior Elite Squads Age Group
Skills Squads
Elite
TID
Lesson scheme
Tasters

5. Numbers Elite 15 Age Group Squads 30 Skills Squads 45
(these are subject to change)
Elite 15
Junior Elite
Squads 20
Age Group Squads 30
Skills Squads 45
TID 60
Lesson scheme
330
Tasters
300

6. Selection Criteria Represent GB Competing at
National Junior Elite Level
Competing at National
Age Group Level
Skills – competing at National Skills Level
Anyone who would like to try diving
(TID divers are chosen from ~ 2000 school children)

7. Training Offered Elite Up to 9 sessions Age group Squads 4 sessions
Junior elite
Squads
6 sessions
Age group
Squads
4 sessions
Skills squad – 3 sessions
TID – Initially 2 hours, up to 4.5h by end of year 1
Lesson scheme - 1x30 min lesson for 6 weeks
Tasters - 1 x free 30 min lesson

8. The Sharp End

9. Our part in British Diving since 1999
4 Olympians, 12 Senior National Team members, 15 Junior National team members leading to:
Junior Europeans – 2 x gold, 6 x medals
Junior Worlds – 1 x gold, 2 x medals
European Champions Cup – 2 x gold, 3 x medals
European Championships – 2 x bronze medals
Commonwealth Games – 2 x gold, 1 x silver, 1 x 3rd
World Series – 4 x gold, 2 x bronze, 8 x finalists
World Cup – 1 x silver, 2 x bronze, 16 x finalists
World Championships – 1 x bronze, 7 x finalists
Olympic Games – 1 x silver, 7 x finalists

10. Current Senior International divers
Peter Waterfield – Olympic silver medallist, World bronze medallist, Commonwealth and European Champion
Stacie Powell – Double Olympic finalist, 4th in the World 2010
Max Brick – Commonwealth Champion
Chris Mears – Olympic finalist 3m individual and 3m synchro
Gary Hunt – World Cliff High Dive Champion 2010/2011/2012

11. Current Junior International Divers
Rosie Medlock – Junior European Bronze medalist
Bethany Watts – National silver medalist
Georgie Wingrove – National silver medalist
Sarah White – National silver medalist
Lauren Grinstead – National bronze medalist

12. Our programme coaches
Lindsey Fraser – Diving Development Officer for Active Nation, Director of coaching for Southampton Diving Academy, British Olympic diving coach
Xinde Zhang – Chinese diving coach employed by British diving to help our quest for medals in 2012
Jack Clewlow – former International diver, Senior coach
4 additional coaches who work with the England programme
2 coaches on 20 hour per week contracts working at the base of the programme
11 x level 2 diving teachers
23 x level 1 diving teachers
16 x ‘helpers’

13. Training for funded senior athletes provided in Southampton
British diving fund The Quays at Southampton for 20 hours of facility use per week for the four funded divers
Physio, pilates, S&C and massage = 6 hours per week
Weekly meeting with LF = 1 hour
Regular meetings with psychologist, and performance lifestyle = ~3 hours per month
Total hours = 28 hours a week

14. Sports Science Support
Monday – Massage for Peter Waterfield
Tuesday – S&C andPhysio for senior and junior divers
Wednesday – Massage for senior divers, physio for junior divers
Thursday – Massage and pilates for senior divers
Friday – Physio and S&C for seniors, S&C for juniors

15. High performance centres till 2012
4 HPC – Leeds, Sheffield, Plymouth, Southampton
Provide World Class Facilities (pool, dryland, sports science support, coaches)
Funded by British Diving
Lead the way in new initiatives
Maintain and improve performances at National & International level
Mentoring system