I was thinking about this same thing while watching the NCAA diving competitions.
I actually love watching diving of all levels. But it is such a completely different sport.
Sure there must be some good history that explains combining the two sports that we don't know about. Or like most things, a financial decision.
But I would like to see a pure swimming competition as well.
Have to say though, I think Dana Vollmer was happy there was a diving final before her last relay swim!
With USA Diving getting more involved with the NCAA, similar to how USA Swimming has partnered with the NCAA on ever-deeper levels, there's talk of adding synchronized diving at the NCAA level. There are two major issues that diving reps want to work out. First, is getting assistant coaches for diving teams with enough divers. The reasoning behind it is that teams like golf with 6-8 players on a team have a full-time assistant, so a diving squad with 6-8 divers of different gender really need an extra coach.
The synchro conversation is a part of the Olympic development process. One thing about adding synchro is that it would likely eliminate the two divers = one swimmer rule (or 3 divers = 1 swimmer in D2 and D3 if I remember right). Because, divers would then have the same amount of national meet opportunities to compete and add to the team total as swimmers.
I was thinking about this same thing while watching the NCAA diving competitions.
I actually love watching diving of all levels. But it is such a completely different sport.
Sure there must be some good history that explains combining the two sports that we don't know about. Or like most things, a financial decision.
But I would like to see a pure swimming competition as well.
Have to say though, I think Dana Vollmer was happy there was a diving final before her last relay swim!
With USA Diving getting more involved with the NCAA, similar to how USA Swimming has partnered with the NCAA on ever-deeper levels, there's talk of adding synchronized diving at the NCAA level. There are two major issues that diving reps want to work out. First, is getting assistant coaches for diving teams with enough divers. The reasoning behind it is that teams like golf with 6-8 players on a team have a full-time assistant, so a diving squad with 6-8 divers of different gender really need an extra coach.
The synchro conversation is a part of the Olympic development process. One thing about adding synchro is that it would likely eliminate the two divers = one swimmer rule (or 3 divers = 1 swimmer in D2 and D3 if I remember right). Because, divers would then have the same amount of national meet opportunities to compete and add to the team total as swimmers.
