Posted by mike (216.201.58.35) on August 08, 2001 at 01:33:59:
In Reply to: Re: DOES EVERYONE HAVE PLATFORM AND SPRINGBOARD AVIABLE AT THERE HIGH SCHOOL?!?!? posted by mei on July 27, 2001 at 22:22:51:
: I'm an from St. Louis Missouri and in Missouri it is illegal for a high shcool to have anything but a 1 meter board. We only compete 1 meter so it really isn't even neccessary to have anyhting more. My school doesn't even have a pool so we practice at a Rec Center which has two 1 meter boards that are very good. most high schools in the area do ahve pools with boards, though. In St. Louis there is only two places where a tower set is found and only a handful that have three meter boards. Most of which are colleges which don't allow clubs to practice there. The two prominent diving clubs have full sets of tower and three meters and most of the serious divers train at one of those clubs. The liability is what makes it harder in Missouri because high taxes are placed on pools that have those boards. Hope this helps.
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i am an ohio diver and wear i dive our school doesnt have a pool eather we go to the local ymca for prac. and for diving i have to go to ft wayne indiana for dive prac and that is an hour away. i dive up ther 2-3x a week. and i really think it is stupid that hs doesnt have 3m competition b/c if u plan on continuing to dive in a college u need to have a 3m list and if u only train hs then u dont get the training u need for college level diving. so no not everyone has platform and spring board training facilities at their fingertips.
mike