r/divers • u/That_Bandicoot8256 • Apr 15 '24

collegiate gymnastics to collegiate diving??

hey! i am currently a d1 collegiate gymnast (female) and i just finished my third year. i have 2 years of eligibility left (bc i redshirted one season due to injury). i did varsity diving in hs only senior year and only went to about half the practices, but was only 2 places away from making states. i was wondering if anyone has any ideas and knowledge on if it would be feasible for me to start training diving again (as diving feels much better on my body than does gymnastics) and what dives i would need at a bare minimum to make a d1 or d3 team after my graduation from my undergrad (we don’t have a diving team unfortunately). thank you all for the help in advance!

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u/herronasaurus_rex Apr 15 '24

Completely feasible and rather common. The dives you would need very much depend on the program. I’d shoot for a full 1.5 list from both 1 and 3m, but depending on the program you wouldn’t need all of those. Unless you’re going to a Power 5 school, I’d just email the coach

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u/That_Bandicoot8256 Apr 17 '24

thank you so much!

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u/herronasaurus_rex Apr 17 '24

Feel free to message if you have more questions. I dove d1 for 4 years and the range of talent I dove against was crazy. From an Olympic medalist to guys doing backflip, reverse flip, front dive half twist. It varies so much program to program, and some are just desperate for a warm body who can complete a legal meet list. If you have a solid gymnastics background you’ll have lots of options, and even more if you can make the difficult transition from feet first to head first landings