Dive Team Registration Form (doc)

Dive Team

Dive team is open to all kids 5-18  -  no experience necessary

Dive Coach – Amanda Shinholser, returns for her second year coaching at Robin Hood.

Amanda is a 20 year old junior at The University of Maryland Baltimore County. She has been a member of the UMBC dive team for the past two year as well as a member of Montgomery County Dive League while in high school, competing for Calverton Swim Club. 

Amanda competed in Junior Olympics Trampoline and Tumbling from age 11 to age 16 and placed 1st at the 2006 J.O. Championships in Chicago, Illinois. 

She has had 6 years coaching experience, starting at age 14 coaching the Fairland Trampoline and Tumbling Team.  She has also been a co-coach for the UMBC Retriever Dive Club for the past academic year. 

All Robin Hood members ages 5 to 18 (as of June 1) are eligible for the team.  No prior experience is necessary.

Dive team practice begins on Tuesday, May 26.  A list of divers and practice times will be posted on the bulletin board at the pool before the first practice.  Practice times vary according to the diver’s experience and age.  Please be aware that all our practices are scheduled in the early evening.  Our dual meets are held primarily on weekends (usually Sundays) in the evening.  Warm-ups begin one hour prior to the start of the meet.  We meet at the pool to caravan to an away meet.  If you need assistance in getting your diver to a meet, please let Coach Amanda or Team Rep Nancy Ale know and a ride will be provided.

Parent Clinics will be held in June at several area pools to teach the mechanics of scoring and judging.  (See calendar below for dates, times and locations.)  Regarding judging, the four parts of the dive (approach, take-off, flight through the air and entry) will be discussed at length.  Divers will perform dives that will then be analyzed in detail.  This is an opportunity to gain valuable experience on how to break down a dive into its component parts and have fun at the same time.  We would like more parents to become familiar with judging so that we can draw upon a wider range of people to judge.  Even if you are not currently interested in becoming a judge, attendance at one of these clinics will increase your understanding of the mechanics of good diving, thus increasing your appreciation of the sport.  Upon completion of a clinic, parents will be certified to work at summer dive meets for three years.  See list of dive volunteer positions in this handbook.

 Volunteers are needed for each meet.  We ask that each family sign up to help at three meets per child. Nancy Ale will be coordinating the volunteers for each meet:  table workers, judges and concession workers.  Please plan to stay for the entire meet for the three meets you have volunteered to help with.  We will also be asking each family to donate food items for home meets.  Marybeth Culver  and Jane Jackson are in charge of our concessions.  Everyone’s assistance and support is needed and appreciated.  The money raised goes right back to the team in the form of trophies and equipment.

The Divisional Championship Meet will be held Sunday, July 25.  Each team in our Division enters two divers per event.  

 Robin Hood will again host the Robin Hood Invitational meet, open to those who do not compete in Divisionals.  This well-attended and very fun meet is scheduled for Friday, July 23, beginning at 3:30 p.m.  Well over 100 divers are expected to participate from the 25 pools that belong to the Montgomery County Dive League.

I – FV at MCT, GW at EG, OG at TA
II - MW at SL, RH at OF, CS at MP
III - MO at ASH, NCC at RE, PW at RC
( 4 at 1, 5 at 2, 6 at 3 )
IV - CA at TF, PO at LF, CG at WL
     bye = PA
(1 at 2, 3 at 4, 6 at 5) (7 Bye) 

I - MCT at GW, EG at TA, FV at OG
II - SL at RH, OF at MP, MW at CS
III - ASH at NCC, RE at RC, MO at PW 
( 1 at 5, 2 at 3, 4 at 6 )
IV - TF at PO, WL at CA, CG at PA
     bye = LF
(2 at 3, 5 at 1, 6 at 7) (4 Bye)

I - TA at MCT, OG at EG, GW at FV
II – MP at SL, CS at OF RH at MW
III - RC at ASH, PW  at RE, NCC at MO
( 3 at 1, 6 at 2, 5 at 4 )
IV - CA at PO, WL at TF, PA at LF
     bye = CG
(1 at 3, 5 at 2, 7 at 4) (6 Bye)

I - OG at MCT, EG at FV, TA at GW
II - CS at SL, OF at MW, MP at RH
III - PW at ASH, RE at MO, RC at NCC
( 6 at 1, 2 at 4, 3 at 5 ) 
IV - LF at CA, TF at CG, PO at PA
     bye = WL
(4 at 1, 2 at 6, 3 at 7) (5 Bye

I - MCT at EG, FV at TA, GW at OG
II - SL at OF, MW at MP, RH at CS
III - ASH at RE, MO at RC, NCC at PW
( 1 at 2, 4 at 3, 5 at 6 ) 
IV - LF at CG, PA at WL
     bye = CA, TF, PO
(4 at 6, 7 at 5) (1,2 and 3 Bye)

DIVE TEAM REGISTRATION FORM

DIVE TEAM HANDBOOK

TEAM REP:  Nancy Ale 240-426-9968 mailto:nanelale@aol.com

                 DIVE TEAM PRACTICE TIMES:

June 1, 2010

• 7 and under and inexperienced 8 yr olds - 5:00-5:30 pm

• 9-10 and experienced 8 yr olds - 5:30-6:15 pm

• 11 & Over - 6:15 - 7:15