Monday, August 1, 2011

Diving Conference

Stockton had dive conference today. He did really well, except on his last dive he did a little too well. Stockton was really nervous about this one. It was a front flip with a full twist. Stockton was worried that he wouldn't rotate enough and would end up with just a half twist. If that happens, it would be a failed dive and his score on that dive would be zero. Stockton ended up doing a front flip one and a half twist. Which still gave the end result of a failed dive and the score is zero. Even with that score, Stockton managed to come in eighth place (out of 18) - pretty impressive when you consider he had three dives and was up against others who scored on all four of their dives. On the dives below, the first video is with a full twist, the second is with a one and a half. See if you can spot the difference. The first two videos were during practice. I am really proud of Stockton. His coach gave him the option to do an easier dive, but he wanted to follow through with this. Even though the end result was not what we were hoping for, I am so proud of him. (The bottom two videos were during the event. One is a regular dive, the other is a reverse.)

2 comments:

Brett - Rachel B said...

Dives like a swan! The last two were my favorite.

My favorite part: "how am I do this level?" Classic Preston.


p.s. we fixed the picture for you.

Stephanie said...

Thanks! I'll check it out right now. I forgot to mention that he also did a one and a half, but Preston was requiring too much attention at that time.