Springboard and Platform Diving

Jeff Huber has been involved in the sport of diving for more than 45 years. He spent 37 years as a collegiate diving coach, including 24 years at Indiana University. During his career he developed U.S. and NCAA champions, international champions, and Olympians. At Indiana University, Huber coached divers to more than 40 Big Ten championships and more than 75 All-American selections. As a USA Diving coach, he accompanied his divers to every international competition in the world, including the Pan American Games, World University Games, World Championships, World Cups, and three Olympic Games. He has been named U.S. National Coach of the Year, NCAA Coach of the Year, USOC Coach of the Year, and Big Ten Coach of the Year. As a diver, Huber was a California state high school diving champion, U.S. national finalist, Big Ten finalist, and U.S. Olympic Trials competitor. Despite his work with elite divers, he has coached divers of all levels and enjoyed working with both young and old divers at his prestigious summer diving academy. Huber holds a PhD in educational psychology with an emphasis in cognition and is currently professor of practice at Indiana University in the department of psychological and brain sciences. One of his favorite classes to teach is Psychology of Coaching and Motor Performance.

Chapter 1 How Coaches Teach, How Divers Learn Chapter 2 Forward Approach Chapter 3 Backward Press Chapter 4 Takeoff and Connection Chapter 5 Position, Spotting, and Come-Out Chapter 6 Line-Up and Entry Chapter 7 Skill Progression: Putting It All Together Chapter 8 Strength, Conditioning, Nutrition, and Recovery Chapter 9 Creating an Annual Individualized Training Plan Chapter 10 Mental Training for Practice Chapter 11 Mental Training for Competition