Game version
Quiet-entry game: a partner watches from the side and gives a thumbs-up for a straight line and a small splash. Swap. Only dives your coach has cleared.
Back Fall Line-Ups
Stand backward at the end of the board and fall back in a perfect line-up to practice a vertical back entry.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
Your coach decides you are ready for this one.
Core: A dive you know. Beat your own quietest entry.
- Ages
- 14 and up
- Time
- 15 min
- Space
- Pool
- Bring
- 1-meter springboard, deep water, diving coach
- Level · skill
- Advanced · Entry
The steps
How it works
- Your coach decides you are ready for this one.
- Stand backward with your arms up in a flat grab.
- Stay straight and fall back, looking for the water through your hands.
- Do 6 with your coach watching every one.
Coaching point
Stay long, look for your hands.
Safety: Only on a board or platform with a diving coach watching, in water your coach has checked meets the diving depth standard (about 12 feet under a 1 yard (1 m) board). Never in shallow water, never alone.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Pick a level: Less (feet-first from the deck), Core (a dive you know), More (the same dive from higher, with your coach’s OK). Beat your own quietest entry.
Story
You are a needle slipping into the water without a ripple.
My best
Beat your own count
Beat your own quietest entry. Only your own number counts: today against last time.
Practice makes progress
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