Introduction to Diving (Forward Starts)

Let's learn how to dive from the Professionals! *Be sure to study, by watching in slow motion, the movement of the arms when they leave the block.

STARTS - Dave Durden

Michael Phelps' Dive: Skip to 0:59 seconds.

Also, while you wait for your race to start, move around, dynamically stretch, keep reminding your blood to flow to the muscles you are about to use to win the race. If you don't believe that this is important, then maybe you will believe it after seeing one of the best swimmers in the world do it... Missy Franklin (She is wearing a black/red swim suit).

How many swimmers do you see that DO NOT lean back on the start? Besides the swimmer with the Green Cap.

Florent Manaudou Wins Men's 50m Freestyle Gold -- London 2012 Olympics