2025 Practice Times – Tentative

NSJ Calendar

  • Updated daily – please check frequently

Parent Meeting: 

  • Monday 6/2 – Dive Team Parents Meeting @ 5 PM (between the first and second practice)

TeamSnap:

  • During the dive season TeamSnap will be the primary source for communicating all information related to practice, dive meets, and dive activities.

GroupMe:

  • During the dive season we will use the messaging app GroupMe.  This will ensure everyone receives instant updates regarding dive meets, practice times, and any weather related changes.

After School Practice (starting Wednesday, May 28th):

  • 4 – 5 PM – Middle / High School Divers
  • 5 – 6 PM – Elementary School Divers

Divers of all ages participating on Swim Team may join either dive practice.

Morning Practice (starting Thursday, June 12th – Monday, July 14th):*

  • 8:30 – 9:30 AM – 10 and under
  • 9:30 – 10:30 AM – 11 and up

*NOTE:

    • Contingent on HCPSS calendar.
    • We practice every morning, even on days we have dive meets.
    • Dive sheets will be completed during practices.
    • Make-up meets will be communicated and any changes will be reflected on the NSJ website and calendar.

Evening Practice (starting the week of June 16th – July 14th):*

  • 6 – 7 PM – Monday / Wednesday after swim team practice – All ages
    • Monday, June 16th and Wednesday, June 18th
    • Monday, June 23rd and Wednesday, June 25th
    • Monday, June 30th and Wednesday, July 2nd
    • Wednesday, July 9th
    • Monday, July 14th

*NOTE:

    • Evening practices are intended for divers who cannot make morning practice due to camp or other conflicts.
    • It is NOT intended for divers to “double up” on practices.
    • We have limited coach availability to cover a full evening practice.

Championship Practice (starting Tuesday, July 15th):*

  • Tuesday 7/15: 9 – 10:30 AM
  • Wednesday 7/16:  9 – 10:30 AM
  • Thursday 7/17:  9 – 10:30 AM
  • Friday 7/18:  9 – 10:30 AM

*Note:

    • Starting on July 15th, only those divers participating in Championships will attend practice.
    • One morning practice will be held at the club hosting Championships. Day and time TBD.

Divers Role:

  • Be open minded to learning new dives!
  • Cheer on and encourage other divers!
  • Do your best and have fun!
  • Practice safe behavior when on the pool deck, diving stands, and diving boards.
  • Behave like the amazing athletes they are:
    • Horseplay and disrespectful behavior will not be tolerated.
    • Coaches will discuss behaviors with the diver.
    • Any recurrent behaviors will be discussed with the parents.

Parents’ Role:

  • A parent’s role is to parent their children, not coach diving or suggest coaching strategies.
  • Much of diving is muscle memory, so with the younger divers we strive to achieve a solid foundation with each dive category before we build on the core dives.
  • Coaches are available to discuss any strategies after practices are over.
  • Please be encouraging!

Skill Progression:

  • Divers will learn the sport of diving through skill progression.
  • We build foundational skills first and progress from there.
  • When a coach feels that a diver is ready to move on to the next skill progression, they will be coached through the progression.
  • If a coach feels the diver needs more work at their current level, they will remain at the current level until skill and/or commitment progress.
  • Coaches are available after practice to discuss your diver.

Things to Note:

  • The diving boards are fairly new so your diver may have chafing on their feet. We allow socks during practice.
  • We respectfully ask that you do not change your practice time without first discussing the change with the Dive Director and Coaches.
  • We try our best to accommodate everyone’s requests.
  • We are happy to have siblings practice at the same time.
  • We practice in light rain / mist.
  • Cancellations will be communicated through TeamSnap and GroupMe.
  • We realize many of our divers participate in other activities. Please let us know so we can accommodate your diver for practices or a dive meets.
  • We offer private dive lessons with the coaches.  Please refer to the Dive Lesson page.