Diving at Vienna Woods

Diving at Vienna Woods

page last updated on 7-11-11

2011 DIVE TEAM INFORMATION

John Appleman-Head Coach

John is coaching at Vienna Woods for the third year. He owns Dominion Dive Club and coaches year round. He is a former NVSL diver and also dove in the NCAA for George Mason

Ryan Fox - Assistant Coach

This will be Ryan's fourth year coaching Vienna Woods. He is also a talented Vienna Woods diver who dives for Madison High School and competed year-round for Dominion Dive Club. Ryan placed 2nd at the Northern Virgina Regional Meet this past season, and 2nd at the Virginia State meet.

Allison Stickel - Assistant Coach

This is Allison's 2nd year with Vienna Woods coaching. She also dives for Madison High School where she is also very involved with Cheerleading and a year-round competionion club. Sllison has won NVSL All-Stars three times and also holdes three titles for the Wally Martin 3 meter event

Jackie Fisher - Assistant Coach

We welcome Jackie to Vienna Woods where she will share time with the Vienna Wood Swim team. She has been an NVSL coach, a Robinson High School Dive coach and is also currently coaching at Dominion Dive Club.

2011 DIVE REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION IS Now Closed If you want to dive, please contact Lisa Campell
Apparel Orders are closed as well
Have an online account? access it HERE
Practice begins Tuesday June 1st

VIENNA WOODS DIVE PROGRAM

We will compete again in Division 1 (of 8 Divisions) with our returning divers, but could use some new divers for our team. We are especially looking for divers between the ages of 10 to 14. The Dive Team is open to all pool members up to the age of 17.

Younger divers need to be capable of passing their patch test in order to join. No experience is necessary to join and it is a fun and rewarding experience for all team members. Dive team practice will begin on the day after Memorial Day. Please note that if you are new to the team, new divers will have at least 3 opportunities to dive in a meet.

Each team is allowed 32 divers.

For Freshman divers, this means 3 dives – a front dive; a back dive; and an optional dive (flip, inward, reverse or twist).
Junior divers must compete a front dive, back dive and 2 optional dives.
Intermediates add another optional dive
Seniors need 6 dives including a front dive, back dive, inward dive, and three optional dives.

If your new diver is still attaining these skills, there will be meet opportunities for them to dive. We have approximately 42 divers this year. Given vacations, camps, etc, a diver will most likely get to dive at a dual meet if they have the required list of dives.

For each home meet, we are obliged to supply: a referee, 2 judges, an announcer, a meet secretary, and 2 table workers. The visiting team supplies 3 judges and 2 table workers.

MEETS

For home meets, we stretch at 3:45 and practice from 4:00 to 5:00. The visiting team will practice from 5:00 to 5:45 and the meet will begin promptly at 6:00. For away meets, you will be notified as to the report time at the host pool. Volunteers need to be at the pool by no later than 5:45 and parents setting up need to be there by 4:45.

Its important that we know what meets your diver will miss. Please email Lisa Campbell as soon as you know.

Schedule - (note: for each away meet, we need to supply 3 judges and 2 table workers)
June 28	Mansion House @ Vienna Woods
July 5	Vienna Woods @ Dunn Loring
July 12	Pinecrest @ Vienna Woods
July 14	Dive Team Pictures @ 10:00AM
July 14	Diving B Meet @ Vienna Woods
July 17	Wally Martin Memorial 3Meter Meet @ OakMarr Rec Center - 9:00AM
July 19	Vienna Woods @ Sleepy Hollow Bath and Racquet
July 26	Vienna Woods @ Truro
OTHER EVENTS
July 31	Divisionals @ Pinecrest - 9:00
Aug 7	All Stars @ Fairfax
NORTHERN VIRGINIA DIVE LEAGE CLINICS (Training For Parent Volunteers)
Saturday June 11	Coaches Clinic @ Arlington Forest - 10:00 AM
Sunday June 12	Team Reps / Division Coordinators Meeting @ Sideburn Run - 8:30
Sunday June 12	Judges / Table workers Clinic @ Sideburn Run - 9:30
Tuesday June 14	Referee Clinic @ Truro - 6:30 PM
Tuesday June 21	Judges Clinic @ Annandale - 6:30 PM
Thursday June 23	Referee Clinic @ Mantua - 6:30 PM
Wednesday June 29	Judeges Clinic @ Old Keene Mill - 6:30

For information on other teams, meets and scoring . . . visit the NVSL Dive website

DIVE TEAM PRACTICE SCHEDULE

Practice begins on Tuesday May 31st (The day after Memorial Day). Birthdate ages are June 1st.
May 31st to June 22nd

3:35 to 5:00PM

June 22nd onward

9:45-11:00 a.m. - Freshman Girls & Boys (those divers 10 years of age and younger as of June 1, 2011) & Junior Boys (aged 11 and 12)
10:45-12:00 p.m. - Junior Girls (aged 11 and 12), Intermediate & Seniors

* note: diving boards are open to all for use during this time.

Note: For those families that have both a freshman and a junior diver and would like them to attend the same practice, please let Lisa Stickel know.

VOLUNTEERING

Like the swim team, the dive team is run entirely by volunteers. It takes at least 10 parents to run each meet. We need each family to help at least 2 meets where they can volunteer. Positions will be assigned according to the responses received. Please either email your team reps the dates that you are available, or use sign up sheets at the pot luck.

PARENTS - we need help in judging and working the scorers table. Clinics for these activities are noted above. Home meets especially require all the help we can get. Judging clinics are easy and very helpful.

The Success of our program with your children depends a great deal on your effort. Please contact your Team Reps or your Coaches with any questions on how you can assist.

Please let Lisa Campbell know how you intend to help out this year so she can organize schedules.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Head Coach - John Appleman
e-mail: jappleman@aol.com

Team representative - Lisa Campbell
e-mail: lacrgt@cox.net

Team representative - Dede Miskell
e-mail: dedemiskell@gmail.com

OTHER DIVE INFORMATION<

Swim and Dive Awards

Vienna Woods Diving Results Over the years

Northern Virginia Dive League (NVDL)

Primer on Diving