Types of diving boards

There's two main types of diving boards springboard and platform. The springboard has two different heights 1 meter and 3 meters. The platform can go a little bit higher than a springboard, it's 3 meters, 5 meters, 7.5 meters and 10 meters.

I think that the springboards are way better than the platforms because you can get more height off of the 3 meter springboard than the 3 metter platform. You have more time to execute the dive properly if your higher up.

Divers who only use the platform should have a lot more leg muscle than the divers who use the springboards, because when your on the platform, all the force you put into your dive comes from your legs and your arms. When you use the springboard less force comes from your legs and your arms, you don't need as much force because as you land on the diving it comesback up and pushes you the rest of the way.

One of the main differences between the springboard and the platform is the way you do the dives. You'll be able to do the same dives just not the first part of the dive, the fist part of the dive is a hurdle(which i will explain in another blog). To get a lot of height off the springboard you do a hurdle and it will get you up really high, the more force you put in your hurdle the higher you'll go, but on a platform usually you do just a standing dive, you just start your dive standing up and swing your arms and bend your legs to have enough force to complete your dive.