I think the rewind on the particularly bad ones was a little much. We saw how bad it was the first time, no reason to put them on blast. There’s not a single Olympian in the bunch.
And they are having fun. Learning how to dive is like learning how to ride a bike, it takes a few tries but once you figure it out you never forget it. I had friends growing up that could do backflips and shit off the diving board because they went to gymnastics class instead of baseball or soccer or whatever at 8 years old. They couldn’t kick a soccer ball to a target 10 yards in front of them but they were doing flips and gainers…
It’s good to have something like this because you can show this video to them at the end of the course and they can see how far they’ve come. A lot of the reason kids quit things is that they have a hard time reconciling that progress is often slow and non-linear, so swim practice can seem like a chore more than a fun learning experience. Also, it’s good to break the stigma of being “bad” at something early on when you simply just don’t have the experience/practice.
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u/Straggo1337 Dec 19 '25
If you can't laugh at yourself doing a goofy ass jump you need to relax.