Diving Academy
Diving Academy Options
The Sport Ireland Campus Diving Academy is held in the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre's dedicated diving pool under the guidance of expert coaches. The academy is designed to perfect your child's diving and movement skills in a safe and controlled environment. See below our Diving timetable with session start and end times:
World Class Facilities
The Sport Ireland Campus Kids Diving Academy is held in the Olympic Standard Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre. This facility is not only built to Olympic standards but was purpose-built for the 2003 Special Olympics aquatic sports. It regularly hosts national and international events.
As an academy member, your child will get to experience this elite, 2,500 seat facility, whilst perfecting their diving and movement skills.
Expert Coaches
Our experienced and dedicated diving coaching team work closely with your children to ensure they are consistently progressing their diving and movement skills.
Children's Diving Lessons:
Dive Skills
Dive Skills is the first stage of our Diving Academy programme where basic diving skills are taught from poolside and the boards; including deep water confidence, jumping, rolling, and the first stages of head first diving.
Entry Criteria:
• Able to swim 25 metres unaided in deep water
• Comfortable in deep water
• Able to jump and submerge in water without goggles
Dive Bronze
Dive Bronze is the next stage after Dive Skills class. In Dive Bronze, you will develop skills and movements further from the poolside, 1 metre and 3 metre diving boards.
Dive Silver
Dive Silver is the next stage after Dive Bronze. In this level, divers will focus on learning skills from different dive groups and directions.
Dive Gold
Dive Gold is the last stage in the Learn to Dive Academy. This level will combine all diving skills that are developed and learned in Dive Skills to Dive Silver, and introduce you to more advanced techniques in diving. In this class, divers will develop the take-offs learned in Dive Silver and progress these four groups further, building skills, quality and repetitions.
Additional Information
Divers will be assessed every 2 weeks during each 10-week term. Coaches will keep track of every child’s progress and parents/guardians can follow their child’s progress on ‘CoursePro’. Notification for re-booking back into the class will be sent out by email two weeks left from ‘no reply coursepro’ to top up the credits.
Teen Diving Lessons
LTD Teens Dive
This session is for teens aged 12 – 18 years old who would like to do diving in a fun and sociable environment with other teenagers. Coaches will start with the basic skills; and introduce more advanced skills and dives from the four different dive groups: forward, inward, backward and reverse.
Entry criteria - 12 -18 years
