olympic diving trials 2008 montage *Knock On Wood*

[patrickcollrox]

nice

[seanrapper17]

one im a diver and i will say this to 123johnson we do train that is so bogus to even say we dont okay its made up of conditioning also know as dry land practices board work, strong mental build and the ability to keep tight and perfect through the dive and in order to do that we work out lower and upper body abs to keep straight legs for board and arms for twist and as well as flexability we need gymnastics and ballet training

[akcashmer]

I was in swimming for a big portion of my life so far. I switched to diving... THAT was the best Descision I ever made :D

[Swimmer4777]

omg thats so good i wish i could do that

[Swimmer4777]

omg thats so cool i wish i could do that but im a swimmer so thats different

[mishagirl69]

Grew up diving. LOVED IT! LOVED the 3 meter. I miss it so. Lived at the pool all summer. Was in the AAU. But was too tall for olympic trials. :( Don't care. still can at least do a front 1 and a half and not kill myself. :) Thanks for that. (Btw, I can do it free, pike or tuck)

[piotrfila]

i remember when i used to do it. i had sessions every day 4hours after schoold then at least one day during the weekend if it was saturday then 7hrs if sunday then 8hrs. at young age it was all building the body shape perfect for diving. you still got to have plenty of strenght to perform half of the dives and then there is acrobatics and gimnastics to help with the actual evolutions. it was hard but i loved every single second of it!!!

[ChroniclesOfLaura]

ughh I want Christina's hurdle!!

[dcidrummer93]

1:23 love hubers reaction!

[Carla997able]

there is tania cagnotto ??? ( sorry for my english .. i'm italian ..)

[ProphesorX]

great video!

boy, how i love diving! or at least watching other people dive! :)

[victoriac411]

I <3 diving so much!:D its so funn learinging new dives!

[divingdiving]

@ 1:03 looked like 2 jumps to me

[AndrewBeckham46]

@divingdiving Its called the texas two step its a type of hurdle.

[yoyoma22]

that was awesome

chevere!

[bigianna]

made me remember the old days training! :')

[krob2012]

i just dove there yesterday for The Indiana North Central Conference.  i didnt place to well. 13 out of 16 but i did get a PR.

251.65. this is my second year diving

[SICKdotKID]

how many dives?

[krob2012]

11.

my new best is 274.53

[SICKdotKID]

how many dives?

[15975324860]

Ya we work out everyother day on legs with weights and do alot of abs that means hundreds of pike and tuck ups a day. along with tons of wall sits and hollow holds =(

[lankgang1]

What song is this?? I like it

[kain6000]

Amii Stewart - Knock on Wood

[skaterforlife27]

@lankgang1 its called knock on wood

[Trashjack101]

Do divers ever workout or is it all technique?

[123johnston]

its all technique. we just do dives, and break them down on land. usually on mats.

[Sparkymister]

@123johnston We work our asses of!!!!! if you are really a diver then you must suck:)

[SlickRick4EVER]

@Trashjack101 Yes they do! Divers train mostly on their abs and lower body, unless you're a platform diver (which requires upperbody for handstand positions). Divers also use trampoline for their air sense as well as ballet (as an option). I can not believe that 123johnston said something like this.

[123johnston]

im not an olympic diver, so i don't have the same training as they do. ive never had that type of training. i do gymnastics to help my air sense, but here in florida, we don't have much diving (except in larger cities such as ft. lauderdale, orlando, etc) so we don't have the facilities to do such training. im sorry to misinform you

[SlickRick4EVER]

So if you're a gymnast, doesn't that involve working out too? I believe so. You are working out your legs, your hands, basically every part of your body. Alongside that, if you were to devote yourself into working out your abs and quads mostly (if you are a springboard diver), those will benefit. At least you were honest and I can give you props for that part.

[SlickRick4EVER]

I would not say that Floridians "don't have much diving". If I recall correctly, you got a powerhouse in Jevon Tarantino that just recently pulled off a Forward 4 1/2 Pike Dive in jest. AND, you have a Coral Springs cutie that now resides in The Woodlands named Kassidy Cook that is really rippin. So I would not say that there is not much diving in Florida. Perhaps not where you live, but it's around there.

[TheBanannaana]

@123johnston i dive for my highschool and i do more abs and core workouts that ive ever done in my life!

[skaterforlife27]

@Trashjack101 they work out alot trust me im a diver

[Sparkymister]

@Trashjack101 We always workout!!!! we are power machines and diving is a sport we rock and nothiung will change that...... try living like a diver for one day.... its hell but i love it:)

[LilMonster000]

@Trashjack101 85% approach 15% technique and and all in all thats a workout

[Peyton568]

christina loukas is such a powerful diver

[wolfwing747]

Yay Huber! He's such an amazing coach.

[divingdude123]

tht was really good.

[mugglegymnast94]

ahh, good video, i loved how you paused it on with the music,

good job(:

[nadzbooyaka619]

That montage was awesome those divers are fonomenal!! :D

[qwertywood]

i have actually met Christina Loukas, she personally taught me the "hop hurdle" its not a difficult as you all make it out to be.

[wolfwing747]

She's really nice isn't she? I dove with her one day and she helped me correct my platform approach.

[dragonsgymnast]

for a first video,  that was fantastic!

[tmcgordon]

What type of hurdle is she performing at 3:21?

[SidneyJoDiver]

Hop hurdel helps bend the board better realy adv

[sanfranciscobay]

What type of hurdle is the woman in the red suit doing, starting at 1:27?

[sanfranciscobay]

The hurdle at 1:27 takes a longer hop step as compared to the shorter hop step at 1:00.

[divingcrazed]

My dive team just has a normal hurdle but we see those hurdles a lot and we just call them skippy hurdles :) Probably not the correct name for them but it works

[divingdude93]

canadian divers ftw!!!

[dragonsgymnast]

yow!!!

[divingdude93]

alright montage but american divers rnt very good,

they havnt won an international medal since greg louganis

[sanfranciscobay]

What do you call that type of hurdle shown starting at 1:00?

Are there any videos on the internet that go over how do it in detail?

[123johnston]

in all of my career as being a diver, i have never been able to find any information (in detail) that could help me with my hurdles online (reading, video, demonstrations, ie youtube, blog, or whatever) i just think its the way i cut the hurdle to the music. sorry i couldn't help you more.

[sanfranciscobay]

Is that considered a legal hurdle?

And who's doing them? Men, women, younger, high school, college...? On certain types of dives and not on others...?

She's really cranking up her height. Wish I was could hurdle like that.

[terrichelle]

It's called a skip or hop hurdle, they're getting pretty popular. They take mad strength and balance though. It's very popular at CAMO

[sanfranciscobay]

Who's doing them and why are they doing them?

Men, women, grammar school, high school, college...?

On certain types of dives and not on others...?

[terrichelle]

All different groups are using them, men women, jr, sr. I've seen kids in as young as C and D learning them.

I think it's pretty easy to see why- when they're done right they're amazingly effective. I'm not teaching them because none of my athletes are strong enough, but i played around with it on the board and it's tough (i'm not really strong enough for it either).

Usually if someone trains a hop hurdle and it's good they'll use it on any forward/reverse instead of switching hurdles

[sanfranciscobay]

I've tried doing them and I don't think you need to be strong to do them.

I think you need to be coordinated and your timing has to be perfect. If you continue to practice them, and are doing them properly, you will get better. Repetition, when done properly, is the key to success,

Strength is measured in how much you could lift in one attempt, like bench press, squats...

Springboard divers don't have to be excessively strong, they need to be coordinated and brave.

JMO

[sanfranciscobay]

Here are a couple of defintions of strength from the interenet. There are many more.

1. Muscular Strength is defined by the ability of your body's muscle to generate force in a short period of time.

2. To define Strength in layman's terms, it would go like this: The ability to exert Maximum Force contraction of your working muscles.

[terrichelle]

I still think alot of strength is needed because of how much harder the hop-press is. Watch the initial press at 1:03, it takes increadible amounts of strength to move the board that far back and get it going (which is pressing the board as hard as you can in one attempt)

[sanfranciscobay]

It's not strength that makes a "Hop Hurdle" difficult. It's more of a coordinated effort to quicky load then unload the board that gets the board moving, then time it perfectly so your hurdle is timed with the boards rocking.

A 50 pound, 5-10 year old could easily do it with practice.

Springboard divers are not known for their strength. They are known for their coordination, timing, kinesthetic awareness, risk taking...

Again, just my opinion based on decades of experience.

[terrichelle]

I absolutely agree that it takes alot of coordination and timing, but i still think strength is an important part of the equation. We'll just have to agree to disagree:) I do really enjoy discussing diving theory and biomechanics though, so i feel like we could keep this going through messages instrad of endlessly commenting on this montage.

[sanfranciscobay]

I've also spent time on trampolines. Which are a great practicing tool for diving.

When jumping up and down and trying to get higher and higher and stay in balance, it's not strength that makes you go high in the air, it's a coordinated effort of perfect timing which sends you airborne.

[123johnston]

yes, it has to do with mechanical resonance... perfect timing of something to get more and more reaction out of something. like the earthquake machine in mythbusters.

[sanfranciscobay]

As I was practicing my "Hop Hurdle" on the 1 meter board, I stepped with my left foot, hopped to depress the board with my right foot, and fell off the board, into the water to my left, pushing off the concrete pool wall so I would not make contact with it.

With my head near the concrete edge of the pool, it felt like a near death experience or one of those, "Why did I hve to do that?" moments.

[divingcrazed]

Haha something happened to me like that. Coach told me "Keep your head up in your hurdle" meaning right before I left the board, but I thought it was throughout the whole hurdle so I brought my leg up and shifted to the left, landed on my butt on the board, scraped my foot on the way down, and fell off sideways into the water. Still have a scar on my foot too! :) haha

[sanfranciscobay]

terrichelle

Do you know of any free videos on the internet that discuss how to do a "Hop Hurdle?"

[terrichelle]

No i haven't been able to find any, are you training or coaching currently?I could probably find someone who might be able to expalin them to you better and give you leadups/progresssions.

[sanfranciscobay]

I'm in a Springboard Diving class and have taken diving classes and jumped off boards since a young child. On and off for 45 years or so.

I'm terrified of diving. Scares the living heck out of me. I know my limits and stay within them. I can't afford to injure myself. Healing takes too long.

I enjoy the hurdle, blasting off the 1 & 3 meter, hitting the water, watching the other divers and feet first entries. I know I won't sprain, dislocate my arthritic shoulders by going in feet first.

[sanfranciscobay]

Look at the height the woman gets on her hurdle at 1:00-1:08.

Way up there. Astronaut.

[wwwdavidweisdotcom]

Does the leap to the hurdle step at 1:04 make the dive 'a flying' 2 1/2 pike with a twist? You don't see 'flying' approaches very often.

[123johnston]

no, i just did that for the music. i don't know what a flying approach is. nobody could ever explain it to me, or show me what it was during my time in diving (over the three years i did it)

[baardy99]

this is harder than it looks like!

Awsome video but music sucks.

[kirdiewink]

im sry but gymnasts make this look easy

[123johnston]

its hard for gymnasts too. i know... i am one, and i still have a lot of trouble doing this stuff.

[thefinalmoo]

i love this montage it rocks

[jim15041967]

kick ass video, keep up the good work

[vandommp]

Im screamin KNEE SAVE at 3:15

[middletownhawks24]

this video sucks ballls

[babyxolove12]

yes i do have itunes and thank you for your reply and great video!!!! =)

[babyxolove12]

someone please tell me who sings this song?!?!?!?!?!?!

[123johnston]

amy stewart, however, you won't find her on itunes for some odd reason. try searching knock on wood in itunes, assuming you have itunes that is.

[grandmahasadd]

you di very good for your first. i've made several montages and it's hard to get all the clips lined up like you want. good job!

[xfliptrik]

Sweet! Awesome vid (:

[Gotgame2345]

Whoa sweet

[Scribs26]

great job on your first montage. Great timing on the edits, song worked perfectly with the idea you wanted to express.

[123johnston]

thank you, i made another one two weeks ago. the timing is pretty good and it flows perfectly with the music (I think), but the lyrics don't go with it. ill send it to you when i upload it if you want. tell me what you think. do you make videos? i checked out your page... are you in your videos?

[xnaidx]

great first montage, better than most. gymnastics is my fave, maybe cos i am one!

[helloimemily]

this is great : )

[HottiePS]

do you dive?

[123johnston]

yeah, im in the lake brantley diving video. that was a bad meet for me... i had a cast on and it threw my balance off. in fact that was a bad season for me. this is my second favorite sport. gymnastics is my first. if you wanted to know...

[domedia66]

fantastic montage! you got talent.

[mingimingi012]

where did u get this

[123johnston]

the footage? nbc, the product, i made it. you know you like it. ; )

[dena0022]

very catchy i couldnt stop watching till it was over

[agripm]

GOOD JOB!!!!!

[fred974]

do u use adobe pro?

[fred974]

again!!!

[PerYourSe]

KEWL! I absolutely loved it. This is amazing, especially for a first one. please message me if you make more... if you can that is...

[bogeyman8740]

my aunt helped coach christina with diving when she was in high school!!!

[123johnston]

thats cool. do you know christina?

[MyStorm28]

awesome! good job :)

[123johnston]

thank you!

[penguininpt]

Thanks for the exciting video montage. As an x-diver it's an honor to see that you did that. Applause!

[123johnston]

thank you. after the olympics, i plan to upload another one that [in my opinion] blows this one away... the olympic committee kept it off of youtube so i'll will try later. subscribe so you can see it. if not, ill try to send it to you.

[kellyandkaitlyn]

really good job. Wish I knew how!

[123johnston]

thank you a lot. its really fun too. don't ever pass up a diving board!

[lizzjustin]

Indiana Divers are the BEST! Nice video.

Im in my fourth year! Cant wait to go on the the bigger and better stuff!

[st8tsman]

nice

[horseloversyd]

This is an excellent video!!

[LaurynSelahx3]

wow you know girls seem to be alot better at diving at least from what i see

like last nights olymic diving the guys kinda sucked

[metalicarock]

this is awesome..goodluck on your career.

[123johnston]

thanks you too...

[AFFFL]

bloody hell that was awosme...... amazing video

[123johnston]

thanks

[mikanden123]

Great diving, i myself is not that good yet. But i can nail a double front from the 1m ;) - And GREAT montage :D - real professional

[cantstopthexbeat]

gooo christinaa loukas!!!!! i met her at IU diving camp and she coached me!!

does anybody know if danny mazzaferro was in this video? he used to be on my team

[cheerleader8899]

Omg! That's like the best mountage i've ever seen! It looks professional!

[cutthroatbooksdotcom]

Thank you so much for posting this! Great Job and PERFECT song for diving! Rock On!

[Gymgal007]

Hey nice video 5/5!! LOL :D:D

[sschnoebelen]

omg that was amazing that really looked completely professional 5 STAR

[123johnston]

well thank you very much, and thanks for rating

[sawyer1370]

Where did you get all of the footage of the Trials? I watched them all and Tivo'd them, and there is tons of stuff in there NBC didn't air.

[123johnston]

there are a few parts, i got from the commercials in there. i only get 21 channels, so im surprised that you didn't get as much as me. i got it all from nbc...

[divea10]

Excellent! May I have a copy?

[123johnston]

it depends, what do you plan to do with it?

[purgurl91]

Really well put together, it looks so professional! Which editing software did you use?

[123johnston]

iMovie HD, basic mac software that comes with the computer.

[123johnston]

thanks by the way

[OTmoe]

Very good montage!

[amberdragonstar]

awesome video! go Christina!

[123johnston]

thanks, i'm glad you liked it!! i agree, I had never heard of christina before this meet and while i was making this movie, i looked her up on facebook, and she messaged me back... she seemed really nice

[amberdragonstar]

she is really nice, She's my cousin and she made it to the Olympics!

[pretzal702]

THis is an awesome montage!!

[torgymnast]

Great Montage! Definently doesn't look like your first one. And yay for some more montages on diving!

[123johnston]

thanks, i have a lot of other work, so i got experience from that. i was listening to this song when i was watching the trials and i thought this would be a great song to go with this, thanks a lot

[kczbrewer]

i thought this was cool.

diving is soo interesting!