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Hard Session


I had a really hard diving session on Tuesday, worked on back jumps off poolside and flat falls off 1 metre and 3 metre, hoping to be able to do flat fall off 3 metre on Tuesday in my lesson!

 

Flat falls off 1metre with help from Chaz


Looking forward to this week J Diving & UCAs convention on Tuesday and then I finish for Easter on Friday!

Back to diving



I had a really good diving session on Tuesday after 3 weeks off. Completed 3metre Pike Fall 4 times followed by some tuck rolls on 1metre - which nearly ended with Chaz going into the water! :P Ended the session by jumping off 1metre, 3metre & 5metre!

Jump off 5metre - a tad bit scary!

Pike Fall off 1metre

Trying to do a tuck roll off 1metre with Chaz's help


We had a mufti day on Friday and it was a really good day! J

Maddy xx
 

skiing


Half term was so much fun as we went skiing to Austria. We went with our normal ski crowd and I took one of my closet friends Beth with us.
Sunday was our first day back on the slopes – I had a private lesson and it was really fun! :D

Wednesday was a very entertaining night as when we walked out of the restaurant, I slipped over and nearly dragged Beth down with me, it then took about 10 minutes for me to get back up as I was laughing so hard! We then went to watch the Ski Show and that was amazing as always!

 


Friday was a proud day for me as I completed a blue/black run down to a chairlift with dad and Beth that I have only ever done with a number of ski instructors.

 


Because we drive, we travel for 4 days and it is fun but very tiring. I missed school on Monday but went in for my LAMDA lesson as I had an exam on Thursday – it went ok.
 

No diving this week as Chaz was on holiday, mum said the Life Centre phoned to say he had taken his annual leave and I started to panic because I thought it meant he would be gone for a year!! :P hahaha
 

Maddy xx

 

Conquering my fear!


Sorry I haven’t blogged for 2 weeks, I’ve been ill.

I’m doing this blog tonight as I will be in Austria on Sunday skiing. My next blog will be when we get back (22nd/23rd Feb)

Tuesday was my first diving session back on the boards after being ill and missing 2 lessons. Started off doing Pike Falls off side of the pool & then off 1m platform. I then went up to 3m platform with Chaz but was too nervous to dive off so I just jumped off. Then went back onto 1m to do pike fall again. Both GB coaches Andy & Marc were watching me and saying that I could do it.

After having a chat with Chaz who was encouraging me, he took me up to the 10m board! We had a look down at all the other boards to find that the 3m board looked tiny! We then went down to 3m and I dived off it! I did once with help from Chaz & twice on my own! To end the session Chaz was trying to get me to do Back Pike Fall off the side of the pool. So pleased with myself and I can't stop smiling.

Back Pike Fall is quite hard as you have to bend backwards so because I had a physio appointment today, I asked for some exercises to help me. I got given quite a few and after doing them for about 5 minutes, I noticed a different in how far I could bend.


Pike Fall off 3metre with help from Chaz


Pike Fall off 3metre with no help

My next blog will be about my skiing holiday.

Maddy xox



Trying again


On Tuesday I had a really hard diving session. The beginning was really good and Charlie was being his normal funny self and making fun of me. I then got frustrated when I couldn't do pike fall off 3metre - I tried a number of times but I just couldn't do it - I was more confident though then last week. Also, Chaz couldn't come up onto the board with me as I was being filmed for my A-Level. Chaz knew how frustrated I was and had a chat with me about it. Fingers crossed next time I can do it. I'm so proud of how far I've come & I couldn't have done any of it without the amazing support from Chaz and my parents.

I sorted through the clips that were taken on Tuesday in my diving lesson and I put the best ones together in a video with music. The music is: Heroes (we could be) by Alesso feat. Tove Lo.

I hope you enjoy watching it!
Maddy xox

 
 

Trying to overcome the fear


This week was the first full week back at school after the holidays – I was exhausted when Friday came around.

I completed all of my Photography Coursework this week and I’m starting to think about my Final Piece Project.

This week in diving, I got given a new target. I am pleased to say that I have defiantly completed my target of ‘Confidently pike fall off 1m’ and Tuesday was the first time I went in the water completely straight instead of at an angle. After going into the water straight a couple of times, Chaz gave me my new target: Pike Fall off 3m. I was a bit nervous about doing it as there is a bigger gap between the platform and the water which means there is a bigger gap for something to go wrong. I tried 3 attempts to do it but didn’t have the confidence so I ended up just jumping off. On the 4th attempt I asked Chaz to come up on the board with me but even with him standing on the board next to me and encouraging me, I still couldn’t do it. Chaz was fine about it and said to try again next week, he could tell I was frustrated about it and told me to focus on the positive bits of the session.

Over the weekend I went on the Plymouth Diving Website and after reading tips on how to overcome the fear of learning dives, I think I have more confidence and I’m ready to have another go next week.



Hopefully I will be able to say that I conquered my fear in next week’s blog. :)

Maddy xox

First Week Back


Tuesday was great as I got back to diving after 2 weeks off. I was really pleased to have Chaz back as my coach and I had a very funny lesson. Once I got home I realised that he had written the date on my learning log as 6/12/14 instead of 6/1/15 :P lol

Started back at school on Wednesday and it was a shock to the system getting up at 6:30am!

Mock exams next week so the weekend consisted of revising :/

Maddy xox