AboutTom Trapp Expertise I can answer any questions pertaining to all levels of springboard and platform diving including : beginner lessons, intermediate, advanced, high school, Junior Olympic, AAU, Masters (Adult), Collegiate and Senior diving. Questions about training, technique, competitions, dryland training including trampoline and dry board.I can also answer questions about how to judge/referee diving events. I cannot answer questions about swimming (how to dive off a starting block) or SCUBA diving.
Experience 3 time U.S. Diving National Team Coach. Coached World, International and National Junior Olympic individual and team champions. Collegiate level experience (Junior College and Division I)Chairman, U. S. Diving Region 10 and Northern California Diving Associations. Professional diving referee, judge and meet director including U.S. Diving Junior and Senior Nationals, National Qualifying events and Division I collegiate events. Head Referee for the Big 12 and ACC Conference Diving Championships.
Organizations U.S. Diving. AAU Diving. Professional Diving Coaches Association
Education/Credentials B.S. in Recreation and California Teaching Credential in Physical Education/Aquatics. U.S. Diving Safety Certified Coach.
Awards and Honors U.S. Diving National Award of Excellence.
Northern California Diving Association Coach of the Year.
U.S. Diving Region 10 Coach of the Year
Expert: Tom Trapp Date: 7/14/2008 Subject: vacation dive practice
Question my 10 year old daughter would like to practice for her divisional meet while we
are on vacation (one week) in Hilton Head SC. Is there a pool with a springboard
we could visit?
Answer Jennifer -
I live in the Pacific Northwest (Seattle area) so I am not familiar with Hilton Head. I only know of two towns that have diving in So. Carolina: Columbia (University of So. Carolina) and Clemson University. These of course are too far away from where you will be staying. Since it is a resort town, Hilton Head probably only has the other kind of diving- scuba.
Try going to this website: www.hiltonheadisland.org. At the top of the page, click on "Chat live with an island expert" and maybe they can answer your question. Sorry, but this is all I know about diving in South Carolina.
