Learn more about the Springboard! 🪓 Athletes place two springboards into pockets cut into a vertically mounted log in this discipline. The goal is to chop through a block of wood at the top of the log. Athletes first cut a pocket at shoulder height, slot the first springboard into it, and stand on the board to cut a second pocket higher up. Standing on the second springboard, about two meters high, they chop through the block from both sides. The Springboard is one of the toughest disciplines.

What happens behind the springboards when a diving competition is on? How athletes keep mentally and physically prepared between each round of dives? 👇 #diving | World Aquatics