Learn to dive from a springboard

What an adult class is like

Swim England says both children and adults can learn to dive. At Aberdeen Sports Village the adult class runs for an hour on Thursday evenings, is taught by qualified diving coaches and takes up to 12 divers. Beginners are people with little or no diving experience who are confident in deep water; the experienced group is for those who have learned the fundamentals and are confident going in hands first, forwards. Sessions start with low-board work and move on to the 1m and 3m springboards.

Edinburgh Leisure's Adult Diving course at the Royal Commonwealth Pool covers beginners to intermediate divers, from basic skills such as the hand grab up to dives in six directions. Its Adult Masters class, for adults who want to compete, runs for 90 or 120 minutes including dry-land training, and a one-hour Adult Dry Dive Gym uses dryboards and a trampoline.

At Asphalt Green in New York, the Adult Springboard Diving course for over-18s teaches tuck and pike dives, the front hurdle and hand placement for a rip entry, along with board safety and injury-prevention exercises. Participants should be comfortable swimming in deep water. The Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena has run a one-day, 90-minute Adult Learn to Dive programme as well as weekly adult lessons.

U.S. Masters Diving, a committee of the national governing body USA Diving, organises competition for adults aged 21 and over, with springboard events in five-year age groups and platform in ten-year groups. Its novice category is designed for new or returning divers. The AAU's Masters-B level uses a shortened list of four or five springboard dives for divers not ready for a full list.

Ways in and what they cost

Neither US page showed a fee when checked, so ask the centre. Asphalt Green lists its winter 2027 season as 2 January to 7 March, with public registration from 20 October 2026.