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Lessons with the Legends: Coach Dick Kimball

By Michael J. Stott

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Venerated as an athlete and coach, Dick Kimball, at age 84, is still giving private diving lessons. A high school letter winner in seventh grade and a third-place state finisher and All-American in eighth, Kimball finished his Rochester, Minn. career as an undefeated four-time state diving champion.

Twenty-five Kimball divers have represented the United States on international trips. His men and women have won numerous titles, including national collegiate (13), U.S. and AAU (37), Olympics (3), Pan American Games (2), World Championships (3) and World Student Games (1). His divers also finished in second place at these various championships 54 times.

In addition to his athleticism, Kimball was a lifelong innovator. He was the first to put a spotting rig over a diving board, and he developed the spotting technique called “tipping.” Many of the dives in today’s optional list are maneuvers he developed and perfected by first using a mini-tramp and mini-board before taking them to the tower.

Along with Billingsley, Kimball was a pioneer in training female divers. He went to great lengths to initially help them gain access to Michigan facilities, and quickly taught them dives that women had never before performed. Prior to Title IX, he taught women divers at Michigan for free for 17 years.

Kimball has served as the president of the American Diving Coaches Association and was a member of the U.S. Diving Olympic Committee, the Rules Committee of U.S. Diving and chairman of the NCAA Women’s Diving Rules Committee.

His list of other accolades is extensive.

To read more about the legendary diving coach Dick Kimball,
check out the November issue of Swimming World, out now!

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FEATURES

016 2019 OPEN WATER SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR
by David Rieder and Dan D’Addona
Female: Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazil
Male: Florian Wellbrock, Germany

018 OPEN WATER HIGHLIGHTS OF 2019
by Dan D’Addona
The open water competition at the FINA Aquatics Championships commanded the sport’s spotlight for 2019. But many more open water highlights took place this past year—from Hawaii to Florida to Europe and East Asia. Here are Swimming World’s top five.

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023 MAKING A DIFFERENCE
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026 TAKEOFF TO TOKYO: THE SYDNEY 6
by John Lohn
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030 ISHOF: SWIMMER RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF BRITISH MILITARY’S GREATEST HEROES
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COACHING

010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: DICK KIMBALL
by Michael J. Stott

014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME THE BARRIERS TO IMPROVING TECHNIQUE
by Rod Havriluk
There are many barriers that make it difficult for any swimmer to improve technique. Fortunately, there are also very effective strategies to deal with these barriers. The first step is for the swimmer to stay mentally engaged for the duration of every training session.

038 SETON SWIMMING’S SAMPLE FOR SUCCESS
by Michael J. Stott
Jim Koehr, head coach of the Seton School swimming team in Manassas, Va., has devised an ideal model for a winning high school program.

041 Q&A WITH COACH SCOTT ARMSTRONG
by Michael J. Stott

043 HOW THEY TRAIN NOAH CORBITT
by Michael J. Stott

JUNIOR SWIMMER

045 UP & COMERS: McKENNA STONE
by Shoshanna Rutemiller

COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS

008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT

009 BEYOND THE YARDS

013 THE OFFICIAL WORD

032 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE

046 GUTTERTALK

048 PARTING SHOT

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