The four can be seen fiddling with iPods and talking about their music selections and while this may look like a distraction, it is part of their mental preparation. “Diving is so incredibly mental that when it gets to be time for the 200 IM, it s iPod time, Fleming said. s so easy to lose your train of thought in mid dive. It s what separates a good dive from a bad dive. The music of choice is rap, “or anything that gets you pumped, O Leary said.

What s really going through their minds though isn t music, that s just the focusing point. “You pick one or two things to concentrate on, Brown said. “You go through the motions in your mind. But there is more than the dive in their routine. It s about coming together in a sport that is individual. re really close, Fleming said. “Diving is individual, but we re also a team.