Olympic Diver Sure Can Fold Good

Have you ever seen Olympic divers dive into pools? You’ll notice that they sure can fold their bodies good. This is especially true of current day Olympians like David Boudia or Sam Dorman. Those men fold all the way in half like an omelet or even a folder.

These elite athletes fold so good it’s like watching origami when they spring off the springboard.  Some might even say it’s like seeing eggs folded into batter or folding along a perforated edge. And I’d concur with those assessments.

Now, many analysts might try to tell you diving is all about spinning good. I admit, watching Boudia or Dorman spin is like seeing a spinning wheel or a fidget spinner or perhaps even a spinning top. And when you combine the spinning and folding, you might have to ask yourself, “Whoa, am I at the laundromat?!”

But this is a fallacy. Any aficionado will tell you that diving is not about the twirling. It’s all about the folding; folding good enough to be like a folded T-shirt, sweater, or pillowcase. If you recall, Olympic diver Michael Hixon trained everyday at 5am as a child by folding fitted bed sheets.

In fact, folding good is so important to the sport of diving that the Russians were banned by the IOC four years ago after a secret bone-removing program was discovered.

So now that we understand the importance of folding good, let’s have a moment of silence for legendary diver Greg Lynch, whose training regiment of being folded into a checked bag led to his disappearance after a routing snafu. Baggage claim has no leads.