Diving is another sport with many competitors of a very tender age. Lee Tung Shing, secretary of the Chinese Taipei Amateur Swimming Association, says that young children just getting started do little more than play around in the pool in order to get comfortable in the water. Only then can they learn to swim properly and move on to practice diving.
以同樣有許多小選手的跳水為例，中華民國游泳協會秘書長李東興說，小朋友剛開始只是在游泳池裡玩水，先讓他們不怕水、喜歡水，才有可能學好游泳，進一步練習跳水。