TRAINING GAME
Spotting cues.
Tap for a random cue. The diver calls it out mid-rotation. No login, no app, nothing to install — and it keeps working once the page is open, even if the pool wifi does not.
Heading to a pool with no signal? Download the offline version and open it from your phone any time.
HOW TO USE IT
Run it on deck
The coach holds the phone or tablet where the diver will see it through the rotation — usually at the side of the board or beside the trampoline. The diver takes off, the coach taps, and the diver calls out what they saw on the way down.
Start on Hold with Colors only. Add Numbers and Animals as the calls get consistent, then start shortening the timing. Flashes is the hardest mode and the most useful one, so save it for divers who are already spotting reliably.
A missed call is not a failure. It usually means the diver is closing their eyes, spinning too tight to see, or opening late — all of which are worth a conversation right there on deck.
Cue types
Colors
The whole screen fills with one color. Easiest to catch, best for first-year divers and for warming up.
Numbers
A large numeral. 6 and 9 are underlined so they cannot be misread upside down.
Animals
A single animal to name. Harder than a color because it needs recognition, not just a glance.
Flashes
The screen blinks two to five times during the rotation and the diver calls how many. This is the one that trains real spotting — repeated visual sampling through the flip, not one lucky look. The answer shows small at the top for the coach.
Timing
Hold
The cue stays up until the next tap. Use it while learning.
1s
The cue disappears after a second. The diver has to catch it in the air.
0.4s
Blink and it is gone. Save this for divers who already call the slower modes clean.
On a laptop, the spacebar advances the cue and Escape closes the tool.
Want to try this with a coach?
Spotting is one of the first things we teach at Alpha. Come see what a practice actually looks like.