Premier diving academy in India

Every diver starts somewhere. We help them go further.

Tuck & Dive welcomes complete beginners and serious competitors alike, building confidence and discipline step by step across school, state, national, and international pathways.

Our team

The people poolside shape the people on the podium.

Tushar Gitaye, Head Coach

Head Coach

Tushar Gitaye

A calm poolside leader with an international playing career and a long record of national excellence.

  • International diving player
  • Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee
  • 13-time national champion / medal-winning performer
Paras Bendre, Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Paras Bendre

A national-level player who brings patience, approachability, and athlete-first coaching to younger divers.

  • National diving player
  • Focused on confidence-building
  • Supports beginner to competitive progression
Neha Paste, Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Neha Paste

A composed technical coach who supports athletes through disciplined basics, confidence, and event preparation.

  • Junior national medalist
  • Strong foundation and correction work
  • Reliable support across training and competitions

Vision and mission

Serious coaching. Serious intent. Serious future.

Our vision

To be a leading diving academy in India, fostering a strong community of skilled, confident, and passionate divers who can represent the sport with pride.

Our mission

To produce high-quality divers through structured coaching, expand the diving fraternity, and create opportunities from grassroots to competitive levels.

What we do

We accept students, build athletes, and raise fitness standards.

Some students arrive to learn a new sport. Some arrive for strength, flexibility, and confidence. Some stay long enough to compete for medals. Our job is to meet them seriously at every stage.

Student to athlete

Beginners are introduced to body control, board confidence, water entry, safety, and discipline before advanced skills are layered in.

Fitness through diving

Diving develops mobility, core strength, courage, posture, focus, and explosive coordination in a way ordinary fitness routines rarely do.

Competitive pathway

For athletes ready to compete, the academy prepares them for school meets, state meets, nationals, and international representation.

Your path here

From first enquiry to competing on the podium.

Every athlete moves through the same five stages — at their own pace, with no step skipped.

1

Enquiry

Reach out through the website, a call, or a visit. Tell us the athlete’s age and experience — none required.

2

Selection of centre & batch

Based on where it’s easiest for you to train consistently, we place the athlete in the right centre and batch to begin.

3

Placed in a batch

Based on age, water comfort, and goals, we place the athlete in the right training batch — foundational through competitive.

4

Structured progress

Skills build board by board, tracked dive-by-dive in the athlete’s own portal checklist, with attendance and coach feedback along the way.

5

Competition-ready

When the athlete is ready, we prepare and enter them for school, state, national, and international meets.

How we dive

Technique is easier to understand when you see it.

Watch the academy in motion, then download the brochure for a shareable overview of Tuck & Dive.

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Training centres

Two venues, one performance culture.

Prabodhankar Thackeray Krida Sankul diving pool and platform

Partner since 2012

Prabodhankar Thackeray Krida Sankul

Our longest-running centre, supporting foundational, recreational, intermediate, competitive, and advanced batches.

Prabodhankar Thackeray Krida Sankul, Shahaji Raje Marg, Vishnu Prasad Society, Navpada, Vile Parle East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400057

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Partner since 2008

Goregaon Sports Club

Our founding partnership and a key base for combined recreational and competitive diving training.

Goregaon Sports Club - New Link Rd, Near Toyota showroom, Malad, Mind space, Malad West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400064

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Goregaon Sports Club diving pool and platform at sunset

Results

Competition records, presented clearly.

Each competition family now carries its own photo carousel followed by a structured table of athletes, events, and outcomes.

National Games

National Games

YearAthleteEventResult
2025Kshama Bangera1m SpringboardBronze
2025Swaraj Lad1m Springboard7th
2025Tushar GitayePlatform5th
2023Tushar GitayePlatformBronze
2023Kabir Rao1m Springboard7th
2023Keya Prabhu1m Springboard5th
2022Medhali Redkar1m SpringboardGold
2022Kabir Rao1m Springboard4th
2022Anuj Shah1m SpringboardBronze

Senior Nationals

Senior Nationals

MeetAthleteEventResult
77thSwaraj Lad1m / 3m Springboard6th / 12th
77thKeya PrabhuPlatformBronze
77thOm Kadam1m / 3m Springboard17th
77thKshama Bangera1m / 3m Springboard5th
76thMedhali Redkar1m SpringboardBronze
76thAnuj Shah1m Springboard7th
76thTushar GitayePlatformBronze
76thKshama Bangera1m Springboard8th
76thKeya Prabhu3m Springboard4th
75thMedhali Redkar1m / 3m Springboard5th / Bronze
75thAnuj Shah1m SpringboardBronze
75thTushar GitayePlatform5th
75thKabir Rao1m Springboard11th
73rdTushar GitayeHighboardSilver

Junior Nationals

Junior Nationals

MeetAthleteEventResult
50thSwaraj Lad1m / 3m / PlatformSilver / Gold / Gold
50thKeya Prabhu1m / 3m / Platform5th / Bronze / Bronze
50thOm Kadam1m / Platform12th
50thKabir Rao1m Springboard4th
50thNeha Paste1m / 3m / PlatformSilver / Bronze / 4th
50thAnanya Tirlotkar1m SpringboardBronze
49thSwaraj Lad1m / 3m SpringboardSilver / Gold
49thKeya Prabhu1m / PlatformBronze / Bronze
49thKabir Rao1m SpringboardSilver
49thNeha Paste1m SpringboardSilver
48thKshama Bangera1m / 3m SpringboardGold / Gold
48thKeya Prabhu1m / PlatformSilver / Bronze
48thKabir Rao3m SpringboardBronze
48thSwaraj Lad1m SpringboardBronze
46thAshna Chevli1m / 3m / PlatformGold / Silver / Silver

SGFI Nationals

SGFI Nationals

MeetAthleteEventResult
68thSwaraj Lad1m / 3m / PlatformGold / Gold / Gold
68thKeya Prabhu1m / 3m / PlatformGold / Gold / Gold
68thAnvesh Harane1m SpringboardBronze
68thNeha Paste1m Springboard4th
67thSwaraj Lad1m / 3m / PlatformGold / Gold / Gold
67thKeya Prabhu1m / 3m / PlatformGold / Gold / Gold
67thAnvesh Harane1m SpringboardGold
67thAlisha Takkar1m SpringboardSilver
64thSwaraj Lad1m / 3m / PlatformGold / Gold / Gold
67thKabir Rao3m SpringboardGold

International, university and school

International, University, and School Competitions

MeetAthleteEventResult
11th Asian ChampionshipSwaraj Lad1m / 3m Springboard9th
AIU 2024Kshama Bangera1m / 3m SpringboardSilver / Bronze
AIU 2024Paras Bendre1m / 3m Springboard10th
AIU 2024Om Kadam1m / 3m Springboard5th / Silver
AIU 2024Jiya Shah1m / 3m Springboard7th
AIU 2023Kshama Bangera1m / 3m SpringboardSilver / 4th
AIU 2023Om Kadam1m / 3m Springboard4th
AIU 2019Medhali Redkar1m / 3m SpringboardGold / Silver
10th Asian Age Group ChampionshipAshna Chevli1m Springboard / Platform8th / 6th
65th National School GamesAshna Chevli1m / 3m / PlatformSilver / Silver / Bronze
65th National School GamesJiya Shah1m SpringboardSilver
Sub Junior National Aquatic ChampionshipJiya Shah1m / 3m SpringboardBronze / 5th
Sub Junior National Aquatic ChampionshipKshama Bangera1m / 3m / Highboard7th / 5th / Bronze
Sub Junior National Aquatic ChampionshipAnuj Shah3m Springboard / PlatformBronze / 4th

Events and outreach

We do not just train divers. We grow the sport.

RYP Invitational Nationals, district meets, demonstrations, camps, sports-fair stalls, and online engagement have introduced diving to families who had never seen the sport up close.

Academy snapshot

Built for the long climb.

17years led by Head Coach Tushar Gitaye
2Mumbai training centres
30+state and national podium finishes since 2022
250+campers trained since 2017

Testimonials

In their own words.

A few words from the parents and athletes who train with us. (Placeholder quotes, written on their behalf — swap in their own words whenever you have them.)

“My son joined more out of curiosity than anything else. Within a few months I noticed the difference off the board, not just on it — the patience, the way he prepares before trying something new. That focus didn’t come from nowhere.”

— Amey, parent

“What stood out to us was how individually every child is coached. Our daughter was never rushed into anything — every step forward was one the coaches were sure she was ready for. That kind of care is what builds real trust.”

— Komal, parent

“I started diving well past the age most people think is ‘normal’ for it, and it’s been one of the better decisions I’ve made. An hour at the pool, away from screens and deadlines, does more for my head than I expected.”

— Kalpesh, adult athlete

FAQ

Questions we hear before someone's first dive.

Diving is often mistaken for a sport with a narrow entry window. In practice, the pool welcomes a five-year-old and a fifty-year-old on the same evening — just on different boards, at different paces.

Is diving safe for children?+

Yes. Every child is coached individually and only moves to the next skill once a coach is satisfied they're ready — nothing is rushed, and nothing is attempted alone. Progress is paced to the child, not to a schedule, with a qualified coach present and supervising every session.

Is diving really for any age?+

Yes. Every diver starts the same way, at whatever pace suits them: getting genuinely comfortable in the water first, then building skills gradually toward the 1m board — with height and difficulty added later, as technique allows. We have trained first-time divers well into their thirties and forties alongside children as young as five.

Why is diving described as a low-impact, healthy sport?+

Water absorbs the landing that a hard court, track, or gym floor would otherwise put through your knees, ankles, and spine. That means divers still build real strength, core control, flexibility, and cardiovascular fitness — without the repetitive-impact wear that running or jumping sports place on the joints over time.

Can this really lead to the Olympics?+

The pathway is real: school and district meets lead into SGFI and Junior Nationals, and from there toward Senior Nationals, National Games, and international competition — the same route our own head coach came up through as an international diver. Not every child will go all the way, and that's fine; what we promise is a genuine, open pathway for those who want to chase it, coached by someone who has been through it themselves.

I'm an adult with a full-time desk job — is this realistic for me?+

It's one of the better fits, actually. A dive session is a fixed hour with a clear structure, away from a screen, that leaves you with a genuine physical and mental reset rather than more decisions to make. It's low-impact enough to sit comfortably alongside a desk-bound week, and most adult beginners join purely for the fitness and headspace — competing is never the requirement.

Which of the two centres should I choose?+

Both Goregaon Sports Club and the Prabodhankar Centre run full training under the same coaching team, so the honest answer is: whichever is easier for you to get to consistently. Consistency matters more than which pool you pick.

Contact us

Start the conversation.

For admissions, training batches, school partnerships, demonstrations, and athlete pathways, reach out to the academy team.

Training inquiries

Email: tushar.diver@gmail.com

Phone: +91 9987334146

Goregaon Sports Club

New Link Rd, Near Toyota showroom, Malad, Mind space, Malad West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400064

Prabodhankar Centre

Prabodhankar Thackeray Krida Sankul, Shahaji Raje Marg, Vishnu Prasad Society, Navpada, Vile Parle East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400057

New students

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