Synchronized Divers Try To Keep Up With Cheerleaders | SELF 

Joey is such a natural at cheerleading! I guess his little practice routine at 11 years old really paid off!

the fact they did a back handspring with barely any training is amazing- and they did it almost perfectly.

That one diver dude should start cheerleading he’s goated WHY SO MANY LIKES- thanks though lol

YO HOW DID THEY MANAGE TO TUMBLE SO EFFORTLESSLY????

The diver that competes for the Philippines has such strong beautiful tumbling!!

Joey's smile throughout this video is evidence he was living his best life. ❤️

Tall diver guy was smiling the whole time just loving it

His inner cheerleader was having the time of his life! He's good! the blonde diver should keep her diving up tho lol

I love how the cheerleader teachers were all so clear in their directions and corrections and very supportive :)

4:00 yeah, joeys got the technique. his jumps were really clean!

Whoever picked the swimmers needs an award because they made this look easy! They all did great, I was pleasantly surprised. Awesome job to the cheerleaders and the divers

this was so much fun you really see that they are embarrassed and a little nervous but they always find a certain appreciation for another sport since they all just love sport! and that makes it just so enjoyable, I was clapping along every time they managed to do another challenge!

I'm sure that man (Joey?) is an excellent diver but he low key may have missed his calling by not pursing cheerleadering. He seems like a natural and he also just seems to be having a great time in general.

The shorter diving girl when she was doing the first flips was amazing. She looked like she could keep going and going.

Joey is such a joy to watch 😭😭 I love that he got to live out his childhood memory in a routine and learn more! Everybody did awesome. Great job!

Joey looks like he already cheers lol

The one guy really embraced his inner cheerleader. He killed it!

Are you kidding!?!! The divers KILTED IT. My little cheerleader heart was so full! 🥰

The way they tumbled so effortlessly! I mean I know they do a lot of the same elements and have great body awareness but dangggggg

Amazing! They are naturals. Great tumbling especially. They picked up so quickly. I loved Joey's jumps. With a little more practice he could link all the movements together more fluidly and would look amazing. I also think Monique has a cheer body, and she has good form!

I’m so glad Joey got to live his Bring it On fantasy. They all did so well

Joey is a JOY to watch...He fit the squad perfectly...!!! All of them are doing a good job of course they have a solid background ..so no surprise

Olivia is a little scared which makes sense but she did amazing! Monique did those spins like she was spirituality on another place and she came back when she landed. And Joey was just fully enjoying himself lmao THE END ROUTINE THO THEY DID AMAZING

Joey really has a lot of power in his jumps. He's also having the time of his life in the air. He nailed the tumbling. Joey should think about going into cheerleading.

DJ seems like a rockstar coach and spotter!

That routine at the end was actually amazing!! I am so IMPRESSED by everyone!

17:09 he could 100% do a tuck or layout. He has so much power he could make it back around.

They all did so well! And their tumbling was very good. Also all of the cheerleaders were really great teachers and I think that showed in how they broke each skill down and really explained everything to the divers.

Joey's jumps were incredibly beautiful for someone who has never done them! Also, wasn't Hayley on Smoed???

I love how they put the divers in size order 😭💕 also, Monique is SO powerful and explosive! She is built for cheer or gymnastics!

This was so wholesome to watch! Also, as a dancer I've always found that trying/doing things that are similar yet very different helps to learn new ways of balance, coordination, strength and flexibility - I'm sure they've all come away with a better understanding of their muscles and ways to utilise what they learned during cheerleading to get stronger at their dives. So great to watch - loved it!

I can't, Joey is too cute. Just actual sincere smiling while doing crazy stunts cos he's excited about it 😭

Lol I'm a gymnast, seeing the cheer and diving technique is so strange. Diving is way closer to gymnastics technique

They all have great backhand springs, omg! Especially Joey!

This is such a great combo of sports for this series. Just the perfect amount of similarities and differences between the sports to make it challenging but still set them up for success.

4:00 Joey's jumps and form were GORGEOUS 😍

As someone who used to cheer they did amazing!! I remember being a base and throwing people was so much fun! I also remember getting stepped on plenty of times too bc they lost their footing lol. Thats what happens when your flyers are younger tho, they dont mean to hurt you and Id much rather them crush my face with their shoe than scare them while theyre in the air.

My toxic trait is thinking I can do all of these skills with absolutely not training in any sport lmao

Having seen the diving video first, it's incredible to see the change in DJ has he passes into coach mode 🤩 he looks like a great coach!

This was so wholesome to watch, I was smiling the whole time. I found it so interesting how they were amazing in the air and performing the tumblings and flips but when it came to landing they fell most of the time. Which when I thought about made sense since they don't really land in water haha They did the routine so well. I'm so happy for them!

I did cheer and gymnastics briefly as a kid and i remember having so much fun learning flips, the trampoline was always my favorite. I feel like i’d be wayyy more scared trying these again as an adult with very long acrylic nails 😂

10:08 the moment she realizes it's easier than she thought it would be for her

The Filopina had sooo much power. She would make a great tumbler

Oh my gosh! They did incredible! I was a gymnast for over 10 years, and to see them pick up on this within a day was amazing. Not to make gymnastics or cheerleading sound easy (obviously these people have trained during their lives for similar things), but amazing 👏🏼

I did not expect the swimmers to be so good at floor flips but I guess it makes sense they would be trained to do that since the flip into the water. It was funny how the guy was like “I’ll see how it goes” and then nails it surprising every time 😂🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾

This was the best group of athletes in one of these ever! The male diver is super flexible. Impressive!

Wow! They’re all great in their own ways and also fast learners. I really like that they’re friends with each other. That makes it easier for them to be able to trust one another.

As a former cheerleader watching their tumbling I am so impressed. I guess I shouldn't be surprised but still... wow!

Monique has the build for cheer and Joey just seems to have so much joy for it!!!

I've never taken glasses of gymnastics, cheer, diving, none of that. ALL of mine is SELF TAUGHT. But I like the way they explain how to do the stunts. Makes me feel like I can do it. 😊😊

I am so shocked and impressed at the diver's lack of fear and amazing execution of these skills!

This was awesome!!! The divers did a great job especially when they took the time to trust each other as a whole instead of relying on individuality like what Olivia said!

I LIKED HOW HAYLEY USED THE SHOE FOR A EXAMPLE!

Homeboy is GOOD! All 3 are very body aware and able to take direction into their bodies quickly!

me, a non-athletic person watching this: 👁👄👁

I’m impressed! Great job guys! I’d like to say that the guy who got “caught” doing cheer has some really great jumps! He should give cheer a serious try. I think he would kill it!💖 Everyone did a really great job, once again! Thanks for sharing!🙏

I love this series! It is great to see the intense athletic ability in such a varied range of body types.

the guy diver has beautiful skills especially the tumbling

I am shocked at how quickly the divers learned everything - it was so cool. The coaches are excellent too - they explain everything clearly and are very encouraging!

This was so fun to watch! Those synchro divers did so good! Their final routine was really wonderful!

Joey loves this opportunity so much I love it

So wholesome!! I guess the US diving team and the Filipino diving team just gained their own cheerleaders

I have done cheer fora year and I just learnt how to do a round off back hanspring layout so the fact that they did it right away is amazing

I have ZERO athletic ability but i LOVE watching these!

Monique’s round off looks as if she’d done gymnastics for 10 years already! :)

I am always so impressed by how the experts are able to verbalize the skills they are performing! These are quick movements that are second nature! They can break it down so scientifically!

The short one had sooo much power 😍😍she would be an amazing tumbler

The encouragement of the coaches was a joy to see as well as the effort of the divers. I am in awe.

The divers did such a great job! They are so good in every discipline... This show how athletic they are! A normal person would never do such good tumbling..

I NEED Joey to get in a squad NOW!!!! His spirit was so happy 🥰

Something that I don't think people are taking into account is that all three of the divers are Olympic (or near Olympic quality) athletes that specialize in body motion, timing, and placement. There are tiers to everything, and these are elite, world class athletes. They're probably in at least the top 100 to 1,000 people in the world at what they do (I didn't look up rankings). Of course they're going to pick up a somewhat similar sport very, very quickly. More quickly than the cheerleaders. Joey made the Olympics. That makes him a top 10-30 diver in the USA full stop. It's not a surprise that he could just do the movements quite well his first time. Cheerleading is not an Olympic sport, and diving would be pretty foreign to them, so it's not surprising that they fared less well doing dives than the divers did doing gymnastics/cheerleading. To put it another way, the divers have been to the Olympics, or close to it. The cheerleaders wouldn't be remotely close to qualifying for Olympic Gymnastics. It's not surprising that the divers would do so well considering where they are in the world of athletics by comparison. Anyway, this was a highly entertaining and informative series.

I love this so much, I miss cheer so much. The divers did so great!

This is the best series on RU-vid! This one was especially good 🏆

the dude was having the time of his life

I love how for the cheerleaders the water was scary and for the divers the floor was scary xD

That dude is huge and still springs up like a leopard. So impressive!

Omg this is one of the best collabs that I have seen in this channel. The energy, explanation, fun that both drivers and cheerleader had was so organic and beautiful to see that I really loved it. I just couldn't help but smile skfkskkfkdkd

The first round of teaching was really good, if you ever had experience with any of these moves before. Rather than teach 2 moves at once, I would've broken it down to each individual move, nail them, THEN put them together. Much like the last teacher did. I could definitely tell he had lots of teaching experience.

Oh my gawd. I was so geeked watching this. It must have been so much more fun for them to do it. They had great teachers as well.

Wow Monique's baskets are so good her cradle was the best among the 3 of them.

The one guy really embraced his inner cheerleader. He rocked it!

Divers, welcome to the world of knee dislocations lmao. I am a now retired gymnast and cheerleader. Never tried diving but now I definitely want to! That is one thing that must be nice about the water, drowning risk aside. That's one thing giving the cheerleaders an advantage to the water. Once you master the floor and specifically tackle the fear of potential injury you really have endless opportunities in the water.

Don't the divers do "dry" sessions doing flips etc?

I feel like it would’ve been easier for them to learn the jumps if she gave them counts. But I’m kind of excited for them lol

I grew up in a high school where they performed stunts at games, anyone was welcome to join. Not at all saying it's easy but it takes courage!!!

im convinced.. he was meant to be a cheerleader 😂😂

Love seeing thier confidence and enjoyment build!

I missed this series!!! Keep more episodes coming please 🤗

When the guy diver is a better cheerleader than the girl divers LOL I love it!

I need to go look for my jaw, it dropped somewhere. Absolutely amazing, hoooow were the divers able to learn all these crazy movements so easily?!

He's living his childhood dream. I'm so happy fo him. But the other two are doing very well. The blond one had some trouble at the start, but she caught up. With practice any of the three can get exceptional.

Wow we love Joey, I went to high school with him and he’s really everything ❤️❤️

The initial instructing cheerleader is such a good and kind teacher.

I love how they had a male cheerleader! My dad “boys join the football team not the cheer team” Me: watch this video!

This is funny because they are so nervous but also so good. I wish I was an athlete lol

I would love to see the cheerleaders do some diving. 💗

My thoughts when the three cheerleaders did the whole routine demo, I just…immediately no. I lost track of time and what I watched the whole entire video. Athleticism is just excellence.

Joey smile itself through the video made it worth it 😊

The girl who represented the Philippines is a great tumbler!

The divers did amazing oh my god!! I’ve only been cheering for one season now and they got stuff down in one day that took me weeks!! Epic