A high school diver fights his fear of heights and diving to get onto the team He gets onto the team only to find that he must dive the high platform in order to compete His problems are further compounded by social issues out of the pool His sister is being taken advantage of by the local toughguy and his coach writes him off as a loser To aid in his overcoming of his phobia he enlists in a previous womens olympic coach whom he falls for and crosses the line between business and pleasure During his training with the new coach he experiences a bad diving accident and is warned not to dive in the championship He ignores these warnings and enters the competition