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Learning math through competition supports Schramm's belief that diving differs from other sports because "the mind doesn't teach the body, but the body teaches the mind...
...motions in diving are everyday--walking, jumping, swinging your arms--so the skill you learn is not as much physical as it is an awareness of what you're doing," Schramm said...
...Schramm makes his dives more precise by breaking them down into such minute detail that if someone were to stop him in mid-air, he said he could tell them exactly where he was and how many revolutions he had completed...
...Some divers would say 'I have to be smoother or stronger,'" Jamie Greacen, one of Schramm's old teammates said, "but Steve would say 'My left toenail should be a little more over here...
...Although Schramm's constant striving for perfection sometimes leaves him dissatisfied, his diligent training and concentration has made him the best diver in the East...