1-
History & Object
2- Strokes
3-The
Essentials (events, scoring,
etc.)
4- Pool
Diagram
5- Diving
Diving
Diving is one event during
a swim meet. Athletes jump from
a one-meter springboard and
perform aerial maneuvers before
entering the water. There are
five classifications of dives,
including: forward, back, reverse,
inward, and twist. Divers usually
perform 11 dives: two from each
category and one additional
dive from any category. Below
is a description of the five
classifications of dives:
Forward: Diver jumps
off the board forward and performs
a forward dive of any rotation.
Back: Diver stands
on the edge of the diving board
with his back facing the water
and performs a backward dive
of any rotation.
Reverse: Diver jumps
off the board forward and performs
a backward dive of any rotation.
Inward: Diver stands
on the edge of the diving board
with his back facing the water,
and performs a forward dive
of any rotation.
Twist: Diver rotates
the body at least 180 degrees
during any type of dive.
While in the air, divers rotate
their bodies. Dive rotations
are measured in half-point increments.
A dive is considered a half
rotation, a somersault is considered
a full rotation, and all rotations
past one full rotation are recognized
by number of somersaults (e.g.
1.5 somersaults). The diver
enters the water head-first
on all half dives (e.g. .5,
1.5, 2.5) and feet-first for
all full dives (e.g. 1, 2, 3).
There are four different positions
that a diver can perform in
the air: tuck, pike, straight,
and free.
Tuck: Divers
knees are bent, together, and
tucked close to the chest. Toes
are pointed.
Pike: Divers
body is bent at the hips, with
legs straight and toes pointed.
Straight: Divers
body is kept completely straight
and toes are pointed.
Free: Divers
body can be in a number of positions
to allow for twists.
To put it all together, dives
are explained by their category,
rotation, and position. For
example, a dive that is announced
as a forward one-and-a-half
somersault in the pike position
is a forward dive in which the
diver rotates 1.5 times in the
air in the pike position before
entering the water headfirst.
Based on the complexity of the
maneuver, each dive is assigned
a degree of difficulty. The
dive mentioned above carries
a degree of difficulty of 1.7.
Three to nine judges rate
each dive from 0 to 10 points,
in half point increments, with
0 being a failed dive and 10
being an exceptional dive. When
assigning points, judges consider
six different parts of the dive:
starting position, approach,
hurdle, take-off, flight and
position, and entry. They also
deduct points for flaws in the
dive. Points awarded by the
judges are then multiplied by
the degree of difficulty to
derive a total score for the
dive. The cumulative score of
all dives determines the final
ranking of the divers.
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