Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.

.Diving is one of the most popular Olympic sports with spectators. Competitors possess many of the same characteristics as gymnasts and dancers including strength flexibility kinaesthetic judgment and air awareness. China came to prominence several decades ago when the sport was revolutionized by national coach Liang Boxi and after intense study of the dominant Louganis. China has lost few world titles since. The success of Greg Louganis has led to American strength in diving internationally. Other noted countries in the sport include Italy Australia and Canada

Competitive Diving Most diving competitions consist of three disciplines: 1m and 3m springboards and the platform. Competitive athletes are divided by gender and often by age group. In platform events competitors are allowed to perform their dives on either the five seven and a half (generally just called seven) or ten meter towers.. (Search Results ACompetitive Diving ) Diving

Synchronized Diving Synchronized diving was adopted as an Olympic sport in 2000. Two divers form a team and perform dives simultaneously. The dives are usually identical; however sometimes the dives may be opposites in what is called a pinwheel. In these events the diving is judged both on the quality of execution and the synchronicity in timing of take-off and entry height and forward travel. (Search Results Synchronized Diving ) Diving

Scoring the Dive To reduce the subjectivity of scoring in major meets panels of five or seven judges are assembled. If five judges then the highest and lowest scores are discarded and the middle three are summed and multiplied by the DD Degree of Difficulty determined from a combination of the moves undertakenin which position and from what height. (Search Results Scoring the Dive ) Diving

Competitive Strategy To win dive meets divers create a dive list in advance of the meet. To win the meet the diver must accumulate more points than other divers. Often simple dives with low DDs will look good to spectators but will not win meets. The competitive diver will attempt the highest DD dives possible with which they can achieve consistent high scores. (Search Results Competitive Strategy ) Diving

Governance Diving Article This is frequently a source of political friction as the committees are naturally dominated by swimming officials who do not necessarily share or understand the concerns of the diving community. Divers often feel for example that they do not get adequate support over issues like the provision of facilities. (Search Results Governance Diving Articles ) Diving

Dive Positions Straight with no bend at the knees or hips the hardest of the three pike with knees straight but a tight bend at the hips the median in difficulty of the three. The open pike is a variant where the arms are reached to the side and the legs are brought straight out with a bend in the hips.tuck body folded up in a tight ball hands holding the shins and toes pointed.the easiest of the three (Search Results Articles on Dive Positions ) Diving

Dive Numbers In competition the dives are referred to by a schematic system of three or four digit numbers. The letter to indicate the position is appended to the end of the number.The first digit of the number indicates the dive group as defined above. For groups 1 to 4 the number consists of three digits and a letter of the alphabet. The third digit represents the number of half somersaults. (Search Results Dive Numbers ) Diving Mechanics of Diving At the moment of take off two critical aspects of the dive are determined and cannot subsequently be altered during the execution. One is the trajectory of the dive and the other is the magnitude of the angular momentum.The speed of rotation and therefore the total amount of rotation may be varied from moment to moment by changing the shape of the body in accordance with the law of conservation of angular momentum. (Search Results Mechanics of Diving ) Diving Summer Diving In the United States summer diving is usually limited to one meter diving at community or country club pools. Some pools organize to form intra-pool competitions. These competitions are usually designed to accommodate all school-age children. One of the largest and oldest summer leagues in the United States is found in the Northern Virginia area where teams from 47 pools compete against each other every summer. (Search Results Summer Diving ) Diving High School Diving In the United States scholastic diving at the high school level is usually limited to one meter diving but some schools use three meter springboards.Scores from those one meter dives contribute to the swim team's overall score. High school diving and swimming both conclude their seasons with a state competition. Depending on the state and the amount of athletes competing in the state there are qualifications that must be achieved before competing in the state’s championship meet. (Search Results High School Diving ) Diving Club Diving In the United States pre college divers interested in three meter or tower diving should consider a club sanctioned by USA Diving or AAU Diving. There is a group called Future Championship.Top club divers are usually called "junior Olympic" or JO divers.JO divers compete for spots on national teams. Divers over the age of 19 years of age cannot compete in these events as a JO divers. (Search Results Club Diving ) Diving Master Diving In the United States divers who continue diving past their college years can compete in Master Diving programs. Master diving programs are frequently offered by college or club programs.Masters' Diving events are normally conducted in age-groups of 5 or 10 years and attract competitors of a wide range of ages and experience many indeed are newcomers to the sport the oldest competitor in a Masters' Diving Championship was Viola Krahn who at the age of 101 was the first person in any sport male or female anywhere in the world to compete in an age-group. (Search Results Master Diving ) Diving

 

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