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Diving 101 Diving 101
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Types of Dives 3 Types: Skills, Voluntaries, and Optionals •
Skills are the building blocks that dives are made of. When first beginning, divers are taught skills almost exclusively. Skills consist of jumps and entry drills (sometimes called lineups). Skills carry a degree of difficulty of 1.0
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Voluntary dives are basic dives. Single dives or low numbers of flips. Gymnastics calls these types of basics compulsories. They are meant to demonstrate the athlete’s knowledge of the basics. These dives are
E n tr ie s w it h n o s p la s h a r e c a ll e d “ RIPs”!!
Degree of Difficulty (d.d.)
usually done at the beginning of the diver’s list. Degree of difficulty for Voluntary dives is low. •
Optional dives are the difficult flippy twisty dives. Degree of difficulty for these dives can be very high, depending on how hard they are. These dives are usually done at the end of the diver’s list. As the diver gets older, the number of optionals increases.
The harder a dive is the more d.d. it carries. Judges scores are added together then multiplied by the dive’s d.d. So a dive with a d.d. of 1.5 that receives 7, 7, 7.5 from the jugdes will have a final score of 32.25. Judges scores 7+7+7.5 = 21.5 21.5 x d.d. of 1.5 = 32.25
Types of Meets 5 Types: Skills Meets (dryland only COM Meets), Future Champions, Novice, Junior Olympic, and Senior •
Skills Meets are internal COM meets that are done 100% in the gym. They are an integral part of our system and how we teach. There are 5 levels. There is a video lesson of every single skill on our website: www.wtxdive.com.
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Junior Olympic and Senior
Future Champions events are entry-level water events. There are several levels. Divers are required to perform jumps and entry drills along
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with 1 or more voluntary dives. Higher levels will be allowed to do some optional dives. Your first several water meets will more than likely be this type. •
Novice events are just that. Not quite ready for Junior Olympic, but more advanced than Future •
Champions. Divers have more options in choice of dives, and d.d. begins to be a factor. o
These 3 types of events will constitute the bulk of events that divers participate in
Junior Olympic events are competitive. The J.O. system is based on a National Championships, and qualifying meets to get there. Top divers at J.O. Nationals move on to represent the United States internationally. It takes at least 1 year, usually 2 to reach this point. The Senior circuit is the pinnacle of the sport. Once a diver turns 18 this is their only competitive outlet. Very successful Junior divers can compete at this level. COM has had many.
during their first year or two of training.
Home and Away Meets •
Home Meets o
1 Skills Meet each month (dryland)
o 3 COM Invitationals per year (water) • Away Meets o Usually 2 to 3 per year (no further than Dallas) o These are water meets o We strongly encourage divers to go to away meets. They are fun and a great experience!
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Dive Numbers The Letter at the end:
This is the part that gets everybody. It seems very confusing, but it actually is pretty simple when you
Tells you the position of the
break it down. Here we go!
dive A = Straight
103B
The First Number:
B = Pike
Tells you the direction of the dive.
C = Tuck
1 = Forward
D = Free (only for twisters)
2 = Backward
The Second Number:
3 = Reverse
This is kind of a placeholder
4 = Inward
for dives that don’t include a
5 = Twister 6 = Armstand
The Third Number: Tells you how many half flips are in the dive. 0 = none (jump to feet)
5 = 2 ½ flips
twist, the second number will
1 = half (dive to the head)
6 = triple
tell you the dive direction
2 = single flip
7 = 3 ½ flips
3 = 1 ½ flips
8 = Quadruple
4 = Double
9 = 4 ½ flips
twist. When dives include a
(front twist in this case)
5132D 5 means twister
Skill Dives
The Fourth Number: (only for twisting dives)
100B = front jump pike 200A = back jump straight 001D = front lineup free 002C = back lineup tuck
Tells you how many half twists are in the dive. 1 = half twist
2 = 1 twist
Twister Examples
3 = 1 ½ twists
4 = 2 twists
5 = 2 ½ twists
6 = 3 twists
7 = 3 ½ twists
8 = 4 twists
5122D Front flip full twist (5 = twist, 1 = front, 2 = 2 half flips or 1 flip, 2 = 2 half twists or 1 twist) 5231D Back 1 ½ flips ½ twist (5 = twist, 2 = back, 3 = 3 half flips or 1 ½ flips, 1 = 1 half twist) D position is only used on twisters
9 = 4 ½ twists
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Common Dives 101A = front dive straight 201B = back dive pike 301C = reverse dive tuck 401B = inward dive pike (A,B,C) changes position 102B = front flip pike 202C = back flip tuck 302B = reverse flip pike 401C = inward dive tuck 203C = back 1 ½ tuck
1 = front
1 = ½ Flip
101C
2 = back
C = Tuck
201B
Front Dive Tuck
1 = front
3 = reverse
2 = back
C = Tuck
5 = Twister
1 = back
5 = Twister
3 = reverse
5 = Twister
2 = 1 Flip
2 = 1 Flip
202B
B = Pike
Back Flip Pike
Inward 1 ½ Tuck
1 = front
C = Tuck
Reverse Dive Tuck
3 = 1½ Flips
403C
1 = ½ Flip
301C
A = Straight
Inward Dive Straight
4 = inward
B = Pike
Back Dive Pike
1 = ½ Flip
401A
1 = ½ Flip
Jump Numbers
2 = 1 Twist D = Free (Twisters Only)
5122D Front Flip Full Twist
3=1½ Flips
200 (A,B, or C) Back Jump
1 = ½ Twist D = Free (Twisters Only)
5231D
001 (A,B, or C) Front Lineup
1 = ½ Twist
5321D
Lineup Numbers (Lineups are entry drills)
Back 1 ½ flips ½ twist
2 = 1 Flip
100 (A,B, or C) Front Jump
D = Free (Twisters Only)
Reverse flip ½ twist
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002 (A,B, or C) Back Lineup
USA Diving and AAU There are two bodies that sanction diving meets in the United States
• USA Diving runs our National Championship meets and associated qualifying meets. Many invitational events are also sanctioned through USAD. • The AAU is used by many clubs to sanction their events, as well as insure their athletes. We currently register all of our athletes with the AAU as a means to provide insurance. Your AAU # is available in the front office. •
Divemeets.com Almost all domestic diving meets are run through divemeets.com. They provide online registration as well as the software to run computerized events.
You will need to get a divemeets ID to register for meets.
Registration is easy. Simply click on the Login button on their website, click “Get a Divemeets ID” and follow the instructions. You will need 3 things: 1. Your AAU #, the front office has it. Call 684-7755 and ask for it. 2. When asked what your association is enter (Northwest Texas) 3. When asked who your coach is enter John Proctor (that’s me)
