Diving explanation

Diving needs these characteristics. Gymnasts, Dancers-strength flexibility, kinaesthetic or air awareness. In the commonwealth games There are 1 metre, 3 metre, 5 metre and 10 metre diving boards. But in the olympic games there are no 1 metre dives.

They need to do a set number of dives including somersaults and twists to get a higher score to have a higher chance to move onto the next round. You need to be vertical while hitting the water to make minimal splash. Too much splash equals in a lower score. The judges score points like this. 3 points for takeoff, 3 points for dive, 3 points for dive and 1 point for flexibility.

They judge the points on a difficulty factor. The harder the dive the more points you will get. The more spins, somersaults and twists the more points. However if  you fail to do the amount of somersaults dives assigned, you’re out of the competition.

By Braeden