1950-51

6oz
SWIMMING (DIVING)
There is always a tendency, particularly when diving from a
spring board immediately after diving from a fixed board, for
the body to enter the water at an angle beyond the vertical.
This is invariably due to the diver allowing the spring in the
board to throw his feet and legs up, instead of the whole of the
body. The line of the body at the moment the toes leave the
board should never be more than zo degrees from the vertical.
The muscles round the hips must be very firmly braced, to
prevent the body bending at the hips.
General
A dive is always considered as a whole rather than as a continuous
execution of its several parts. There are, therefore, important points
to observe which cannot be confined to any one of the parts dealt
with above. .
Throughout the whole of the dive the body and limbs must be
completely and obviously under intelligent control. There must
never be any slackness or deadness. The body must never look
as though it were falling or dropping into the water. On the other
hand, undue straining to get into or hold a position should never
be apparent.
The body should never enter the water at an angle beyond the
vertical.
The body and limbs must not crumple during the flight or on
entry into the water, but must be braced, particularly on the entry,
to withstand the impact of the water.
Judging of Diving Competitions
There shall be not less than three Judges, a Recorder and Check
Recorder. The Judges shall independently, and without consulting
each other, judge each dive out of a maximum of io points. After
each dive, and at a signal from the Recorder, but not before, eac'
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judge shall hold up a card showing what points he has awarded for
that particular dive, and these points shall be entered upon the official
judging sheet by the Recorder. At the finish of the competition,
these points shall be added up, and the competitor having the
greatest number shall be the winner.
For competitions where the above system is impracticable or
undesirable the following method shall be used :
Each Judge shall record his award in writing on a judging sheet,
these points being added together at the finish of the competition
and the winner being determined as above.
In Handicap competitions the Handicap shall be added to the total
points awarded by the Judges in respect of each competitor.
The maximum for all dives shall. be
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points.
Half points shall not be awarded.
POINTS FOR JUDGES
r. The Judges should distribute themselves, if possible, on both
sides of the point of entry and as far from each other as practicable.
In all car n the positions taken up by them should be such that