Rules of sport

SWIMMING
ward Somersault ; " from the io metre board, one Standing
plain Dive " and one " Running plain Dive: " also three free
or voluntary Dives selected by the competitors from the Diving
Table, which shall be performed from the io metre platform.
21.
The competition in Variety Diving from Spring Boards
(Rule 18) shall comprise four compulsory Dives and shall include
from the i-metre board, one "Plain
running
Dive" and one
" Running forward Somersault; " and from the
3
-metre board,
" One and a half Somersault " and " Backward Spring and
Forward Dive," also " three free or voluntary Dives " selected
by the competitor from the Spring Board Diving Table, which
shall all be performed from the
3
-metre Board.
22.
The competitors shall deliver at the time of entry to the
Hon. Secretary of the British Olympic Association a complete
statement or specificaion of the voluntary Dives selected by
them. No competitor shall be permitted to repeat any one of
the free or voluntary Dives.
23.
For the Variety High Diving Competition the judges
shall observe the foregoing conditions and instructions, and in
making their respective awards, each judge shall:
(a) Write down his points for each Dive performed by each
competitor according to the scale of points named in Rule
25.
(b)
The points awarded by him for each voluntary Dive shall,
for the Variety High Diving Competition, be
multiplied
by
the
degree of difficulty, and for the Variety competition from Spring
Boards the points allowed for the degree of difficulty shall be
added,
in each case as specified against each dive named in the
respective Diving Tables.
(c) The product of each judge, after being checked as correct,
shall be added together and divided by three. The quotient
(or one-third of the total awarded by three judges to a com-
petitor) shall be the competitor's final points.
24.
In making the award of points for each Dive the judges
shall have regard to the degree of difficulty of the various Dives
performed, and shall take into consideration:
(a) That the start is made with confidence, gracefully, and in
a bold manner; and in running Dives also the force and energy
imparted.
(b)
That the bearing of the body in the air is easy, supple and
graceful.
(c) That when in the air performing plain head dives
(i.e.,
dives without a turn) the head is erect, back hollowed, legs closed
with feet turned back, the arms shall be stretched at right angles
to the body and the fingers closed, or in advance of the head with
the forefingers in contact palms downwards.
25. For each Dive each judge shall award points according to
the following scale :
(a) Unsuccessful attempt . o points:
(b)
Bad dive
. 0
. 3; „
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