How to fill in a diving sheet

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How to fill in a diving sheet

• An easy and friendly guide for
• Firbank Aquastars divers and parents
• designed by Macarena
• 2004

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Contents

• Introduction
• Understanding the Diving Number
• Things to remember
• FAQ
• Useful links
• Degree of difficulty sheets
• Dive Sheet

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1. Introduction

• Filling in your diving sheet is a very important
  step in your preparation towards a competition
• If you know how to fill your diving sheet
  correctly you can be confident that the only
  thing you have to think about during competitions
  is to have fun and perform your best
• This guide is made to help you and your parents
  during this process. It will help you to
  understand the dive numbers and will explain
  step by step how to fill in the diving sheet.
• It is very important for you as a young diver to
  get involved in this process and make your self
  responsible of your diving sheets.

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2. Understanding the Diving Number System

• All dives are designated by a system of 3 or 4
  numbers followed by a single letter.
• For example

The first number indicates the group to which the
dive belongs

• Front

Back
Reverse
Inward
Twisting
Arm stand
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2. Understanding the Diving Number System(cont)

• The third number indicates the number of half
  somersaults being performed. For example
• ½ somersault,
• 1½ somersaults etc.
• The fourth number is used only in the Twisting
  and Armstand groups indicates the number of half
  twists being performed. For example
• 1 twist
• 2½ somersaults etc.

• The second number for Front, Back, Reverse and
  Inward will ALWAYS be
• In Armstand and Twisting groups the second
  number indicates the group or direction to which
  the dive belongs

Front
Back
Reverse
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2. Understanding the Diving Number System(cont)

• The letter at the end of the dive number
  indicates the position in which the dive is
  performed

• Straight

Pike
Tuck
Free ()

• Free position means any combination of the
  other positions and is restricted to twisting
  dives

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3. Things to remember

• Timing is very important when it comes to submit
  your diving sheets. You have to submit your
  diving sheets 48 hrs prior your event. VDA and
  Diving Australia may ask you to do this in
  triplicate.
• Ask your coach to check your diving sheet before
  submitting it. Nobody else knows you better as a
  diver!!! But you choose your dives.
• Keep a copy of your diving sheet and have it with
  you during the competition. You can give your
  coach a copy as well.
• Always check the entry form information, there
  may be changes regarding timing or diving sheets
  submission .
• Always check and sign your dive sheet

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4. FAQ

• Once I submit my diving sheet, can I change any
  dive?
• The answer is NO, generally speaking officials
  will not allow you to change any of the dives you
  wrote in your diving sheet. Therefore, it is very
  important to double check it with your coach
  before.
• If the incorrect dive or position is on my dive
  sheet, do I have do that dive in the competition?
• Yes. This is why it is so important that you
  write the dive sheet yourself. You are the one
  who will remember the position of your dives
  better than your coach. For example you may do a
  forward dive tuck, if someone else writes your
  sheet they may accidentally write forward dive
  pike, a dive you may not be able to do. You would
  have to do pike if it was on your dive sheet.
• Where do I put my completed dive sheet after my
  coach has checked it and I have signed it?
• Place it into the silver Dive Sheet Box in the
  Divers Room at MSAC or in Box number 9 at MSAC

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5. Useful links

• These are links of official web sites you can
  always look if you have any further questions.

Firbank Aquastars Diving www.firbankaquastarsdivi
ng.com FINA (International Swimming
Federation) http//www.fina.org/divingrules.html
DA (Diving Australia) http//www.diving.asn.
au VDA (Victoria Diving Association)
http//www.vda.com.au