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Springboard Diving Honor Requirements

Springboard Diving Honor Requirements

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Springboard Diving

Instructor Required
Prerequisite: Have the Beginners Swimming, Advanced Honor.

1. Demonstrate properly the following dives:*

  1. Swan
  2. Front somersault (tuck)
  3. Half twist

2. Demonstrate properly two of the following dives:*

  1. Half twist
  2. Cutaway
  3. Somersault front one and one-half
  4. Back dive
  5. Back jackknife
  6. Half gainer (tuck, pike, or layout)

3. State the safety depths of water under a one-meter board, a three-meter board, and a tower. How far should the board project over the pool? What boards are recommended?

Note: * Basis of Judging: Attention position for running dives; attention position on end of board for standing dives based on the following:

  1. Approach
  2. Spring
  3. Way body is carried through the air (layout, tuck, or pike)
  4. Entry into water

In the test, each candidate will announce the dive type and be judged accordingly.
* Basis of Judging: Attention position for running dives; attention position on end of board for standing dives based on the following:

  1. Approach
  2. Spring
  3. Way body is carried through the air (layout, tuck, or pike)
  4. Entry into water

Skill Level 2
Original Honor 1964

Recreation
General Conference
2001 Edition
Updated 2020

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