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Ever wonder how competitive diving is judged? Hi! Welcome to watchmojo.com. I am your host Christine, and today we will be telling you how.
Divers must perform a set number of dives according to various established requirements including somersaults and twists in various directions from different starting positions.
A dive is not judged by entry alone. All phases of the performance are considered, the approach, the take off, the technique, and grace during flight and entry into water. The judges score each dive in its entirety, as each dive has an assigned degree of difficulty to reward the athlete for complicated skills.
A perfect entry with no splash is called a Rip after the loud tearing sound it creates. A bad entry in which the diver enters the water at an angle not nearly vertical is called a Wash.
To reduce the subjectivity of scoring in major meets, panels of five or seven judges are assembled. In the case where five judges are assembled, the highest and lowest scores are disregarded and the middle three are summed and multiplied by the degree of difficulty.
In major international events, seven judges are assembled. In these circumstances, the highest and lowest scores are again disregarded, and the middle five are summed, then ratioed by three-fifths and multiplied by the degree of difficulty so as to provide consistent comparison with a five judge event. Accordingly, it is extremely difficult for one judge to manipulate scores.
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