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Diving

For the grown-up beside a child who loves diving.

The child's own door is Diving on Spark & Anvil.

The sideline card

Three numbers to notice

  1. Each judge scores from 0 to 10, in half points.
  2. With five judges the highest and lowest scores are left out; with seven, the two highest and the two lowest.
  3. The degree of difficulty multiplies what is left, so a harder dive can win with lower marks.

On the way home, ask: “Would you rather try a harder dive or a cleaner one?”

Ask because you are curious, and let any answer stand. Print this page for a half-page card.

Understand it

A short course for you

Where it came from

A little history, and what nobody knows

Seven judges

With seven diving judges, the two highest and the two lowest scores are dropped; the middle three are added and multiplied by the dive’s degree of difficulty.

The source does not say when diving began dropping the top and bottom scores.

Source: Diving (sport) (Wikipedia)

Your child's ladder · on Spark & Anvil

The same idea at every age

  1. Ages 3–5Low Board, High Board
  2. Ages 6–8Five Judges
  3. Ages 9–14Hard Dive or Perfect Dive?
  4. Ages 15–18One Judge Leans

Your child will meet this idea again at every age. The tools and courses here are the part for you.