A sport that may be available in your local area at the Council swimming pool or you can use the side of your own pool to start to learn it. Is Synchronised Diving. Two people. Doing the same movements together at the same time. These are things that we don’t normally encourage children to do repeatedly which is to jump in the pool and get straight back out again. The benefit for some of the enjoyment of diving is that you don’t need to do the exhausting work of swimming lessons where you go up and down the pool constantly. A thin wetsuit may keep the individual with a disability warmer for longer.
The synchronised diving competition involves two competitors diving simultaneously from the springboards or platform. The competition is judged on how they individually perform their dives and how the team synchronises their performance.
Factors to be considered by the synchronised judges include:
- The approach;
- The take-off, including the similarity of height;
- The co-ordinated timing of the movements during the flight;
- The similarity of the angles of the entries;
- The comparative distance from the board and platform of entry;
- The co-ordinated timing of the entries
