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NCAA Diving is the collegiate variant of competitive diving for NCAA Division I, II, and III institutions across both men's and women's brackets. Contested alongside NCAA Swimming at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship in March each year. NCAA Diving uses the World Aquatics technical baseli...
Springboard: approach must consist of at least 3 steps + a hurdle (one-foot takeoff into a two-foot landing); Platform: approach must consist of at least 4 steps OR a standing/armstand takeoff; Re-do allowed once per competition for falsely-called dive (per NCAA rule)
Group 1 — Forward: front-facing takeoff, forward rotation; Group 2 — Back: back-facing takeoff, backward rotation; Group 3 — Reverse: forward-facing takeoff, backward rotation
Each dive is judged on approach, takeoff, elevation/distance, execution, and entry. The diver must hit the announced dive position; failure to do so results in degraded scores or a "failed dive" (zero score) per the rule book.
Straight (A): body fully extended; Pike (B): body bent at the hips, legs straight; Tuck (C): body bent at hips and knees, hands holding shins
Drop the highest and lowest judge scores (with 5 judges, drop highest + lowest leaving 3; with 7 judges, drop highest + lowest pair leaving 3 middle); Sum the remaining 3 scores; Multiply by the dive's Degree of Difficulty (DD)
1-meter springboard: 11-dive list (5 voluntary + 6 optional, women) or 11-dive list (6 voluntary + 5 optional, men) — exact split per published rule book; 3-meter springboard: same 11-dive list framework as 1-meter; 10-meter platform (M's championship event; W's contested at some D1 conferences a...
NCAA Diving Championship qualification is via NCAA Zone Diving Meets — five regional Zone meets contested in the weeks before the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, with a specified number of qualifiers from each zone advancing per gender per event.
Swimsuit: NCAA-approved per Equipment Standards; specific diving suit cut allowed; Diving boards: aluminum with non-slip surface; 1m and 3m heights NCAA-spec; Diving platforms: concrete or steel-frame with non-slip surface; 10m height NCAA championship
1-meter springboard: 16 ft × 20 inch board, mounted at 1 m above water; 3-meter springboard: same board profile, mounted at 3 m above water; 10-meter platform: 6.5 m × 3 m platform, 10 m above water
NCAA Diving Championship qualification is via NCAA Zone Diving Meets — five regional Zone meets contested in the weeks before the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, with a specified number of qualifiers from each zone advancing per gender per event.
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