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Synchronized Diving

Synchronized diving is pair diving: two athletes perform the same or coordinated dive at the same time, with execution, difficulty and especially synchronisation of take-off, flight and entry judged. This entry is not underwater scuba diving or a generic water-sport card.

LevelVariant FamilyAquatics Family CategoryWater sport / diving

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Classification

Category Water sport / diving

Family Aquatics Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Synchronized diving is pair diving: two athletes perform the same or coordinated dive at the same time, with execution, difficulty and especially synchronisation of take-off, flight and entry judged.

Geeignet für Fits if you find diving technique and exact partner timing exciting, you want height and water with clear coaching and safety structure, you are willing to learn basics individually and on dry land first.

Cost Moderate with club/course: diving facility, coach and safety supervision matter more than personal gear. Club/course fee, pool time, possible competition fees; little personal specialist gear needed. Diving club, aquatics club, learn-to-dive course or pool with diving boards. Start synchronized diving only after safe individual technique and under coach sup…

First progress Basic dives after course hours; clean synchronized dives take longer.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

Coach, diving well, 1m/3m board or platform access, swimwear, reliable swimming ability, supervision and ideally video/feedback.

First steps

Start at a diving club: dry-land training, take-off line, body tension, simple individual dives and only later partner timing.
Look for a diving club, aquatics club, learn-to-dive course, masters/youth group or pool with diving boards and a coach.

Look for a diving club, aquatics club, learn-to-dive course, masters/youth group or pool with diving boards and a coach.

Start only in the appropriate source-described context and follow local rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags synchronized-diving, water-sport, aquatics-familie, synchronspringen, wassersport-wasserspringen, water-sport-diving

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

As a pair, perform legal dives with the cleanest possible execution, synchronisation and entry line.

Teilnehmer

Two divers per pair.

Teamgröße

2 people.

Spielfeld

Diving pool with board or platform.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Execution, synchronisation and degree of difficulty.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

springboard
platform
diving pool
swimwear

Wichtige Regelpunkte

wrong dive
unsafe execution
poor synchronisation
rule/start breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

World Aquatics
World Aquatics (WA)

Diving Rules World Aquatics · rulebook · high
Diving Rules Explained OpenSourceSports · rule-guide · medium
How Is Diving Scored? Encyclopaedia Britannica · scoring-guide · high
Learn to Dive program Norco Diving · club-guide · medium