Synchro diving is when two divers dive at the same time. They are either doing the same dive or doing the same type of dive but not in the same direction.
This video is a pair of divers doing a back double or triple somersault, it's hard to tell because they're going so fast, but whether it's two or three it still is a synchronized dive.
Synchronized diving is a great way to perfect dives because you learn how to do a dive the same way every single time, because you have to do the same as your partner is doing. It also pushes you to improve because your doing your dives individually but your also a team and you wouldn't want to let your teammate down because you didn't pull your weight.
When the judges are judging synchro dives the usually give points for level of difficulty, entry (the way they go into the water) and if they go in at the same time. Also the biggest point is that if they actually do the dive at the same time and synchronized
Monday, June 7, 2010
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