Exit criteria
Information on the Learn 2 Dive levels and the required exit criteria for progressing.
Dive Skills 1
Aim: to introduce the core aquatic skills.
Exit criteria:
- Show competency with the transition from shallow to deep water
- Learn the 3 shapes used in diving (Straight, tuck and pike)
- Show correct body alignment with good posture
- Able to jump forwards and backwards from the poolside
- Perform a forward entry from the poolside
Dive Skills 2
Aim: to further develop poolside skills and complete backward entry. Introduce dry land training. Introduce coordination and timing.
Exit criteria:
- Diver is able to distinguish the different between a forward entry position and a backward entry position
- Perform Forward Dive Straight from poolside
- Able to perform a safe backward rotating dive from the poolside
- Demonstrate an affective arm swing from a T position start showing good co-ordination
- Demonstrate a forward and backward Jump from the 1 metre board
- Demonstrate forward pike fall from 1 metre board
Dive Skills 3
Aim: To further develop skills by introducing new dive groups. Develop control and confidence by jumping from the 3m diving board. Learn a rip entry.
Exit criteria:
- Perform 4 stage backward kick out (dry land)
- Perform inward and reverse poolside progressions
- Perform a forward dive straight and backward entry from the 1 metre diving board
- Perform forward pike fall from 3 metre board
Dive Skills 4
Aim: Further development of new skills from the 1-metre board, including hurdle step and bouncing skills. Further development of group coverage from the 1-metre board, with introduction if inward and backwards progressions. Development of skills and confidence on the 3-metre board.
Exit criteria:
- Develop the hurdle step by adding one or more steps
- Demonstrate a head-first dive with bouncing skills (101c)
- Perform safe lead-ups for Inward and Back dive tuck
- Perform a safe inward dive from the 1-metre board
- Perform jumps in all 3 shapes from 3-metre board
- Demonstrate a hurdle step jump from the 3-metre board.
Club Diving
Bronze Level
Aim: Continuation of group coverage and introduction of springboard timing drills. Learning basic skills to allow competition at a basic level. Further development of dry land practices.
Exit criteria:
- Completion of Bronze level skills
Silver Level
Aim: To learn and demonstrate dives in all four directions (Forwards, Backwards, Reverse and Inwards). To learn skills required to compete in SASA Levels events. To gain a knowledge and understanding of club training practices and competition formats.
Exit criteria:
- Completion of Silver Level Skills