Dive Overview
Team Philosophy
The Hunt Valley Stingrays is a summer recreational swim and dive program. It is recognized that there is great diversity in individual skills, motivation, self-confidence, age and level of maturity among our swimmers and divers. We stress individual improvement through positive encouragement. Participation in our program will be a positive and satisfying experience for your child, as it promotes good health and physical fitness in a social atmosphere. One of our goals is to give every swimmer or diver an opportunity to improve their individual skills and achieve success at his or her level of ability.
Team Suits
Participation in dive requires swimsuits only. Caps are not required for divers, however we recommend tying or putting up long hair. Divers can not wear goggles. All divers are encouraged to purchase and wear the official team suit which changes every two years. There are opportunities to purchase swimsuits, please reach out to your dive representatives for more information.
Overview
Hunt Valley started dive team relatively recently but we are moving up the ranks of the NVSL Dive very quickly, currently division 3. The idea behind adding dive was to give the Hunt Valley pool members another sport with which their kids can grow in. Summer diving is a family experience that should be filled with fun for not only your divers, but siblings and parents included.
School age children and youth are invited to join the Stingray Dive Team. No previous diving experience is necessary; however the diver must be able to swim the length of the pool and show an interest in learning how to dive.
General Dive Information
4 basic positions in diving:
- Straight: meaning body not bent at the knees or hips
- Pike: body bent at hips
- Tuck: body bent at knees and hips
- Free: may incorporate any or all of the positions
4 Categories of Divers:
- Freshmen: ages 10 and under
- Juniors: ages 11-12
- Intermediates: ages 13-14
- Seniors: ages 15-18
5 Series of Dives:
- 100 – Front Dives
- 200- Back Dives
- 300- Reverse Dives
- 400- Inward dives
- 5000- Twister Dive
Range of scoring for a dive:
- Good to Very Good to Excellent: 7 to 10 points
- Satisfactory: 5-6.5 points
- Deficient: 2.5 to 4.5 points
- Unsatisfactory: .5 to 2 points
- Failed: 0
Each dive has a degree of difficulty attached to it, often called “DD”. The DD is calculated in determining the overall score for the diver.
Double jumping or double bounding on the end of the board before take off is a failed dive.
NVSL Dive
NVSL Dive is our governing organization who manages the league. Please visit their website to learn more about dive: Welcome to the Northern Virginia Swimming League-Diving (mynvsl.com) Under the documents section you can find the NVSL handbook and other information about dive.
