SENIOR RULES Below copied Jan 2011 from: http://www.usadiving.org/05redesign/resources/Rulebook/2010/SeniorCompetition.pdf Check this link for corrections modifications or updates to USAD Diving Rules. To print the rules for your meet click on the link above and use the PDF to search for words " dive sheets ". This Guarantees you have the most current rules directly from USA Diving.Org

JUNIOR RULES Below copied Jan 2011 from: http://www.usadiving.org/05redesign/resources/Rulebook/2010/JuniorDivingProgram.pdf . Check this link for corrections modifications or updates to USAD Diving Rules. To print the rules for your meet click on the link above and use the PDF to search for words " dive sheets ". This Guarantees you have the most current rules directly from USA Diving.Org

 

S:4 SENIOR RULES
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(c) Enforcement of this rule is the responsibility of the National Office.
(d) In the event of a conflict, included but not limited to any statements
about, copies of, or representations of the Corporation’s Competitive and Technical
Rules and Code of USA Diving appear in any document or article, or on any
website, the provisions of the printed Technical Rules of Diving and the official
version of the Code of USA Diving appearing on the Corporation’s website shall
prevail.

112.4 Submission of Diving Sheets.
(a) (1) Each competitor at the USA Diving National Championships must
deposit in a designated entry box at pool side by noon on the day prior to the
scheduled start time of the event, a complete and final list of dives the competitor
plans to perform in the contest.

(2) Each competitor at the USA Diving National Prelim binaries must deposit
in a designated entry box at pool side by 6:00 p.m. on the day prior to the
scheduled start time of the 1st day’s event, a complete and final list of dives the
competitor plans to perform in the contest.

(3) These dives are to be listed on an official form as distributed by the
meet director and filled out in pen or through an online registration service
provider which offers dive sheet submission.

(4) Synchronized diving sheets for the preliminary contest are considered
late if submitted less than six hours before the scheduled start of the contest and
will be assessed the late sheet fee.

(b) At the USA Diving National Championships and the USA Diving National
Preliminaries no changes are allowed to the dive sheets after three hours prior to
the start of the event. It remains the divers responsibility to conform to
competition parameters, such as degree of difficulty limits, and to satisfy dive
group requirements. Event results are unofficial until compliance with all
requirements is confirmed except that results are final one hour after the
completion of the last event each day.

(c) Each competitor in all diving competitions is entirely responsible for the
correctness of the statements on the list.

(d) This list of dives must be signed by the competitor or checked off at
registration if submitted electronically. The signed portion of the score sheet shall
be considered the competitor's official list of dives. Failure to sign or check off the
list of dives shall be an indication that the diver agrees with the list and plans to
perform the dives as listed.

(e) When dive sheets are entered online the diver must verify and certify with
their signature that the diving list is accurate. The diver may change the dives on
the list up to the time specified for the dropping of dive lists without penalty and
after that time up to three hours prior to the start of the event with a penalty as
prescribed elsewhere in these rules. Failure to verify and certify that the list
submitted online is accurate will be verification in itself the dives on the list are
those that the diver wishes to perform.

(f) In all other diving meets, the meet directors, at their own discretion, may
arrange for a time different from that stated above for turning in the diving list for
the
convenience of meet procedure and/or the meet secretary. The deadline should
not be less than one hour before the particular event and in all cases this
information must be clearly stated on the entry information form.

(g) No changes may be made after the three-hour deadline before the
scheduled start time of the event.

(h) The meet director or his or her representative shall check the designated
entry box at noon (6:00 p.m. on the day prior to the first day of competition and
12 noon on subsequent days for USA Diving National Preliminaries) to determine
that all diving lists have been submitted. A grace period of 30 minutes will given
for entered divers to turn in completed diving sheets.
(i) Any time after 12:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. for USA Diving National
Preliminaries) the drawing can be made.

(j) Dive sheets submitted after the sheet entry deadline and before the three
hour deadline will be considered late entries. The diver may still compete by
paying a fine as determined by the Board of Directors and, at the discretion of the
meet director, dive first in the diving order. The fee should be made payable to
the meet director of host club.

(k) A diving list score form listing dives and signed by the competitor may be
mailed by certified mail (return receipt as proof) with the entry form, or
separately, to the meet director who will deposit it into the designated entry box
if the mailing meets with the deadline requirements.

112.5 Correction of Dive Sheets. The meet director shall have someone
available more than three hours before the start of the USA Diving National
Championships and the USA Diving National Preliminaries each day to allow the
divers the opportunity to check and/or change their diving sheets.

JUNIOR DIVING PROGRAM (http://www.usadiving.org/05redesign/resources/Rulebook/2010/JuniorDivingProgram.pdf)

121.2 Diving Sheet Procedures.
(a) (1) Each competitor at the Age Group National Championships and the
Junior National Championships must submit with their entry into the competition
or deposit in a designated entry box at pool side by 12 noon on the day prior to
the competition a complete and final list of the dives the competitor plans to
perform in the contest. These dives are to be listed on an official form as
distributed by the meet director and either filled out by the diver in pen or
computer-generated and signed by the diver.

(2) For Junior Regionals, East/West Spring Nationals, and Summer Zone
Championships, the dive sheet deposit deadline should be 6:00 p.m. on the day
prior to the scheduled start of the meet and noon on subsequent days.
(b) Each competitor in all diving competitions is entirely responsible for the
correctness of the statements on the list.

(c) This final list of dives must be signed by the competitor. The signed
portion of the score sheet shall be considered the competitors official list of dives.
(d) When dive sheets are entered online the diver must verify and certify with
their signature that the diving list is accurate. The diver may change the dives on
the list up to the time specified for the dropping of dive lists without penalty and
after that time up to three hours prior to the start of the event with a penalty as
prescribed elsewhere in these rules. Failure to verify and certify that the list
submitted online is accurate will be verification in itself that the dives on the list
are those that the diver wishes to perform.

(e) No changes are allowed to the dive sheets after three hours prior to the
scheduled start of the event except as stated in (f) below.

(f) In all diving meets other than the Age Group National Championships,
Junior National Championships, East/West Spring National Championships,
Summer Zone Championships, or Regional Championships, the meet directors,
at their own discretion, may arrange for a time different from that stated above
for turning in the diving list for the convenience of meet procedure and/or the
meet secretary. The deadline should not be less than one hour before the
particular event and in all cases this information must be clearly stated on the
entry information form.

(g) The meet director or designee shall check the designated entry box at
noon (6:00 p.m. for Regional Championships, East/West National Championships,
and Zone Championships) to determine that all diving lists have been submitted.
A grace period of 30 minutes will be given for entered divers to turn in completed
diving sheets.

(h) Any time after 12:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. for Regional Championships,
East/West Spring National Championships, and Summer Zone Championships) the
drawing for dive order may be made.

(i) Diving sheets submitted after the sheet deadline will be considered late.
The diver may still compete by paying a fine as prescribed in Article 21, Section
121.1 (b)(5) and, at the discretion of the meet director, dive first in the diving
order. The fee should be made payable to the meet director or host club.

(j) A diving list score form listing dives and signed by the competitor may be
mailed by certified mail (return receipt as proof) to the meet director who will
deposit it into the designated entry box if the mailing meets with the deadline
requirements.

121.3 Correction of Dive Sheets. The meet director shall have someone
available during all days of the Age Group National Championships and the Junior
National Championships to allow the divers the opportunity to check and/or
change their diving sheets up to three hours prior to the scheduled start of their
events. A fee as prescribed in Article 21, Section 121.1 (b)(1), will be imposed for
changing the sheet after the submission deadline but before the three-hour
deadline has passed.