| Points. | |
| Unsuccessful attempt | 0 |
| Bad dive | 3 |
| Fair dive | 6 |
| Good dive | 8 |
| Excellent dive | 10 |
The judges may mark points and half points between those mentioned in the above scale, but 10 shall be the highest possible that can be awarded by any judge.
An unsuccessful attempt is one in which the competitor has failed to perform the dive nominated.
In all jackknife dives the competitor should enter the water within six feet from the take-off.
All head dives with arms by sides are ruled out.
Swallow and all other forms of straight front dives are to be considered as plain front dives.
In all somersaults or jackknife dives with twists, the somersaults or jackknives must be completed before twisting.
Under observation of the foregoing conditions and instructions in making their respective awards each judge shall:
a. Write down his points for each dive performed by each competitor according to the scale of points named in point table above.
b. The points awarded by him for each voluntary dive shall be multiplied by the points allowed for the degree of difficulty in each case as specified in the following diving tables.