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Collegiate Skydiving Disciplines

All of the official rules can be found in the Skydiver's Competition Manual, Chapter 7

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Objective: 

On a freefall jump, teams perform a sequence of formations  designated by the draw for each round.

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Exit Altitude:

2-way teams leave the plane from 11,500 ft

4-way teams leave the plane at 12,000ft

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Working Time:

Teams have 35 seconds from their exit from the aircraft to complete the formations.

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Rounds:

2-way teams complete in 3 rounds while 4-way teams compete in 6 rounds. 

Draw:

The scoring formations of each round are decided by a random draw which is given to all competitors no later than 2 hours before the start of competition. 

Scoring:
A team will score one point for each judge-able scoring formation performed in the sequence within the allotted working time of each round.

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Watch Example Video

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2-way & 4-way Formation Skydiving

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2-way Vertical
Formation Skydiving

All of the official rules can be found in the Skydiver's Competition Manual, Chapter 7

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Objective: 

On a freefall jump, teams perform a sequence of formations  designated by the draw for each round.

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Exit Altitude:

Teams leave the plane from 13,000 feet.

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Working Time:

Teams have 35 seconds from their exit from the aircraft to complete the formations.

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Rounds:

Teams complete a maximum of 4 rounds. 

Draw:

The scoring formations of each round are decided by a random draw which is given to all competitors no later than 2 hours before the start of competition. 

Scoring:
A team will score one point for each judge-able scoring formation performed in the sequence within the allotted working time of each round.

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Watch Example Video

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6-way 
Formation Skydiving

All of the official rules can be found in the Skydiver's Competition Manual, Chapter 7

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Objective: 

A team of 6 leave the aircraft and build the required formation. Their working time begins when any team member (or a part of their body) crosses the door of the aircraft. 

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Exit Altitude:

Teams leave the plane from 12,000 feet.

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Working Time:

Each formation must be completed within 35 seconds and held for a minimum of five seconds.Total working time is 40 seconds.

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Rounds:

Teams complete a maximum of 3 rounds. 

Draw:

Each round consists of building one formation drawn from the current collegiate dive pool. 

Scoring:

Each team receives a score (in seconds) for the completed 6-way formation that is held for a minimum of five seconds. If a team does not complete a 6-way formation, it will receive the maximum score of 35 seconds. 

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All of the official rules can be found in the Skydiver's Competition Manual, Chapter 7

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Objective: 

Competitors fly their canopies to a target center and performing a stand-up landing. The target dead center is 0.4 meters (16 inches) in diameter. 

Team Event:

A team of four individuals complete their first three individual Accuracy Landing rounds and their scores for those rounds are added together.

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Exit Altitude:

Teams leave the plane from 4,500 ft unless weather considerations require a minimum exit altitude of 3,500ft. 

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Rounds:

Individuals complete a maximum of 4 rounds. 
The first three rounds are used to score the team event. 


Scoring:
Competitors will be judged on the following three tasks:

1. Accuracy - The distance between their first point of contact and the target center will be measured with a possible score of zero meters (dead center) to 15 meters maximum.

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2. Stand-up landing - Failure to perform a stand-up landing will add a 15-meter penalty to the competitor’s score. 

 

3. Landing control - The competitor will receive a 15-meter penalty if, the first point of contact is not within the 30.4m diameter circle, or; the competitor fails to contain the landing within the 30.4m diameter circle.

Individuals who do not land within the 30.4m diameter circle will be given a default score of 45m. 

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The individuals with lowest total accumulated scores will be the winners.

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Sport
Accuracy Landing

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