1. Violation of the Approach and hurdle step.
  2. Violation of the back press and take-off.
  3. Excessive occilation (more than 4).
  4. Crow hop (1 or both feet).
  5. Form breaks (complete).
  6. Form Break (Partial).
  7. Dive done in the wrong position.
  8. Wrong dive performed.
  9. Over/under twist.
10. Incomplete/over completed twists.
11. Hands not in proper position for entry.
12. Not coming out of tuck for entry (cannon ball entry).
13. Knee bends on free position twisters (except those noted in rulebook).
14. Dives over/short on entry.
15. Hands/head not touching first at entry.
16. Split tuck.
17. Diver landing to the side of the board.
18. Hitting the board.
19. Twisting manifestly from the board.

 What I tried to do below was to take all of the penalties and deductions from the above errors and place them into the appropriate categories for scoring. In the example below, there are only 2 of the above errors that can move into three or four of the categories. This happens because it will depend on the judge’s determination of degree. (How much over/undertwist or how far over or short the dive goes into the water.)
 Points are to be awarded as indicated below (from the RuleBook).
                                                                                   Exceptional         9 - 10
                                                                                   Excellent         7 1/2 - 8 1/2
                                                            14                   Good                  6 - 7
                                       9                   14                   Satisfactory      4 1/2 - 5 1/2
                               6      9                   14                   Defficeint         2 1/2 - 4
                            5    7   9    11 12 13 14           18    Unsatisfactory     1/2 - 2
                                    8    10                  15               Failed      0 points

  In the example below, I tried to show how high a score could be thrown with these errors being enforced. It should be noted that some errors could still score in the excellent category if that is the only thing wrong with the dive. Others can not be scored above the category level because that is the penalty for the error.

       3 4                                              16 17    19            Exceptional       9 - 10
1 2  3 4                                              16 17    19            Excellent       7 1/2 - 8 1/2
1 2  3 4                                      14    16 17    19            Good           6 - 7
1 2  3 4                 9                   14   16 17    19            Satisfactory   4 1/2 - 5 1/2
1 2  3 4        6       9                   14    16 17    19            Defficeint       2 1/2 - 4
1 2  3 4    5  6  7   9    11 12 13 14    16 171819            Unsatisfactory   1/2 - 2
1 2                     8   10                   15                             Failed         0 points

1 2                                                                                Balk  Minus 2 pts per score
       3  4                                             16 17   19           Deduction  1/2 - 2 pts.