the cord is knotted at regular intervals 23 along its horizontal portion after the cord is threaded through the pulleys and prior to its being drawn up the targets 8a 8b 8c 8d and 8e are hung on it fig 1 the targets are held on the cord by means of the open ended hooks 5 shown in fig4 and 5 the number of targets arbitrarily shown as five in fig1 will vary with the width of the pool the number of participants and the particular game being played the cord is then drawn up so that its center portion is approximately horizontal and the excess cord on either end is fastened to the cleats 17 and 17a each target incorporates a handle 7 to permit grasping and lifting from the cord the scoring value of each target is indicated by the numerals 9 printed on one side this side is placed away from the diver 39 s approach in one version of play each target contains the weight 24 to stabilize it against wind the base support shown in fig3 comprises an inner conic section 29 contained in and integrally molded with an outer housing 30 ribs 18 add rigidity to the structure the base supports are weighted by adding water to the annular space 16 one game of the many which are possible starts with the tossing of coins to determine which diver will be first each participant dives along a trajectory 6 as shown in fig1 in order to clear the hurdle and to permit him to move his arms while in the air he seizes as many targets as possible the numbers on the back of the seized targets determine his score for the dive a dropped.