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Diving Skills Front FlipTuck Position
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Diving Skills Front FlipTuck Position
I. Description of Critical ElementsII. What Judges look for in a good dive. A. Top B. Body Position a. Angle of Attack b. Center of Mass
III. Pick the Good DiveIV. References
Description of Critical Elements “Tuck Position”
In the “tuck position” the diver is:
In a tight ball
Description of Critical Elements “Tuck Position”
In the “tuck position” the diver is:In a tight ballKnees and hips full flexed.
Description of Critical Elements “Tuck Position”
In the “tuck position” the diver is:In a tight ballKnees and hips full flexed.Knees close to chest.
Description of Critical Elements “Tuck Position”
In the “tuck position” the diver is:In a tight ballKnees and hips full flexed.Knees close to chest.Hands grasping the shins
Description of Critical Elements “Tuck Position”
In the “tuck position” the diver is:In a tight ballKnees and hips full flexed.Knees close to chest.Hands grasping the shinsHead Down
Description of Critical Elements “Tuck Position”
In the “tuck position” the diver is:In a tight ballKnees and hips full flexed.Knees close to chest.Hands grasping the shinsHead DownEyes looking over the feet
Diving Skills Front Flip
What Judges look for in a good dive.
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
1 -Take-Off2 -Top3 -Body Position4 -Entry5 -Style
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
We will look at 2 of the 5 phases (#2 &3)
2-Top3-Body Position
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
Top
The execution of the flip is at the “top” or on the way up from the lift of the board.
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
Top GoodTop
Flip is completed before the fall
• Click On Picture to Play Clip
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
GoodTop
• Complete flip before fall
• Get maximum lift by achieving a good “angle of attack” (angle diver produces at Maximal Board Deflection)
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Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
Top Good
• Angle of Attack- Angle diver produces at the bottom of the press.
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Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
Top Good
• Angle of Attack
• Flip completes on the way up
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Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive. Review
Top Good
• Angle of Attack
• Flip completes on the way up
• “Come-out” should happen before entry into the water
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
“Top”
Good
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Bad
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Diving Skills Front Flip
“Angle of Attack”
Angle produced at maximal board deflection (bend)
These 2 elements determine how high and/or how far out a diver
travels.
Diving Skills Front Flip “Angle of Attack” Good Good
Good BadTake Special Note of the body position the angles are similar but the different body positions is one of the core problem between good and
bad dives.
Diving Skills Front Flip “Angle of Attack”Good Good
Good Bad The good diver is standing tall while the bad model is more hunched over. Even
though she creates a similar angle her dive will suffer with regard to the flip.
Diving Skills Front FlipWhat Judges look for in a good dive.
TOP (area)
5.69 feet between “top” and completion of dive
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
Top How much area is the dive performed in (up and down)
The dive on the left uses the same area but completes the
dive, even though she is 5’09 and her counterpart is only 4’8. The smaller one should be able to complete this dive easier. 5.59 feet 5.27 feet
Good Bad
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
2. Body Position
• The diver is able to hold a tight tuck with toes pointed
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
2. Body Position• The diver is able to hold a tight tuck
with toes pointed • The elbows are held close to the
legs not protruding outward
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
2. Body Position• The diver is able to hold a tight tuck
with toes pointed • The elbows are held close to the
legs not protruding outward• Come out is before the entry
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
2. Body Position- Tuck tightness, rotation, & come out
-Good-
• Tight Tuck
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
2. Body Position- Tuck tightness, rotation, & come out
Good
• Tight Tuck
• Come out is complete and before entry
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
2. Body Position- Tuck tightness, rotation, & come out
BadTuck is tight but rotation is slow
Causing a late come out
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
2. Body Position- Tuck tightness, Flip completed on the way up, & come out
Good
Come out is on time:)
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
2. Body Position-(Bad)
-Bad-• Good tuck• Slow rotation flip completes
on the way down
• “come out” is after entry into the water
Diving Skills Front Flip What Judges look for in a good dive.
Body Position
Good
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Bad
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Diving Skills Front FlipWhat Judges look for in a good dive.
Body Position and the “Center of Mass”
Center of Mass
Where does their center of gravity travel throughout the dive?
How big of a path does it make?How fast does it move?
Diving Skills Front FlipCenter of Mass Trace
Two different divers (dive104C) “Rotation & Body Position”
Red = Bad Green = Good
Together they do not look that different
Diving Skills Front FlipCenter of Mass Trace
“Rotation & Body Position” (dive104C)
Good-• Center of mass goes up
then down• Flip is completed on the
way upBad-
• Center of mass goes up, out, & down Trace is more round
• Flip is completed on the way down
Good Bad
Diving Skills Front Flip “Rotation & Body Position”
Good
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Bad
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Diving Skills Front FlipPick the Good Dive
1 -Is the Flip Completed on the way up?2 -Is the come out before the entry ?3 -Are their Legs Straight?
Diving Skills Front Flip
Dive #1Click on picture to Play Dive #2
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Diving Skills Front FlipCue Words For Critical Elements
Top
“Feel the lift”
“Ride the board”
Body Position
•“Squeeze”
•Kick or “hup”
Diving Skills Front FlipReferences
• Batterman Charles The Techniques of Spring Board diving. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press
• Barone, Marian, Beginning Diving. Palo Alto, Calif. National Press 1973.
• Billingsley, Hobert Diving Illustrated. New York, Ronald Pres Co. (1965).
• Jeff Bro Head Coach University of Nebraska Diving.