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

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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.