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Swimming Pool Dives
Category: Swim pool diving
Pool diving can be desribed as a sportive immersion in the water, usually head forward, carried out with elements of gymnastics and acrobatics. This most refined form of acrobatic leaps into the water first appeared in Europe in the 19th century. They became part of the Olympic swimming program in 1904 and started growing rapidly in the first half of the 20 century.
Diving competitions are carried out from a stable, solid platform height of 5 or 10 meters (16.4 ili32, 8 feet) above the water, or with elastic hopping sites 1 or 3 high. In Olympic competition only 10 meter platform and 3-meter platform are used. Jumping submitted in the competition record in the table, together with the scale of the difficulties of implementation. This table is published by the International Organization of Swimmers, the governing body of amateur aquatic sports. Participants are invited to meet certain competitions listed jumps into the water, as well as a few dives on their own choice. 10 judges evaluate each dive. Particular attention is paid to the take off from the platform, the position of a diver's body in the air, implementation of the prescribed movements and the entrance into the water. Points for each pool dive are added and multiplied by the degree of complexity of the elements. Diver with the highest rate for all dives to the end of the competition becomes the winner. In competition with the use of elastic surface divers perform 11 dives: 5 dives of their own style and 6 standard restricted dives for evaluation of the dive judges board. Women do the same 5 on their own, but only 5 inspection dives. Competitions using the platform normally include 10 dives for men and 9 for women. Leaping from the platform, the athlete develops speed up to 60 km/h.
Competitive diving is divided into 5 groups, with the addition of hops from the counter on his hands, which are carried out only from a stable platform. The first involves a leap forward, in which a sportsman stands on the edge of the dive platform to the water face and makes a rotation in half the turnover or with a lot of speed before entering the water of the swimming pool. The second group includes jumping, standing on the edge of the platform back to the water and then spinning in the opposite direction. Third - the opposite group, which starts from pole position facing the water, and then commits a whirl in the direction of the board. The fourth group - the internal pole - pole standing on the edge of the platform and jumping from the back, but rotates forward again toward the board. The fifth classification - twisting jump, in which the diver's body rotates around its axis during the execution of one of the 4 other specialty dives, 1,5 tumbling forward with 3 twist. Five unrestricted free style dives include one selected from each group.
Most of the dives included in the list could be implemented in 3 distinct positions: straight, oblique and bent. In a straight body position, straightening up without bending at the hips or knees. In the second position of the hips are tilted, but the knees are straight. In the third position and the hips and knees bent, and the body to the form of a ball. The most difficult dive can be performed in any position, free, as a graceful combination of the others.
How to recognize a good dive
Here are some basic criteria for evaluating the dive:
Separation - 80% of the dive jump depends on the correct start. Diver must jump as high as they can and naturally without departing too far from the platform: in a jump of one of the main challenges is to complete the jump as soon as possible to prepare the body to a horizontal plunge without splashing. If the diver begins to jump before reaching the maximum height, or jumps too far away from the board, he will jump to finish too close to the water, likely not having time to commit the perfect dive. During the start of the head and shoulders should not greatly deviate from the vertical position, otherwise the jumper will lose height, and, consequently, the time to prepare to dive.
The rapid somersault and rotation-for me it is the most difficult element of the pre-dive jump! When you do complicated jumps, you understand that water is getting closer and closer to the body, so during the launch diver must focus on when they would start jumping as fast as possible ... but you probably do not jump as high as you could! The fear of a bad influence on the jumper's mind: many of the Olympic diving, you can see that the more complex is the jump, the lower pole is repelled because they mistakenly try to immediately begin to spin, thus forgetting to collect an additional 30-40 cm of height and time to complete the jump above. Multiple, complex twist and somersault requires to start its maximum height, and only, the jumper pushed by 110% and his legs are ready to break away from the board, he can finally begin to rotate or somersault adding more head and shoulders. First, high jump, and then rapid rotation created by the movement of the upper body toward the inner side of the body or to the water, depending on the jump.
Aiming - when the jumper is definitely going to leave the platform, he has a moment out to see where and how his body was located in the air, through a constant sight in the water, onto the platform and other surrounding solid objects that may help him . In today's complex jumps with somersaults and spins are no longer appropriate to feel where our bodies in the air, you need to see it: if we feel the jump and see the body position and distance to water, we are much more likely not to miss the right dive.
Immersion without spray - an international panel of judges said it was not clear on a spray when immersed in water, but watching an absolute line of the body, sinking into the water without a spray, it is easier to judge and prosuzhivat deserved 10 points. Withstand immersion depends on the amount of water, which affects the body jumper at the entrance to the water: it is less than, the less will spray. Thus, the only thing to think about what jumper just before the dive - it is absolutely flat body position, his head straightened out, his hands behind his head at the ears stretched knees and toes. All of these maneuvers should be done with extraordinary force, in order to straighten the body, like a knife. If you dive into the water nevytyanutymi or even worse nevypryamlennymi hands and feet, you will affect more water, forming a large crater in it and producing more spray. Clearly, to experience this situation when you are flying with 10-meter tower is not easy, it is therefore necessary to concentrate better at the start, which if successful will give you more time to prepare for the perfect dive. Another rule of ideal diving - enter the water with outstretched arms and the plane make a somersault in the water immediately after the entrance to make a water drop, which will absorb part of the spray.
In order to find a graceful movement combination since jumping from the platform into the air and until entering the pool water, Russian divers have introduced the elements of choreography into their jumps and everybody remembers smooth, free jumping of Greg Louganis or Klaus DiBiase (Dibiasi). They were certainly unique champions, but we should all try to act freely on the board, push off without too sharp movements, not to be obsessed with the idea whether we'll go straight or inclined, and come up with a graceful appearance. All coaches should foster in their students the ability to control themselves in every moment of executing the jump - always elongated toes, arms relaxed, but extended, feet together during launch and diving, palm relate fingertips. Selecting a beautiful bathing suit, or the right color, or clean-shaven face on the background of tanned body are also important factors. After all, these small issues can jump out of the 7 points to make a leap in 8,5. Why lose points from the start?
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