Diving

Diving

Terms of or pertaining to scuba diving or the aerial/gymnastic sport of diving into water from an elevated board.

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Diving

A diving position that has the body bent at the waist and knees, the thighs drawn tightly to the chest the arms wrapped around the legs with the hands just underneath the knees and the heels pulled ...

twisting dive

Sports; Diving

This includes any dive that has a twist with the legs together, the rest of the body will follow and the toes pointed straight at all times.

water jets

Sports; Diving

These are used to produce bubbles on the surface of the water and it allows the diver to judge how far they are from the water and helps them to make better dives, at least theoretically.

approach

Sports; Diving

These are the steps, three or more, that a diver takes to the end of the platform or springboard before he or she performs their dive.

arm stand dive

Sports; Diving

This is a dive that can only be used in platform diving and the dive begins with the diver doing a handstand on the platform. At the end of the dive the diver will be facing the platform.

backward dive

Sports; Diving

This is a dive where the diver has their back to the water and then performs their dive. This is a difficult dive because the diver can't see the water and their timing must be very good for their ...