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punekar_2018 t1_iw1w9wv wrote

How else would you learn?

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joespizza2go t1_iw27sys wrote

I was going to say the same thing. I admire this a lot because I wouldn't be brave enough to try that, even though it would be awesome to be able to do some cool dives.

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Mr_Zaroc t1_iw2tfsu wrote

I am with you
It takes balls to try to back flip from a platform
Tried it once, hit my face hard and never tried again

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Longshot_45 t1_iw2knz8 wrote

Sucking at something is the first step to being kinda sorta good at something.

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Splith t1_iw2xp7b wrote

Right? I have thrown a few flops in my day.

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FartIntoMyButt t1_iw2y1q1 wrote

And I have thrown up after a few flops in my day. Okay, it was only once, but still. no one wants to puke in the pool

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Fettnaepfchen t1_iw2mq4s wrote

From lower down, if you have no idea how to jump, why start at that height?

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Mr_Zaroc t1_iw2tofc wrote

If you tried to normally back flip you would overturn, plus it gives you a bit more time to

Kudos to her for trying though, hitting water from that height isn't fun

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Fettnaepfchen t1_iw369k9 wrote

Yeah, it looked very painful. My grandma was a tower diver and trained kids and the adults after she retired, and always made sure people were aware of the correct technique before endangering themselves. I mean, ideally you have a trainer who helps you, figuring out the technique by yourself just by looking at it is something that not everyone can do, and trial and error is painful when water and heights are involved.

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punekar_2018 t1_iw30i6q wrote

Not enough height to do a complete flip? Plus she is using what is already built there.

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Fettnaepfchen t1_iw35qqy wrote

True, but I remember starting to practice backflips from the 1 m board, it’s enough to get a feeling for how much you need to turn. Of course you would then increase the height to give more room for a proper salto backwards. She looks like she only thought about how to start the turn and then she just kind of hung in the air until she collided with the water. It just doesn’t feel like she has attempted such a thing before at all.

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speckhuggarn t1_iw3qapw wrote

What height? Looked like just around 3 meters

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Fettnaepfchen t1_iw3to52 wrote

Yeah, I naively assumed it would make sense to start practising simple backwards jumps from 1 m first before taking a dive of the 3 m. Her form looks like she’s never done it before.

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Jigsaw417 t1_iw1x1s9 wrote

Fake. They just reversed the video.

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dotnetdotcom t1_iw2gndq wrote

If she had just tucked her legs.

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anglesideside1 t1_iw2on5l wrote

Looked like she passed out or got shot right when she left the platform.

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Archaris t1_iw4njs9 wrote

backflip fear, losing sight of the ground... your brain shuts down like a shark and you just dead fish until you smack the water

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Fit_Acanthaceae1222 t1_iw7ggy9 wrote

It also seems like she only jumped with one leg rather than pushing off with both at once. I think she would’ve got it

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Beegram2 t1_iw21tyk wrote

Oh, I don't know. That's exactly what I'd do.

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CySnark t1_iw1wxml wrote

And here we see young Jenny Mangrove Throat Warbler from Bristol attempting the 270 Face Plant.

Oh, she nailed it.

Excellent analysis Brian.

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a-filipino OP t1_iw1x3x4 wrote

It’s a bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off.

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Chainspike t1_iw2mhmp wrote

This is like a visual presentation of me heading into adulthood

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SequesterMe t1_iw3doi4 wrote

And she keeps doing it again and again and again.

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[deleted] t1_iw24y3w wrote

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willbeach8890 t1_iw28xew wrote

Sounds like you should check the water first

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overide t1_iw2eg42 wrote

Hey now why would you want to do something like that? I mean I’m sure this old thing is perfectly safe…

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ThisNameIsFree t1_iw29m0j wrote

This sounds like bad advice too. Granted jumping feet first you may get away with only two broken legs which is better than paralysis, but the better idea would be not to dive at all.

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Dewoco t1_iw1xhi3 wrote

Backflips are way harder than front flips..

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SimonSkodt t1_iw27b8o wrote

Not really. They seem more scary, but are much easier to do safely into water.

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muxch t1_iw2oa76 wrote

Agreed They are scary to commit to but easier overall because after the initial jump backwards you see the water from about 140deg all the way to landing which allows you to adjust rotation with your tuck.

Front flips you are blind for the second half and therefore harder to land well

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MetalOcelot t1_iw3ruhh wrote

So this is why I over rotate going forward and land on my stomach

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default-username t1_iw395ob wrote

Facing forward and doing a backflip is the least scary and easiest. This is why I always recommend doing a running gainer for your first flip attempt.

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SimonSkodt t1_iw6f5hq wrote

That doesn't sound right? Which minimum height?

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BigE6300 t1_iw2lfhl wrote

A very impressive moonsault. Kurt Angle would be been proud.

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Minginton t1_iw1yxkh wrote

She made half an attempt and just sort of said ' fate, you got this, right?'.

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VincentVancalbergh t1_iw2ab7d wrote

As a layman, what do you "do" halfway though? Isn't it all in the jump and the rest is "we'll see where/how we end up"?

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d4v3thund3r t1_iw2bkgu wrote

Speaking from someone who has attempted a very similar looking maneuver in the past (because backflips are a pretty terrifying concept to me), I think you have to tuck your legs once spinning. At least that's what I've observed others doing and it seems to work for them. But opening up/flattening out mid-spin kills most of the inertia you had/would have had.

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czar_el t1_iw2iazu wrote

You have to flip both your arms and legs backwards during the jump. You see the pros pinwheel their arms and jackknife their legs, each of which adds the force of that extra muscle movement and the mass of the limbs to the rotation and speeds it up. You also tuck them at the same time, which speeds rotation in the way that figure skaters doing a stationary spin do. This girl just left her limbs where they were when she jumped, so instead of their mass adding to the spin and moving the mass inward like a spinning figure skater, her core mass was essentially "dragging" the limbs, which slowed her overall rotation down.

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Elbradamontes t1_iw2sy0v wrote

It’s the throwing your head back. The trick, for noobs, is to bring your knees up and not throw your head back. Bring your feet over your head not your head under your feet.

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czar_el t1_iw2vx6z wrote

Yup, that's part of the "bring limbs closer into the center like a figure skater" advice. The head and core form the center of mass when tucked together, and whipping the arms back then pulling in as you whip the legs and jacknife them in towards the core adds extra rotation to that center of mass. When the head is thrown back away from the core and the limbs drag, there's no center and no added rotation.

The head is one of the heaviest parts of the body, so it's definitely worth pointing out, thanks.

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Minginton t1_iw2ag12 wrote

Apparently, this jump

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VincentVancalbergh t1_iw2aiu0 wrote

This doesn't help me at all.

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Minginton t1_iw2an1m wrote

It shouldn't help, it should warn you off doing things 'halfway'.

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VincentVancalbergh t1_iw2atai wrote

How should she have done it to qualify as "whole way"?

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Minginton t1_iw2avjq wrote

Not completely give up halfway

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VincentVancalbergh t1_iw2ay3z wrote

Man, if you don't know what you're talking about, please start with that.

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Minginton t1_iw2be1f wrote

I am completely confident I know what I am talking about. You seem to be making a a halfway attempt at asking a question. You gave up halfway through and tried to change the course of dialogue. You bailed out 'halfway' . Of you'd like to know why I commented the way I did, ask that without being a dick.

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VincentVancalbergh t1_iw2by8k wrote

I would posit you're the one being the dick here. Making fun of post this woman trying something and failing and of me trying to drag something useful out of you.

So far you still haven't shown to know anything more than me.

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Minginton t1_iw2cn9l wrote

Perhaps. I may have misinterpreted your initial reply wrong. If so I apologize. Here ya go, then.

As a beginner, she had the idea right but didn't use her arms to create momentum after her dismount and then extend. After than she didn't use her stomach muscles to snap back from that extension to bring her legs around underneath her. She just kinda threw her head back and expected gravity to do it's thing. And it did. Gravity will always bring you down. Like I said, first half attempt was made. No second half . Half an attempt

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skhds t1_iw2757a wrote

I remember trying that at a swimming pool and hitting my head on the plank. Resulted in someone calling the ambulance..

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CEH246 t1_iw2x3qb wrote

That’s one nice swimming hole.

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PROFsmOAK t1_iw5c429 wrote

Looks like Terry Funk doing a moonsault.

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MrElendig t1_iw255di wrote

It's the correct way, just search for "dødsing"

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Chessnutter123 t1_iw256rc wrote

I did that exact thing on a three meter diving board… didn’t hurt but sure was exhilarating.

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TehGuard t1_iw29ina wrote

Pretty sure that's a campground in southern Ohio, can't remember the name

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vestigialbaculum t1_iw2fdu2 wrote

Tip top siargao action - Philippines goldmine

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marco1989 t1_iw2rcs0 wrote

If that were 10 feet higher she’d look like a pro

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AlexDuChat t1_iw2yj5x wrote

Uhhh... That's gonna leave a mark

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Kavack t1_iw33e1v wrote

Depends on the goal here. This a fantastic bell flop. 10/10

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alissa914 t1_iw39yty wrote

"No good story ever started with someone eating a salad.....", someone told me once on the internet.

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Cee330 t1_iw3af2r wrote

Looks like Paul's win animation from Tekken 7

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lcc1353 t1_iw3fmc4 wrote

Ouch. That hurts.

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Scotty2hc t1_iw3jrx8 wrote

Lita still can’t do a moonsault

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Mehnard t1_iw3mjrm wrote

I was a diver in college. The way she hit water didn't hurt much. You want pain? A reverse and a half that you know you aren't going to make so you stay tucked... That's a broken nose.

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MrSeanstopher t1_iw3pei1 wrote

Amazingly committal and non committal at the same time

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sMarvOnReddit t1_iw3y5xq wrote

its exactly what you should do, otherwise, you just do NOTHING

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randomcanyon t1_iw40rwm wrote

What you talking about? She did that belly flop perfectly.

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cummyb3ar69 t1_iw431rf wrote

Ehh this is better then going too far and backflopping

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Froztik t1_iw43azn wrote

+100% Splash damage

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Abrahms_4 t1_iw4490t wrote

That platform is either perfectly 8 feet to high or 8 feet to low for her.

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skexzies t1_iw48ix6 wrote

She jumped and landed in the water without dying. 10 out of 10 I'd say.

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grenamier t1_iw4cktv wrote

I think with the amount of push off she got, she might have been fine if she’d tucked her knees to her chest so she could rotate faster.

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Suprafaded t1_iw4duqt wrote

This looks like a cool place to swim, where is it?

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Vollmannrama t1_iw4qqxw wrote

She got close, not a total belly slam. Backflips are easier to learn than front flips.

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nutano t1_iw549o1 wrote

Well, she keeps doing it over and over. Someone should tell her it's not the right way.

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Tidesticky t1_iw5a1c1 wrote

If this is a back flip belly flop event, this girl wins, belly down

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noahspurrier t1_iw5aayw wrote

She’s kind of awesome in her own way. I hope she wasn’t injured.

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RogerRabbit1234 t1_iw5qapd wrote

Backflips off something high, are really very very easy…you just have to commit to it. Narrator: “she didn’t commit”

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Justyo444 t1_iw829bc wrote

Perfect landing 10, 10, 10, 10!!!

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