Splashdiving Dives Encyclopedia

Here you will find necessary Information about each Splashdown:

Anchor: 2.1 Degree of difficulty
Almost a straight down entry with a small degree of leaning backwards.
The arms are in front of the chest.

Ripper: 2.2 Degree of difficulty
Similar to the anchor but one leg is bent and held with both hands.

Chair: 2.5 Degree of difficulty
The chair enters the water in a sitting position, what the name already tells.
Both hands are on your knees and your shanks have 90° degrees to your thighs.

Cannonball: 3.3 Degree of difficulty
The classic bomb! The cannonball looks like a packet.
Both legs bent and held with both arms as tight as possible. Butt and feet hit the water at the same time.

Small cat: 3.0 Degree of difficulty
The small cat is the first splashdown which is head first. Or better hands and feet first. Feet and hands come together to one point when they hut the water. Small cat because your back looks like a cat's arched back.

Open Cannonball: 3.4 Degree of difficulty
The open cannonball is kind of like the regular cannonball except that you hold your legs open and your hands hold on to your popliteal space.

Yogi Cannonball: 3.4 Degree of difficulty
Your hands go through your legs and hold on to your ankles from the outside. So your hands, feet and butt hits the water first

Big cat: 3.5 Degree of difficulty
At the big cat the landing position is with your shin and your forearms. The hands protect your head. For a big splash open up under water.

Potato: 3.6 Degree of difficulty
The potato is a cannonball 180ˆdegree turn around. Head first, Both legs bent and held with both arms as tight as possible.

Brauni: 3.7 Degree of difficulty
Brauni (name: Thorsten Braun Member Team Germany) the tailbone hits the water first. The body position is like pike in springboard diving. Legs are straightened out in the air.

Board: 3.7 Degree of difficulty
The splashdown that was shown the most at the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. The board! Both legs straighten out and in a degree of 90° to your upper body, hit the water. Hands are on your shanks.

Open Board: 3,8 Degree of difficulty
The open board is like the regular board except that the legs are spread out and open.

Open L-Vis: 4.5 Degree of difficulty
The open L-vis is the only Splashdown where the athlete is at the moment when he’s falling down in the final position in which he hits the water. Both legs are straightened out and both hands hold on to the inside of the feet. It looks like a “V”.

Soon you will find a tutorial video for each Splashdown…