Plymouth Diving
Specialists in springboard & highboard diving
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Technical Tips
Types of dives
Springboard dives are arranged in five groups:
Group 1: Forward group
(diver facing forward & rotating forward)
Group 2: Back group
(back to water, rotating backwards)
Group 3: Reverse group
(facing water & rotating backwards)
Group 4: Inward group
(back to water & rotating forward)
Group 5: Twist group
(diver performing a dive from any of the above groups, but at the same time, they twist their body about a longitudinal axis).
There is a sixth group added on platform:
Group 6: Armstand group
(diver on hands facing the board, with back to the water and rotating over to somersault forwards, or cutting through hands to rotate in a reverse direction. Alternatively a diver can be on their hands facing the water with back to the board and rotating backwards. Twists can also be added (but fall within the armstand category, not the twist category).
Most dives in groups 1 to 4 and 6 can be performed in any one of three positions:
Straight
Body and legs straight with no bending at hips or knees.
Piked
Body bent at hips, legs straight without any bend at knees.
Tucked
Body bunched up close to knees, bent at hips and knees, elbows in with hands clasping the shins.