Posted by detlef Rüppel - Germany --Previous Message--
on May 27, 2005, 6:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Help with a reverse?"
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: Thank you so much!
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: Well reverse definately take a lot of
: courage
: to learn. When you first do a reverse, try
: to go far away from the board (that's so
: you're not worried about hitting the board).
: Once you can do that, just start to stand up
: the dive more and more until it's 3-4 feet
: away from the board. I used to have trouble
: with reverses two years ago, but now I'm
: doing 305C (reverse 2-1/2 tuck) off one
: meter. It just takes some time so DON'T GIVE
: UP!!!
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: If you start by trying to go really far away
: from the board though, just remember it's
: going to be a lot harder to get rotation, so
: you'll probably end up a little flat.
:
: Have you ever tried butt busters? You can do
: them off the side of the pool. Start with
: your back to the water, jump up and back and
: try grabbing your legs in a pike (or tuck,
: but pike for this is actually easier) with
: the aim of landing in a V on your rear end
: in the water (don't do it off a board it'll
: hurt, but off the side of the pool is no
: problem, especially if you squeeze into as
: tight a pike as you can, bring your legs to
: your chest more than your chest to you
: legs.) When you get comfortable with this,
: do them forwrd of the side, same thing, just
: make sure to jump out enough, but the
: rotation to land on your butt is the same as
: for a reverse dive. When you get on the
: board, do the same thing, but instead if
: holding on to your pike, let go, feet up,
: head towards the water. Another thing to try
: is back drops on a trampoline, but if you
: aren't comfortable on the tramp make sure
: you have someone spotting you, b/c you don't
: want to land wrong, but this is actually the
: same thing as a reverse, just you land on
: your back instead of your head. Good luck.
:
You are afraid from reverse? - Stop diving at all! It is the most cheerful direction, anyway you will win or fail. First time I did it accidentely - I turned in the wrong direction.
Stop all your diving and do only reverse!
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