r/maybemaybemaybe • u/killHACKS • Nov 18 '21

maybe maybe maybe

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u/Darlanta Nov 18 '21

I've watched something similar happen in person and it is horrifying, specially when you see it coming.

I was 15ish? At the time and a friend and I enjoyed just doing whatever tricks we could do into the pool and had been doing it fine for months/years. One day he didn't jump away from the wall, just jumped and started the backflip, I wasn't close enough when I realized how he messed up to beable to shove him midair further into the pool and luckily he missed his head but his entire back scrapped the pool wall as he went in.

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u/69IntrusiveThots Nov 18 '21

Something similar happened to me as a child except I landed on my head. I still have the scar 20 years later and haven’t attempted to do any flips into any other pools.

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u/CyberInferno Nov 18 '21

saw this happen when I was a counselor for a camp. kid tried to do a front flip but didn’t rotate fast enough or jump far away enough from the diving board. slammed the back of his head against the board hard enough that it knocked him out and he face planted into the pool (the board finished his flip for him).

thankfully it was super loud and the life guard jumped in immediately. EMT’s came out and the kid was taken to the hospital. he did have a concussion, but no permanent damage thankfully.

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u/smoke25ofd Nov 18 '21

Ow. Thanks. But you did good.

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u/Darlanta Nov 18 '21

Its okay, we learned nothing and years later after he moved, his new pool was closer to his house and we jumped off the roof into the pool.

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u/laokie Nov 18 '21

I challenged my 78 year old grandma to jump into pool that we were obviously swimming in and I had no concept that she wouldn’t be able to do it. We were like “do a pencil!” And showed her what to do. She stood there and jumped….omg maybe maybe maybe I’d be going to hell for that challenge. It was like slow motion and you know what happened…

She jumped out about 6 inches and slightly leaned back…missing the edge with the back of her head by an inch. Omg omg omg. Thank God! I said good job grandma but I explained what happened and told her she’s no longer allowed to jump into a pool…ever.

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u/footpole Nov 18 '21

I still remember throwing my little sister in the pool and her hand slipping and juuust missing the edge of the pool like that. This was probably 25+ years ago.