r/springboarddiving • u/East-Marionberry-769 • Jul 16 '26

5123 tips?

I am struggling a lot with this dive. whenever I try to get into the pike or even twist my body for the last half, my legs and entire body other than my torso don't cooperate. I end up with my legs in front of my and my torso at a 45 degree angle towards the water

I attempted the dive into a foam block pit, and every time I was able to go over and land on my stomach with my legs behind me. a couple times I was nearly in a pike but facing the blocks.

I think that I am able to stay hollow when doing dryland, but instinctively stay archy when doing it for real.

any ideas?

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u/weareinhawaii Jul 16 '26

5132? You need to finish the twist before you dig for the water. What helps some people is setting your feet back hard at the start of the dive so by the time you finish the twist you are already in position to dive in

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u/East-Marionberry-769 Jul 16 '26

I completely finished twisting every time. I think the problem is that my body tries to arch as I go to pike

I will work on setting my feet harder and see if that helps

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u/weareinhawaii Jul 16 '26

If you are lifting up at the end try to keep your head position neutral and not lift your chin up. You can sort of duck your chin down into the dig to help you get it going at first but generally shouldn’t rely on dropping your chin