Barracuda Details

BACK LAYOUT

Design:

1) Alignment

  • -ears, hips and ankles on a horizontal line

2) Extension

  • -from the head, through the trunk, hips, legs and feet

Control:

1) Water line

  • -face, front of trunk, thighs, and feet at the surface

Common Errors:

  • Thighs underwater
  • Feet underwater
  • Face out of horizontal line
  • Lack of extension in trunk

BACK LAYOUT TO SUBMERGED BACK PIKE POSITION (LEGS VERTICAL)

Design

1) Alignment

  • Of Static Parts - Not Applicable
  • Of Parts in Motion
    • head and trunk move from a horizontal line at surface to a diagonal line as hips descend on vertical line
    • legs and feet move from horizontal line at surface, as hips descend, to a vertical over the hips

Control

1) Water line

  • with the toes just under the surface

Common Errors

  • Pike not compact
  • Head / trunk alignment errors; head forward, shoulders/back rounded
  • Hips footfirst travel under feet as legs lift
  • Legs off vertical

BACK PIKE

Design:

1) Alignment (compactness)

  • from the head, through the trunk, to the hips on a line
  • from the hips, through the legs and feet on a line
  • the two lines described above as close together as possible (forming the tightest angle - compactness)

2) Extension

  • from the head, through the trunk, to the hips
  • from the hips, through the legs and feet

Common Errors:

  • Knees bent
  • Not compact
  • Rounded back
  • Head out of line
  • Ankles/feet not extended

SUBMERGED BACK PIKE ("V") TO VERTICAL (RAPID)

Design:

1) Alignment

  • Of Static Parts
    • Not applicable
  • Of Parts in Motion
    • hips and legs thrust upward on the vertical line of the legs
    • trunk, and head unroll to the same vertical line as the legs

Control:

1) Water line

  • rising rapidly from the toes just under the surface to maximum height possible

2). Timing

  • rapid thrust/lift
  • vertical line, and maximum height reached simultaneously

Common Errors

  • Legs rock forward to start
  • Vertical alignment errors, tilted, piked, arched, head out of line
  • Head and trunk move toward the vertical line with flat or arched back
  • Lift not rapid
  • Insufficient height

VERTICAL

Design:

1) Alignment

  • ears, hips, and ankles on a vertical line, head downward

2) Extension

  • from the head, through the trunk, hips, legs and feet

Control:

1) Water line

  • subject to figure specifications

Common Errors:

  • Hips piked
  • Head out of line
  • Low water level

VERTICAL TO SUBMERGED VERTICAL

Design:

1) Alignment

  • Of Static Parts
    • Not Applicable
  • Of Parts in Motion
    • ears, hips, and ankles on a vertical line, descend on same vertical line

Control:

1) Water line

  • hips start as close to surface as possible, toes submerged at completion

2) Timing

  • uniform descent until toes submerge

-IN A BARRACUDA AND HIGHTOWER THE DESCENT IS RAPID.

Common Errors

  • Vertical alignment errors (tilted, piked, shoulders out of line)
  • Travel off vertical line