Barracuda Details
BACK LAYOUT
BACK LAYOUT
Design:
Design:
1) Alignment
- -ears, hips and ankles on a horizontal line
2) Extension
- -from the head, through the trunk, hips, legs and feet
Control:
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)
BACK LAYOUT TO SUBMERGED BACK PIKE POSITION (LEGS VERTICAL)
Design
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
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
BACK PIKE
Design:
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)
SUBMERGED BACK PIKE ("V") TO VERTICAL (RAPID)
Design:
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:
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
VERTICAL
Design:
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:
Control:
1) Water line
- subject to figure specifications
Common Errors:
- Hips piked
- Head out of line
- Low water level
VERTICAL TO SUBMERGED VERTICAL
VERTICAL TO SUBMERGED VERTICAL
Design:
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:
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