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