platform dive
High board descent
A platform dive is a dive performed from a rigid, elevated platform rather than a springboard.
In competitive diving, platforms are fixed at heights of five, seven-and-a-half, or ten meters above the water.
The diver generates momentum entirely through their own movement rather than board spring: She scored highest on the ten-meter platform dive.
- springboardFlexible platform for jumping
- plungeSudden steep descent
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- tuckFold into concealment
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