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SWIMMING AND DIVING

                  Perfectly steady             Arms spread                                       Pike
                  armstand                     wide apart                 Pike
                                                                                                 position
                                                                          position
                                                            Height                                Hands
                                                               of                                 touch
                                                              dive                                toes
                                       Body
                                     and legs
                                    straighten
                                     for flight           Shoulders fall              Feet lift
                                    and entry             backward for                up for
                                                          vertical entry              straight
                          Arms and                                                    entry
                          legs align
                          throughout
                          flight and
                          entry







                ARMSTAND DIVE                TWIST DIVE           REVERSE DIVE PIKED   INWARD DIVE PIKED


        FRONT CRAWL                       Arm pulls like         Arrowlike         Body rolls on a
            Flutter kick                      a paddle           position          central axis






            FULL BODY STRETCH        LOWER ARM PULL         STREAMLINED ARM ENTRY    SIDE-TO-SIDE BODY ROLL
        BREASTSTROKE              Knees                    Elbows tucked in                    Arm fully
              Straight leg        together                                                      extended





               BODY GLIDE             DOUBLE ARM PULL        SQUEEZING THE WATER          FROG KICK
        BACKSTROKE     Little finger   Arm comes up             Recovering hand          Shoulder exits
                       enters first  straight                                            water first





                BODY ROLL            PULLING THROUGH          STRAIGHTENING OUT         SHOULDER LIFT

        BUTTERFLY      Palm turned      Legs ready to          Head clears           Shoulders power
                       outward          kick down              the water             the stroke





            CATCHING THE WATER        DOUBLE ARM PULL           KICKING DOWN        WHOLE BODY UNDULATION

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