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Back Dive
The Back Dive is a competitive diving entry in which the diver stands with their back to the water, takes off backward, and arches the body to enter the water headfirst, earning its own category in FINA rules.
apps Top Back Dive Alternatives
The top alternative to Back Dive in 2026 is Triple Lutz with a score of 8.7/10, followed by Yurchenko Vault (8.6) and Double Back Somersault (8.6).
Triple Lutz
The Triple Lutz is an elite figure skating jump involving a backward takeoff followed by three complete rotations before...
Yurchenko Vault
The Yurchenko Vault is an elite gymnastics vault developed by Natalia Yurchenko in the Soviet era. It’s notable for its...
Double Back Somersault
The double back somersault is an advanced acrobatic maneuver involving two full backward rotations performed while airbo...
Gymnova Competition Evolution Springboard Soft
The Gymnova Competition Evolution Springboard Soft is a specialized springboard designed for competitive gymnastics and...
Tsukahara Vault
A vault family introduced by Japanese gymnast Mitsuo Tsukahara, characterized by a quarter or half turn onto the vaultin...
Randolph
The Randolph is a front somersault with two and a half twists used in trampolining and freestyle skiing aerials, represe...
Back 2.5 Somersault
The Back 2.5 Somersault is a competitive dive in which the diver takes off facing away from the water and completes two...
Contortion Back Bend
Contortion Back Bend is a flexibility discipline in which a performer arches the spine rearward to an extreme degree, a...
Forward 2.5 Somersault Pike
The Forward 2.5 Somersault Pike is a competitive dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and completes two and...
Gainer
Gainer is a gymnastics and freerunning skill in which the performer takes off from one or both feet moving forward and c...
Back Tuck (Beam)
A backward tucked somersault performed on the 10-centimeter-wide balance beam, one of the foundational acrobatic element...
Butterfly Kick (Wushu)
The Butterfly Kick is a wushu and martial arts aerial technique in which the practitioner leaps horizontally, sweeping b...
Back Giant (High Bar)
A core high bar skill in which the gymnast circles backward in a fully extended body position through a complete 360° ar...
Armstand Dive
The Armstand Dive is a competitive diving group (Group 6 under World Aquatics rules) used on platform only, in which the...
Salchow Jump
The Salchow is a figure skating jump invented by Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow around 1909, taken off from a back inside...
Back Handspring
A foundational gymnastics tumbling skill in which the athlete jumps backward onto both hands and pushes off to land on b...
Toe Loop Jump
The Toe Loop is a figure skating jump taken off from a back outside edge with a toe-pick assist and landed on the same e...
Inward Dive
The Inward Dive is a competitive diving group (Group 4 under World Aquatics rules) in which the diver stands facing the...
Reverse Dive
The Reverse Dive is a competitive diving group (Group 3 under World Aquatics rules) in which the diver takes off facing...
Forward Dive (Swan Dive)
The Forward Dive (Swan Dive) is a platform and springboard diving entry in which the diver takes off facing forward, arc...
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