A dive start is the action begun at the start of a
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
race. In most strokes, the swimmer jumps off the ''
diving blocks'' after hearing the starting signal. However, if it is a backstroke event, the swimmers will be starting in the water. All dives are followed by a
streamline
Streamline may refer to:
Business
* Streamline Air, American regional airline
* Adobe Streamline, a discontinued line tracing program made by Adobe Systems
* Streamline Cars, the company responsible for making the Burney car
Engineering
* ...
just like
turning
Turning is a machining process in which a cutting tool, typically a non-rotary tool bit, describes a helix toolpath by moving more or less linearly while the workpiece rotates.
Usually the term "turning" is reserved for the generation ...
.
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Female swimmers on the diving blocks getting ready to dive
Swimming
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