Belly flop

As a belly flop or belly flop is referred to colloquially an intentional or unsuccessful jump into the water, which you open with the whole length of the body, but especially with the belly on the water. Especially in Austria the belly flop is also called a belly spot.

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The result is caused by the large forces redness of the affected skin to bruising and strains. That a belly flop from 10-meter board can pull the fatality because the belly burst and can get out the innards, however, is only a myth. Contrast, can the sudden dynamic pressure of the water on the ear cracks in the eardrum ( barotrauma ) arise, in part, associated with damage to the inner ear. Similarly, shock states can be triggered that can lead to drowning. In unsuccessful jumps from a great height or a large spin ( Salto, screw jump) spinal injury or broken neck can be a result. It is therefore necessary to rescue a man with diving injury always with a board or the like, so that his spine is not moving and is further damaged.