How Olympic divers make the perfect tiny splash

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  • @Vox
    @Vox  2 роки тому +31

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  • @riturajnath9898
    @riturajnath9898 3 роки тому +22767

    Olympic diving just got better without crowd. You could hear the board bending and water splashing. Too satisfying to watch.

    • @MarcosSoni
      @MarcosSoni 3 роки тому +216

      Excellent observation.

    • @Kebss
      @Kebss 3 роки тому +446

      also I think tension get lessen as there are less people watching

    • @jimininakyeopta5323
      @jimininakyeopta5323 3 роки тому +123

      I think I also heard the sound their body made when spinning

    • @airamercs5124
      @airamercs5124 3 роки тому +57

      That is so true, as well as Volleyball omg

    • @freedomishavingachoice3020
      @freedomishavingachoice3020 3 роки тому +27

      I can't watch without feeling horrible for the people we just put at risk during a global pandemic for advertisers to make bank and jocks to get medals.
      It only takes one person to mutate a vir us and we know healthy v4ccinat3d people are getting infected. Most children under twelve have not been v4ccinat3d.
      My condolences to the world for the money hungry companies and clout chasing athletes that put the games over the wellbeing of humanity.
      So disgusting.

  • @Big007Boss
    @Big007Boss 3 роки тому +17297

    I thought it was about who could do the most spinny spins and highest jums.

    • @malalaangemar7973
      @malalaangemar7973 3 роки тому +533

      Its in the ozzylympics...

    • @lidominic6307
      @lidominic6307 3 роки тому +988

      It's just like sticking the landing in gymnastics. Of course, the difficulty of the dive matters the most, but the landing also affects the score quite a bit.

    • @Jesse__H
      @Jesse__H 3 роки тому +360

      That's my understanding as well. Spinny spins, big ol jums, and a wee lil plop. Easy.

    • @mrparts
      @mrparts 3 роки тому +161

      The splash is an indication of the divers technique and control. if the divers is still spinning or past the vertical , it will results in lots of splash.

    • @bacarlson991
      @bacarlson991 3 роки тому +68

      @@Jesse__H Wee Lil Plop is my new rap name

  • @dreamsofmishra
    @dreamsofmishra 3 роки тому +5324

    The Chinese national diving competitions are amazing. You have multiple Olympic-tier divers doing perfect or close to perfect dives, and throughout all of this, the commentators are just constantly criticising (in Mandarin) on what the divers could have done better. It's hilarious. (You can find these comps on UA-cam.)

    • @icecreambone
      @icecreambone 3 роки тому +204

      pretty much every skill-based hobby community is like this, running, art, even translating light fiction. people always have to criticize other people to prop up their own egos. it just makes me sad.

    • @leemaeganonkiu5325
      @leemaeganonkiu5325 3 роки тому +451

      @@icecreambone they don't bring up their ego criticizing them, the athletes build on this criticm, however harsh it may be.

    • @orangeomnom
      @orangeomnom 3 роки тому +646

      That's the point of commentators at high levels sports, they point out the minute flaws so that laymen like us can understand what differentiates the dives. If the commentators just kept saying "that's awesome! that's great!" then there's no point having them there.

    • @umi3017
      @umi3017 3 роки тому +118

      @@icecreambone haha, That's quite an long running joke for commentators:
      "Who is this guy who commentating? Does he even know how to dive/play ball/shooting etc?"
      "Dear, he is the world champing."

    • @ryumuaz1997
      @ryumuaz1997 3 роки тому +15

      Malaysian divers take note ....

  • @animeshfatehpuria6584
    @animeshfatehpuria6584 3 роки тому +7219

    There were 3 perfect dives (10s from all judges) today by the 14 year old Quan Hongchan from China at the 2020 Olympics. It was the least amount of splash I've ever seen in any dive!

    • @leilanitirta
      @leilanitirta 3 роки тому +430

      IKR!!!! She will definitely go far in the diving world. Such a well deserved gold medal

    • @pearlskis9741
      @pearlskis9741 3 роки тому +488

      The olympic official page ignored her though. I kinda sus that Instagram Olympic is Partial yet olympic is all about non discrimination, equality bla bla ( they don't even follow their motto😂)

    • @Bonbon-C
      @Bonbon-C 3 роки тому +65

      She really is amazing!

    • @choegyal100
      @choegyal100 3 роки тому +69

      Next time USA needed more improvements than China’s player… she was only 14 years old but mind blowing talent !!

    • @adityabhosale13
      @adityabhosale13 3 роки тому +144

      I didn't even know 14 year olds could participate in Olympics. That's very very impressive

  • @rishsab1316
    @rishsab1316 3 роки тому +1430

    Quan Hongchan‘s dive, especially her splash is just perfect, can’t believe you didn’t include her in the episode

    • @tmip4379
      @tmip4379 3 роки тому +127

      This video must have been in production way before that.

    • @artym2000
      @artym2000 3 роки тому +5

      @@tmip4379 maybe you right.

    • @csf3lihao
      @csf3lihao 3 роки тому +1

      Copyright issues.

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney 3 роки тому +7

      @@tmip4379 It says in the description it's from August.

    • @nehankaranch2149
      @nehankaranch2149 3 роки тому +6

      @@billgu7784 what? Right after the failure they showed how she did a perfect dive

  • @ex0duzz
    @ex0duzz 3 роки тому +880

    14 years old gold medalist Quan Hong Chen is going to be around for a long time. She's gonna dominate since she won by so much at the Olympics already at such a young age. too impressive!

    • @jigzaw4595
      @jigzaw4595 3 роки тому +2

      Yeahh

    • @sagar9080
      @sagar9080 3 роки тому +9

      @@sara_ye something burning here‼️💩💩
      Like you know everything. 👎
      You are among those people who hate China because they are superior (in every feild) then their country, but can't digest the fact..

    • @alyssa7974
      @alyssa7974 3 роки тому +11

      @@sara_ye small body ≠ small splash
      A bigger hand and a bigger body gives a diver an advantage as it makes it easier for them to control the water underwater and break the bubble faster.

    • @MarcusDecius
      @MarcusDecius 2 роки тому +1

      @@jigzaw4595 You can not compare her dive to men's dives :! IMPOSSIBLE

    • @TPTurkey-x2i
      @TPTurkey-x2i 4 місяці тому +5

      and she did it again

  • @kcwidman
    @kcwidman 3 роки тому +17595

    She didn’t get 0 points because of her splash, she got 0 points because she failed the dive, meaning she never completed the dive she was told to do.

    • @dunkingstudios
      @dunkingstudios 3 роки тому +776

      isn't that kind of obvious?

    • @tsze06
      @tsze06 3 роки тому +141

      She did dive into the water

    • @tkralva.6668
      @tkralva.6668 3 роки тому +403

      Exactly, it is a no dive if the hands aren't the first and only point to enter the water first.
      One diver in the synchronised landed hands and feet, under rotated, and even though his partner was near perfect they scored zeros.
      Not the splash but the entry, as huge slashes have scored so long and hands enter first.
      I mean obviously if you enter wrong there a huge splash, but as they pointed out there is no specific rule about the splash it just falls under the aesthetics of the dive and execution.

    • @kiradotee
      @kiradotee 3 роки тому +178

      @@dunkingstudios maybe but it's not what they said in the video

    • @choibtc6121
      @choibtc6121 3 роки тому +22

      @@dunkingstudios not really, at least to me, an outsider. I thought she would have gotten something below 5/10.

  • @quamarjamal9111
    @quamarjamal9111 3 роки тому +589

    I saw HC Quan of China diving in Tokyo Olympics, She is 14 years old and is almost perfect. Quite Impressed.

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 роки тому +13

      Quan Hongchan

    • @secretwish2920
      @secretwish2920 3 роки тому +10

      Yes, that kid is sooooo impressive! She’s real prodigy on diving!!

    • @amberlewis012
      @amberlewis012 3 роки тому +2

      I know right! Listen I don't care about your stance on China, but this has to be impressive.

  • @Jonkenstonk
    @Jonkenstonk 3 роки тому +3623

    This information will likely never be useful to me at all, but it's still fairly interesting.

  • @gimmibox
    @gimmibox 3 роки тому +2773

    The 14 year old Quan Hongchan just made 2 perfect jumps at the 10m platform

    • @jezza.f98
      @jezza.f98 3 роки тому +66

      ikr congrats to her

    • @adibahadur
      @adibahadur 3 роки тому +51

      She's special

    • @gwen1193
      @gwen1193 3 роки тому +72

      i thought she got 3 perfect jumps? some news did say its 2. im confused

    • @daleycatch
      @daleycatch 3 роки тому +85

      @@gwen1193 in the other dive she had 10s too but mixed with 9.5s. Of the five dives, she had two that were all 10s. :)

    • @bobjiang926
      @bobjiang926 3 роки тому +49

      @@gwen1193 For one of her jumps, 6 judges gave her 10 points and one judge gave her 9.5. The 9.5 didn't go into the final calculation of her score. You can't say whether that is perfect or not

  • @punitsedani9042
    @punitsedani9042 3 роки тому +639

    This video needs an update with the young Chinese athlete who just scored the highest score ever which included 2 perfect dives!

    • @WeKnowIt100
      @WeKnowIt100 3 роки тому +8

      and she is 14 yrs old...

    • @jxswu3224
      @jxswu3224 3 роки тому +4

      Or yang jian who just scored the highest diving score ever

    • @huqiao
      @huqiao 3 роки тому +27

      You can forget about that. From all the failed dives, VOX deliberately chose one from a Chinese diver who happened to dive on a slippery board (when it was an accident, not even a technical failure to begin with).

  • @sophiajune546
    @sophiajune546 3 роки тому +8661

    I feel so bad for the diver who slipped, I'm sure it was something she couldnt control and was just an unlucky slippery board :(

    • @kristindavisson3281
      @kristindavisson3281 3 роки тому +753

      Same, every time I see a slip I feel like it could be avoided if they would towel down the boards between each dive? Or I am just not understanding what is actually happening..??

    • @jamesatherton1853
      @jamesatherton1853 3 роки тому +73

      To be fair it was pretty funny though

    • @passwordyeah729
      @passwordyeah729 3 роки тому +963

      @@jamesatherton1853 Haha no

    • @nendouuu2443
      @nendouuu2443 3 роки тому +513

      the boards have a very gritty texture on the surface, but with the amount of force you are putting on the board and the board back on to you, if your body is a little too far off center in any direction you can still slip somewhat easily. it happens more at highschool level as the boards aren’t replaced as often as a college/uni would, so the grit wears down more.

    • @obidean3964
      @obidean3964 3 роки тому +231

      Tbh that's not a good example for them to pick as the "bad dive" because we all can obviously see that she made a mistake. She slipped after first jump, could pick other dive. Still great video tho ...

  • @Robin-hv5tv
    @Robin-hv5tv 3 роки тому +569

    If I had never watched diving before, I'd think USA was the world best at diving after watching this video. China wins almost every gold for ALL diving events every world tournament and olympics. They only missed 1 this olympics. Theyre always unreachable in scoring. Sometimes 100 points above third place which is as if they had an extra dive which scored perfect

    • @frameturtle
      @frameturtle 3 роки тому +6

      Well, its sorta common knowledge that the chinese are on top when it comes to diving.

    • @cocvane3241
      @cocvane3241 3 роки тому +49

      Katie George obviously not a common knowledge to the editor of this video. No Chinese athletes were mentioned at all, even they have gold medal winning forms and water splashes.

    • @cocvane3241
      @cocvane3241 3 роки тому +28

      Katie George oh sorry, there is a Chinese diver mentioned as an example of failed dive

    • @level1selamat155
      @level1selamat155 3 роки тому +2

      I am sure they are all on steroids

    • @Robin-hv5tv
      @Robin-hv5tv 3 роки тому +18

      @@level1selamat155 Yeah Im sure they are considering china has lowest amount of doping violations among the big countries... USA 2nd Russia first australia 3rd

  • @56postoffice
    @56postoffice 3 роки тому +241

    Depending on the difficulty, getting next to no splash is always the key to bigger points total. Someone told me that years ago. I always thought the size of the splash didn't matter. And because there's no crowd, hearing that *"rip"* sounds great.

    • @mrparts
      @mrparts 3 роки тому +2

      If the diver is still spinning or past the vertical at the time of entry, the amount of splash will show it.

    • @MeinGoobbyXI
      @MeinGoobbyXI 3 роки тому

      Can you explain what Difficulty in Diving is?.. I sometimes saw it was 0 and Then Round 3 or 5 The Difficulty increased.. (Im not Familiar with Diving Rules)

    • @songwaikit8718
      @songwaikit8718 3 роки тому

      @@MeinGoobbyXI the divers will let the judges know what dives they are making. The difficulties are fixed

  • @plutoburn
    @plutoburn 3 роки тому +2944

    I think it's ironic that they use a Chinese diver for making big splash when they've had the reputation for being the most consistent at doing rip entry.

    • @LKelz
      @LKelz 3 роки тому +88

      For real !

    • @SuperLoveBY2
      @SuperLoveBY2 3 роки тому +53

      100%

    • @silvervixen007
      @silvervixen007 3 роки тому +18

      It's to compare

    • @Lucky8s
      @Lucky8s 3 роки тому +111

      Just for comparison I think cause she has a big splash and a little splash

    • @leftyfourguns
      @leftyfourguns 3 роки тому +308

      It's not ironic, they used the same person to demonstrate a big splash and the little splash. The Chinese diver created a big splash because she failed the dive. She fell off the board and hit the water completely out of position which created a big splash. Then they show an example of her doing the dive correctly and creating the little splash.

  • @itsnafiah
    @itsnafiah 3 роки тому +24

    Vox has never failed answering the question that has stayed in my mind. Just like this question that popped off after I watched the Olympic dive. Great job Vox!

  • @miikey376
    @miikey376 3 роки тому +555

    wow Vox, you just made a video about diving, and when you talked about failed dives with 0 points, that is the only time you showed Chinese divers, which are actually the most dominant in this sport.

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 роки тому +98

      Vox agenda pushing by highlighting Western divers as good and Chinese divers as bad. Vox spreading false perceptions and delusions of grandeur. This is partly why western divers can never improve and catch up to Chinese divers.

    • @gouyisi9804
      @gouyisi9804 3 роки тому +11

      酸呗,点开视频前我就知道会黑中国,而且这科普的还没B站自媒体科普的好

    • @joehajali5835
      @joehajali5835 3 роки тому +13

      Omg yall soft

    • @mt_xing
      @mt_xing 3 роки тому +57

      Did we watch the same video? They literally then showed the same Chinese diver doing a world class, successful dive immediately afterwards.

    • @amberlewis012
      @amberlewis012 3 роки тому +8

      @Bro Momento Or maybe you should cry because this 14 year old person got a higher score and you're here literally complaining about every Chinese related thing.

  • @charliehorsenm3446
    @charliehorsenm3446 Рік тому +4

    I am an ardent admirer of spring board and platform diving - particularly the incredible synchronized diving. To me this kind of diving is THE MOST demanding form of athletic sport there is. Nothing else even comes close. The incredible, precision timing, body tuck, angular momentum generation, and then the final entry into the water is beyond unbelievably awesome. However I never realized the additional precision work that goes into the actual entry and post entry into the water to minimize the surface splash. WOW! These guys who do this are more incredible and amazing than even I imagined. 😊👍

  • @andreasschmidt8586
    @andreasschmidt8586 3 роки тому +3310

    When Neymar dives, he's going for the biggest splash.

  • @abualram2
    @abualram2 3 роки тому +287

    Chinese divers mastered this so well, even American women national team has Chinese trainers just to be able to compete with the Chinese team.

    • @allenzhu3478
      @allenzhu3478 3 роки тому +2

      americans are doing great, the team was weak in this field, now they are getting medals. the game isn't about getting them tho, it's about breaking personal bests or team bests

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 роки тому +40

      Vox deliberately highlighting Western divers as good and Chinese divers as bad. Vox spreading false perceptions and delusions of grandeur. This is partly why western divers can never improve and catch up to Chinese divers.

    • @filcoco5916
      @filcoco5916 3 роки тому +11

      @@allenzhu3478 no, this is a competition, if you want break your own best record, why join the competition?

    • @andrewdoesyt7787
      @andrewdoesyt7787 3 роки тому

      Then how come the US has wayyy more gold medals than China in diving? In total and this year.

    • @filcoco5916
      @filcoco5916 3 роки тому +13

      @@andrewdoesyt7787 what? This year’s Olympic for diving, US only has sliver and bronze…. Historically, China didn’t join international games until 1980s, so for sure they won’t be able to get as much as US did; US joining the game since 1920s. But since China joined the game in 1980, they dominating the game until now, for Olympic only, they managed to catch up with US in forty years, now they are two gold medals less than US, it is expected to outrank US by 2024. Now Russian, Germany are also highly competitive.

  • @Chop_Suey
    @Chop_Suey 3 роки тому +174

    Here after Quan Hongchan made the perfect dive!

  • @derpydupain9261
    @derpydupain9261 3 роки тому +148

    As a swimmer who’s scared of heights and gets nauseous easily, this is intriguing

    • @cherie..cherry
      @cherie..cherry 3 роки тому +1

      I swim competitively but I’m scared of heights 😭 diving is my least favourite part of an event but I understand it’s important

  • @jimininakyeopta5323
    @jimininakyeopta5323 3 роки тому +252

    Love the dive of the Gold medalist of women's 10m platform earlier. Barely any splash, just ripple.

    • @thomasgrabkowski8283
      @thomasgrabkowski8283 3 роки тому +13

      And she's only 14 years old

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 роки тому +15

      Her name is Quan Hongchan

    • @MarcusDecius
      @MarcusDecius 2 роки тому

      @@silveriver9 Look at the misery of her moves in diving compared to men ! Come on !
      stop tour fantasies !

  • @lacane5722
    @lacane5722 3 роки тому +33

    Came from Quan HongYuan's perfect performance. Seriously, its amazing

  • @jakematheson4
    @jakematheson4 3 роки тому +3

    This was unexpected for me. It was UNBELIEVABLY interesting. I woulda watched a full 90 min documentary on this. Thanks

  • @iknowwhereyoulive8012
    @iknowwhereyoulive8012 3 роки тому +15

    The Chinese guy Cai Yang won the diving competition this year on all three categories. It's a historic win for China. UK's Tom Delaney got the Bronze medal. It was a fantastic competition to watch. All the same, all the divers looked really beautiful and graceful.

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 3 роки тому +3

    The fact that what you do under the water affects the splash is something I'd never considered, but makes so much sense now that you mention it

  • @BrassLock
    @BrassLock 3 роки тому +44

    The bit about the hands was really interesting and counterintuitive. I just assumed divers got their hands really pointy like a waterbird's beak 🐦.
    Then making all that froth and bubble underwater was amazing. Just goes to show how much science has to be learned in sport.

  • @omelaor7020
    @omelaor7020 3 роки тому +79

    the chinese just got 3 perfect 10.. and she was 14 yo, she was outstanding

  • @piotrjasinski6281
    @piotrjasinski6281 3 роки тому +144

    If you want to see perfect performance just watch Chinese guys, they took all 🥇 in Olympic

    • @pptskills
      @pptskills 3 роки тому +3

      We only got seven gold medals. One lost to the English by one point.

    • @piotrjasinski6281
      @piotrjasinski6281 3 роки тому

      @@pptskills Yeah... "Only" 7 golds (on 8 possible) + 5 silver (all possible) 😂

    • @timetraveller2300
      @timetraveller2300 3 роки тому +6

      yet this video shows bad examples from chinese divers and good examples from people they like. funny.

    • @huaiwei
      @huaiwei 3 роки тому +3

      @@timetraveller2300 you ignored the good example from the same Chinese diver afterwards?

    • @Zveebo
      @Zveebo 3 роки тому +4

      The Chinese didn’t win all the 🥇 The UK won the 10m Men’s Synchro.

  • @tieyingzhou9084
    @tieyingzhou9084 3 роки тому +25

    I’ve been watching your videos for years and promoted your channel to many of my friends. But seeing this one, it TOTALLY disappoints me. Not because I’m Chinese, but for what I always appreciate in your videos, the respect for truth and diversity, has gone.

  • @suporterfcpepeni
    @suporterfcpepeni 3 роки тому +72

    I've teached myself to just wait for Tom Daley when someone speaks about diving. Wait for it, wait for it... There it is ! Always works 😌

    • @leilanitirta
      @leilanitirta 3 роки тому +4

      True! Hopefully he’ll win gold for the individual 10m tomorrow and saturday!!!❤️🤞🏼

    • @leemaeganonkiu5325
      @leemaeganonkiu5325 3 роки тому +2

      It's down to China and great britain, like in synchro diving. Im from china but good luck to Tom!
      加油中國, 加油英國! ❤ From C H

    • @leilanitirta
      @leilanitirta 3 роки тому

      @@leemaeganonkiu5325 ahahaha yep honestly! May the best wins!!🥇

    • @JamieJaftha
      @JamieJaftha 3 роки тому +1

      lol this is true 😂😂

    • @cgm530
      @cgm530 3 роки тому

      @@leemaeganonkiu5325 good luck to yang jian and cao yuan too from a brit :)

  • @flux202
    @flux202 3 роки тому +346

    Perfect tiny splash.

  • @TheBenLemonade
    @TheBenLemonade 3 роки тому +36

    Nitpicking but it bothered me as someone who used to dive. They didn’t scratch her dive because of a big splash. You can have a huge splash, you’ll just get less points.
    They scratched the dive because she didn’t complete what she said she would. You choose the dives you are doing well before the competition starts, and there is no changing it. If you see you will do a reverse one and a half, you won’t get points for a reverse flip or a reverse double. You have to do the dive listed.

    • @The-Cookie
      @The-Cookie Рік тому +2

      Im nitpicking at this too. Vox has some really insightful, quality made videos but they really slacked in the research department this one time.

  • @akiyamayusuke
    @akiyamayusuke 3 роки тому +444

    What a painstaking effort to avoid praising any Chinese divers.

    • @Khatulistiwan
      @Khatulistiwan 3 роки тому +20

      Why must everything be about race

    • @alexyou3233
      @alexyou3233 3 роки тому +139

      @@Khatulistiwan china won like every gold for last 5 olympics yet they dont even get mentioned once positively. Imagine they kept showing americans falling over in athletics and chinese people winning.

    • @alembess9129
      @alembess9129 3 роки тому +84

      @@Khatulistiwan AGAIN, not everything is about race, but this particular video is.

    • @timetraveller2300
      @timetraveller2300 3 роки тому +6

      @@alembess9129 not about race what is it about? politics? is that better?

    • @nodesu8945
      @nodesu8945 3 роки тому +7

      What a painstaking effort to raise your social credit score

  • @vintagelady1
    @vintagelady1 5 місяців тому +1

    I enjoy these explanatory videos almost more than the competitions! They are so well-explained!

  • @harshdharasandiya1026
    @harshdharasandiya1026 3 роки тому +77

    Tokyo Olympic 2020 where 2 Chinese athletes age between 14-15 there splash are so small ...

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 роки тому +3

      Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi

  • @yourservant9378
    @yourservant9378 3 роки тому +136

    Have you interviewed Tom Daley or the Chinese teams to confirm the theories? 🤣

    • @chaiandmatcha
      @chaiandmatcha 3 роки тому +8

      Gotta check with the best 🤣

    • @linuslin2718
      @linuslin2718 3 роки тому +23

      Nah vox is too patriotic to do that lol

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 роки тому +20

      Vox deliberately highlighting Western divers as good and Chinese divers as bad. Vox spreading false perceptions and delusions of grandeur. This is partly why western divers can never improve and catch up to Chinese divers.

  • @Willy-vh2os
    @Willy-vh2os 3 роки тому +92

    well, what I saw today for the 2 perfect dives from the Chinese Quan Hongchan on the 10m platform technically wasn't a dive, it seems like she entered a portal lol!

    • @allenzhu3478
      @allenzhu3478 3 роки тому +1

      people commenting "i make a bigger splash even when i'm only dropping a dumpling"

  • @jagrubster
    @jagrubster 3 роки тому +4

    I am so here for all this Olympics physics stuff that’s been put it lately. More please!!

  • @pjesf
    @pjesf 3 роки тому +4

    I so love this channel - so much interesting content. This is something a diver (diver’s team) would know but most other people aren’t likely to research it

  • @Jzhang1996
    @Jzhang1996 3 роки тому +91

    China definitely nails it in diving

    • @Vapouriste
      @Vapouriste 3 роки тому +1

      what's that to do with the video about physics?

    • @vegandonut5456
      @vegandonut5456 3 роки тому +2

      @@Vapouriste how they compare a 0 mark Chinese diver, with a 7-8 mark American one. If they really wanted to compare, why not use a full mark (perfect 10) as a reference? The Chinese divers got a perfect 10, yet there is no mention or analysis of why they got full marks.

    • @Vapouriste
      @Vapouriste 3 роки тому +1

      @@vegandonut5456 Have you watched the part where they literally show the same diver make a great dive ?

  • @brothermalcolm
    @brothermalcolm 3 роки тому +62

    Love how vox picked on a Chinese diver for the fail splash

    • @picklejuice500g
      @picklejuice500g 3 роки тому +3

      But it's funny 😆

    • @Janovial
      @Janovial 3 роки тому +7

      Exactly. They sulky

    • @charlewill9346
      @charlewill9346 3 роки тому +38

      Yet China is the strongest country by far in diving. Classic Vox

    • @tokenjay
      @tokenjay 3 роки тому +5

      Gotta push the narrative

    • @counterfeitt
      @counterfeitt 3 роки тому

      i think they wanted to show her bad dive and perfect dive for compare and contrast, its really not that deep...

  • @vigneshwaranrm6277
    @vigneshwaranrm6277 3 роки тому +2

    A few days back I was wondering how these divers are given points literally I couldn't see any difference for the most scored dive of all time.
    This video has a good explanation....

  • @deanillson
    @deanillson 3 роки тому +32

    Came here because of the 14 years old just won the Olympic 2020 with a perfect 10 score 👍

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 роки тому +5

      Quan Hongchan is her name.

  • @luosusan2330
    @luosusan2330 3 роки тому +165

    if you know anything about diving, you probably know that Chinese divers are arguably the most precise and technical with splash management, in fact this specific technique you talked about was first discovered by Chinese coaches a couple of decades ago. Yet the only time a Chinese diver shows up in your vid is to demonstrate a 0/10 dive followed by a pretty mediocre dive🥲 and big ups to the amazing 14 yr old diver Quan Hong Chan for scoring two perfect scores to win the Olympic 10m diving gold with a total score of 466(world record)🤲🏻
    edit: in the current anti-Asian climate, this can come across as a little insensitive because dedicating a whole vid to diving techniques without showing any Chinese divers seems pretty intentional if you have been paying attention to diving in the past couple of decades.
    And since people wanna bring up the Chinese government and politics under this thread, yes we demand accountability from the PRC government, but how is acknowledging the athletic talent of Chinese divers related to glorifying political actions from the PRC
    and in your logic, should we not acknowledge the Canadian athletes because half of Canada's history is colonial genocide and the current Canadian foster care system is practically the legal version of residential schools? should we not acknowledge the American athletes because the whole of America is the definition of mass incarceration and institutional discrimination? We shouldn't be comparing problems with problems but since people wanna go there.

    • @paradoxicalcitizen1139
      @paradoxicalcitizen1139 3 роки тому +36

      buddy its america, it plays well for their small egos to do this

    • @madmanoliver
      @madmanoliver 3 роки тому +4

      I mean, China are some of the best in the world at most Olympic sports. I don't really see why it's such a big deal.

    • @mikaeladonegan2430
      @mikaeladonegan2430 3 роки тому +8

      China is currently allowing the mass incarceration, and genocide of an entire group of people. Let’s maybe not glorify them or their athletes right now 🤗

    • @quirkyquips9915
      @quirkyquips9915 3 роки тому +2

      @@paradoxicalcitizen1139 Buddy, UA-cam is a worldwide platform. I won't point out your grammatically incorrect points such as its. Wouldn't want to hurt your ego.

    • @jasonleetaiwan
      @jasonleetaiwan 3 роки тому +14

      Yeah, the West is racist. It's been that way since the concept of East and West existed. Vox is very left wing, so they supposedly aren't supposed to be as racist as the right wing, but the truth is that the left wing is also racist, but they hide it better and aren't as open about it.

  • @when_life_gives_you_limes
    @when_life_gives_you_limes 3 роки тому +262

    I thought Vox was going to analyze dives from China's new 14 year-old Tokyo Olympics champion. Disappointed.

    • @counterfeitt
      @counterfeitt 3 роки тому +27

      This video was published less than a day after she won. I don't think it took them less than a day to make this video. That is why she is not here. Common sense.

    • @huqiao
      @huqiao 3 роки тому +10

      @@counterfeitt There are multiple examples to show how a perfect dive could be done from previous world competitions or Olympics, but they must choose one from the US team, and include one example where a Chinese diver failed (when it was more of an accident as the board was slippery, not of an imperfect technique or poor execution).

    • @cocvane3241
      @cocvane3241 3 роки тому

      10 2006 Chinese athletes won majority of gold medals in diving, yet they pick a zero point player as illustration.

    • @carsynagen3525
      @carsynagen3525 3 роки тому +1

      hadnt happened yet

    • @bc2578
      @bc2578 3 роки тому +2

      Oh my god, I bet Chinese media produce content that focuses on their strengths and accomplishments, too, like, do you go fuss at them for that?

  • @NMad-kp2bu
    @NMad-kp2bu 3 роки тому +39

    This got recommended to me after China's pairs excellent dive

  • @hoosieraussis1
    @hoosieraussis1 3 роки тому +11

    So interesting! I always thought the splayed out arms under water were simply to stop the divers' momentum down to the bottom of the pool. I would have never thought any movements after they are underwater affect the splash.

  • @stilltlrforlife
    @stilltlrforlife Рік тому +2

    I was a diver in high-school, always made the smallest splash, the coach would always use me as an example..its all on how you hit the water with your hands..and go in like an aerodynamic pin. My best coach as my father..

    • @бронза.вафля.конус
      @бронза.вафля.конус Рік тому

      Hmm. The feet have to do with it also. If the position of your feet are messed up, the splash will be huge

    • @stilltlrforlife
      @stilltlrforlife Рік тому

      @@бронза.вафля.конус Not so much the feet as it is keeping your legs together and straight, then your feet will follow suit.

  • @AaliyahJ-wt7vs
    @AaliyahJ-wt7vs 3 роки тому +3

    Fantastic video! Easy to understand, beautiful animations, and good music too. Love when science is presented so simply. :)

  • @WengChoongChan
    @WengChoongChan 3 роки тому +89

    Came here after China got a perfect 10 gold in diving

    • @The_Art_of_AI_888
      @The_Art_of_AI_888 3 роки тому +1

      ​@Leka Floyd So that means the Corona came from your place?

    • @knees7133
      @knees7133 3 роки тому +1

      @Leka Floyd salty

  • @deathless3518
    @deathless3518 3 роки тому +17

    China just did a hat trick with Quan Hongchan. Why didn’t you guys show that. That was one for the history books

  • @themermaidstale5008
    @themermaidstale5008 Рік тому

    Good explanation as to the parts of a splash and the way to minimize it through underwater maneuvers

  • @MaxXanch
    @MaxXanch 3 роки тому +11

    vox never fails to make amazing contents!!!! After watching the 10m Women’s Plat - Olympics I couldn’t help but wonder how did China Diver did so well! This pretty much explains it thankssss!!!!

  • @adamn7409
    @adamn7409 3 роки тому +70

    In an alternate reality, there’s an olympic dive event where the divers try to make the BIGGEST splash

    • @vamsishankar8476
      @vamsishankar8476 3 роки тому +5

      The bigger the dive the higher the injury, I guess people from alternate reality don't want to injure themselves.

    • @charlesjakesamadan4008
      @charlesjakesamadan4008 3 роки тому +1

      Belly Flop time

    • @chrisfelonall1177
      @chrisfelonall1177 3 роки тому

      I've seen a video about that somewhere, idk where and I forgot when, but its about making the most splatter when in contact with water, its not in olympics tho. Or not considered to be professional sports. Just I think like one of those goofy sports like Slapping tournaments or smthn

    • @ReyOfLight
      @ReyOfLight 3 роки тому

      Doesn’t Red Bull do something like that? Lol

    • @rongxuantan5406
      @rongxuantan5406 3 роки тому

      In that case we'll probably be seeing obese people landing splat in the water

  • @alanalam5597
    @alanalam5597 3 роки тому +76

    Of all the perfect and near perfect dives by Chinese divers (who have actually dominated the sport for decades), Vox chooses a blunder by a Chinese diver to demonstrate.

  • @mrs.sanchezbudgetz3787
    @mrs.sanchezbudgetz3787 3 роки тому +2

    I always await that splash when I watch dives, it’s so satisfying to see how big or small it may come out >

  • @invisibleadversary
    @invisibleadversary 5 місяців тому +3

    Quan Hongchan is the best I've ever seen at this.

  • @njdenney69
    @njdenney69 8 місяців тому

    What wonderful explanation video. I started diving in the 80's when the 'rip entry' hadn't really been discovered yet, and dives were judged very well indeed. It is such a shame in this day and age to see dives poorly executed but with a rip entry score 8.5's and 9's when they are scarcely deserved 😪

  • @edyann
    @edyann 3 роки тому +53

    I always wanted to be a gymnast. Dominique Moceanu was my hero.

    • @Beetless
      @Beetless 3 роки тому +2

      have you been vaccinated

    • @Jordan-ll5eq
      @Jordan-ll5eq 3 роки тому

      @@Beetless Why do you ask that question?

    • @colt9758
      @colt9758 3 роки тому

      @@Jordan-ll5eq Are *you* vaccinated?

    • @sonofben3322
      @sonofben3322 3 роки тому

      @@colt9758 Why do you ask that question?

    • @browneyesjesus
      @browneyesjesus 3 роки тому

      I will jump with you

  • @cartsoel9652
    @cartsoel9652 3 роки тому +1

    Wow I just became way more interested in the high jump. I had no idea it took this much effort to make a small splash.
    I assumed it was just about making the body as skinny as possible, thus making a small splash. I never thought about what’s happening to air pockets under the surface.
    I always wondered the importance of showing the divers under the surface but now I know.

  • @marcusp905
    @marcusp905 3 роки тому +24

    In Somerset we try for big splashes,my best was after 13 pints of cider!

    • @BrassLock
      @BrassLock 3 роки тому

      You must have a humongous bladder.

  • @coffeeislyf5969
    @coffeeislyf5969 3 роки тому

    more of these videos, this is really educational and easy to understand

  • @neonbunnies9596
    @neonbunnies9596 3 роки тому +17

    Fun fact: The water splash that comes with diving is called the water flower

  • @わかまるさん
    @わかまるさん 3 роки тому

    It’s very interesting.I was surprised that a little motion is changed their performances.Also their performances are beautiful.

  • @ChowChow00
    @ChowChow00 3 роки тому +116

    May be you could use China national team’s perfect 10 as your example.

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 роки тому +32

      Vox deliberately highlighting Western divers are good and Chinese divers as bad. Vox spreading false perceptions and delusions of grandeur. This is partly why western divers can never improve and catch up to Chinese divers.

    • @freeman10000
      @freeman10000 3 роки тому

      五毛!

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 роки тому

      @@freeman10000 🦜

    • @Khatulistiwan
      @Khatulistiwan 3 роки тому +5

      Why must everything be about race. Chill, just a video. Don't imagine things

    • @yang9117
      @yang9117 3 роки тому +1

      Khatulistiwan Chill, just a friendly suggestion, not imaging anything. What did you image?

  • @inbrief-shorts
    @inbrief-shorts 3 роки тому +1

    Thx Vox for answering questions we never asked

  • @cyrilleyong9615
    @cyrilleyong9615 3 роки тому +5

    Im not a diving person, but while watching the Olympics, I thought about why those divers made weird movements once they were underwater. I seem to remember as a kid, I would do cannonballs and when I flailed my arms in the water, they would mess up the big bubbles and turn them almost foam like

  • @lindsayhutchins34
    @lindsayhutchins34 3 роки тому

    Honestly, I’ve never wanted to be a diver, but it is really fun to watch

  • @周美优
    @周美优 3 роки тому +63

    imagine posting this video criticizing the performance of Chinese athletes while at the same time in Tokyo they are awarded the gold and silver medal for women's diving from 10m platform...

    • @bea8861
      @bea8861 3 роки тому +7

      How is this video criticizing Chinese divers? He just used Chang as an example of how the Worthington jet works and even shows how she got much better dive later.

    • @jackdiao4576
      @jackdiao4576 3 роки тому +17

      @@bea8861 It is certainly part of Vox's anti-china propoganda since 2017. All of the perfect dives ever but one in international events were performed by Chinese divers, and yet the only Chinese dives featured in this video is a failed dive and a below average one (in fact, the worst dive from her in that final). It is like a video talking about how to shoot 3 pointers in basteball perfectly, and showing footages of DeAndre Jordan making threes as postive examples and Steph Curry sliped at the dunk attempt and shot an air ball from the corner afterwards in staples center as a negative example. Not mentioning the techinique to minimize the splash are discovered by Chinese coaches back in the days.
      The same "non-obvious" double-standards were featured in many Vox's videos since 2017. Honestly I feel sad for the American general public, they have no ideas about what is really going on in China because of this propagandas, while most of the ordinary Chinese know exactly what is going on in the US. If the day that two giants clash together comes (hopefully not), the Americans would suddenly realize how "arrogant" they had been this whole time.

    • @lillilacac
      @lillilacac 3 роки тому +9

      @@bea8861 you're kidding right? The only failure in the video is of a Chinese diver while all successful ones are of Americans. This wasn't an "example". It was an attempt to minimize China's dominance over the sport.

    • @alembess9129
      @alembess9129 3 роки тому +1

      And winning both Gold and Silver in the individual men's 10m platform--Cao Yuan and Yang Jian! I like the American divers, especially Jordan Windle. But the Americans did not do well. Plenty of splash.

    • @bea8861
      @bea8861 3 роки тому +1

      @@lillilacac Did you not see the first second of the video? Literally a non-Chinese diver splashes onto his back.

  • @hulubangaGutenWami
    @hulubangaGutenWami 3 роки тому

    Graphics in UA-cam videos are getting really really good.

  • @elizabeth67962
    @elizabeth67962 3 роки тому +5

    This was so interesting to watch! I never knew the methods behind the palm facing entry into the water. However I wonder why palm first is better than a streamline entry because wouldn’t streamline also cause little splash?

    • @trueredlucky954
      @trueredlucky954 2 роки тому

      No because straight hands would cut the water until it reaches the head where the airbubble produced will be bigger, by cupping the hands you create a small opening for the head and torso to pass throug that will reduce the splash, allso, diving with straight hands makes the head take allot of the impact from the water which can hurt quite a bit.
      In cliff diving breaking the surface with your hands is important to not dammage the head.

  • @johnsam4401
    @johnsam4401 3 роки тому

    I love this it explains a lot of stuff I never knew or understood

  • @choegyal100
    @choegyal100 3 роки тому +45

    Any way China was only dominant player of diving games and she falls accidentally but she got bronze medal in that competition. Try to find another example of your video edition American first and heal your prejudice against China.

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 роки тому +8

      Vox agenda pushing by highlighting Western divers as good and Chinese divers as bad. Vox spreading false perceptions and delusions of grandeur. This is partly why western divers can never improve and catch up to Chinese divers.

    • @tvshowsnmovies1234
      @tvshowsnmovies1234 3 роки тому +1

      @@silveriver9 arent chinese the best at diving

    • @alembess9129
      @alembess9129 3 роки тому +1

      Absolutely agree with you.

    • @olivercovell5177
      @olivercovell5177 3 роки тому +1

      @@tvshowsnmovies1234 they dominate the sport as a whole but you can’t really compare them to western divers due to their completely different training but yes they are the best for a reason and that’s the unethical training they are out through at such a young age

  • @John-mi9dx
    @John-mi9dx 3 роки тому

    that splash explanation graphic was an amazing animation

  • @sarv8568
    @sarv8568 3 роки тому +9

    Anyone here from last night's women's 10m semi-final and final when Hongchan (14years) from China nailed the dive and got gold?

  • @amberli7979
    @amberli7979 3 роки тому +1

    this makes so much sense now

  • @knox273
    @knox273 3 роки тому +3

    I expected to see Tom Daley and i am genuinely satisfied 😌

  • @BanFinCOC
    @BanFinCOC 3 роки тому

    Information I didn’t know I needed but i’m glad that watched this 👏🥸

  • @dibanpitchaimuthu9336
    @dibanpitchaimuthu9336 3 роки тому +76

    Need to ask the Chinese divers for confirmation

  • @lum309
    @lum309 2 роки тому

    Great video. The way it is explained and showed is amazing. As someone who has no interest in olympic diving, it was a very interesting video. Great job whoever was behind this.

  • @Random-dc7qj
    @Random-dc7qj 2 роки тому +3

    I know this is random but if you were covered in oil, would the cavity be both air and oil? And would you technically be touching the water? (Cause you knows how water and oil don't mix.)

    • @RAJOHN-ke7mc
      @RAJOHN-ke7mc 2 роки тому +1

      The impact and position of the body underwater all affect the 2nd burst of water above the water.

  • @kristivaught9541
    @kristivaught9541 2 роки тому

    That was delightfully informative...I love something new everyday!

  • @arvy8434
    @arvy8434 3 роки тому +15

    Please make more "Physics of Sports" video.

  • @cskhard
    @cskhard 4 місяці тому +2

    0:57 "Divers can't change much once they're in the air" wow, that's such a wrong statement to make in a supposedly well documented video. Divers can perfectly change how much they're rotating in the air (Except if they dive straight with 0 rotations) so of course they can spin faster if they notice they're short of spin or spin slower by opening up if they notice they will pass the desired spin.

  • @lukelee3
    @lukelee3 3 роки тому +6

    Quan hongchan is the GOAT

  • @rosedawg7895
    @rosedawg7895 2 роки тому

    Not sure how I came across this but I’m glad I did. Mega interesting.

  • @panzalvyu
    @panzalvyu 3 роки тому +18

    I thought Vox at least would be honest to mention this secret technique has discovered by the Chinese diver Coach.

  • @slumptydumpty3058
    @slumptydumpty3058 2 роки тому

    Ripping the water apart as you land in the water is so satisfying.

  • @ruoyuhu3524
    @ruoyuhu3524 3 роки тому +67

    Shame on Vox for showing a failed dive from a Chinese diver when in fact, China dominates the diving scene. Disappointing!

    • @silvervixen007
      @silvervixen007 3 роки тому +13

      Omg they showed how she nailed it afterwards. But everything is against China, right?

    • @johnong2655
      @johnong2655 3 роки тому

      @@silvervixen007 I was hoping to get an analysis of the current Olympic champion, but all we got was a failed dive

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 роки тому +5

      Vox agenda pushing by highlighting Western divers as good and Chinese divers as bad. Vox spreading false perceptions and delusions of grandeur. This is partly why western divers can never improve and catch up to Chinese divers.

    • @lillilacac
      @lillilacac 3 роки тому +12

      @@silvervixen007 they showed her "nailing" it with a score of 70 and then proceed to say an American diver scored 90 in the trials. You see what that does? It minimizes the standard of Chinese diving. So yes, everything IS against China.

    • @alembess9129
      @alembess9129 3 роки тому +2

      Shame of Vox indeed.

  • @khianjoshabesamis9608
    @khianjoshabesamis9608 3 роки тому +1

    I don’t know what I will do with this information but I’m glad I know it... for some reason...

  • @cupcakewithouttheicing
    @cupcakewithouttheicing 3 роки тому +6

    I'm glad so many of the comments are talking about how American-centered this video is, doing a great disservice to the quality of the Chinese team

  • @adampalmer5399
    @adampalmer5399 3 роки тому

    What was really cool to learn during the Olympics this year was that they score the dive like there was no mistakes & then they take the deductions off. Neat fact to learn. 🤔😁

  • @mwang7034
    @mwang7034 3 роки тому +365

    It's funny to take a Chinese diver as a failed example, while they literally crashed everyone else in the Olympics.

    • @den-iq1cv
      @den-iq1cv 3 роки тому +6

      did pooh blocked your UA-cam so you do see the video in full?

    • @JustinLBK
      @JustinLBK 3 роки тому +37

      @@den-iq1cv Even non-Chinese support China on this. Take me for example. Why must u take the fail footage of China who ace the sport in Olympic to compare with diver who is not even good in this sport? Oh yes, jealousy.

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 3 роки тому +44

      @@JustinLBK Hanlon's razor: they took her example because she had big and tiny splashes at the same contest. Did you watch the whole video?

    • @rosepetal34
      @rosepetal34 3 роки тому +1

      apart from Tom and Matty in the mens synchro

    • @wongcayven9893
      @wongcayven9893 3 роки тому +31

      @@JustinLBK She didn't use her just for her fail, but both her fail and then success later as a comparison. You're looking too much or little into this, depending on the perspective

  • @allorfh2495
    @allorfh2495 2 роки тому +2

    For chinese people who want to cry 3:16. They've shown her doing a big splash because she had a near perfect little splash as well so its easy to compare.

  • @beibei2261
    @beibei2261 3 роки тому +34

    funny how they chose a chinese diver for the failed example when the chinese dominates olympics diving, like it or not, its the fact

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 роки тому +2

      Vox agenda pushing by highlighting Western divers as good and Chinese divers as bad. Vox spreading false perceptions and delusions of grandeur. This is partly why western divers can never improve and catch up to Chinese divers.

    • @nabibbs7937
      @nabibbs7937 3 роки тому +2

      Bruh they used her bad and good splashes for example. Snowflakes

  • @swavnasahoo711
    @swavnasahoo711 3 роки тому +2

    I watched the entire diving event, and it is seriosuly beautiful to watch months of training boil down to one moment of dive after dive.🥺⚡🙏🏻i wasnt aware of the rules but discovered them as the events went.

  • @ConanObrien22
    @ConanObrien22 3 роки тому +5

    5:23 that technical elements probably like, giving the host nation athletes more points whatsoever. It happened in every competitive sports with juries in it.