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Diving Question

posted 7 years ago by scoobots
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Hi. I have a question in regards to a diving sequence in Back To School. In the scene where Jason dives for his dad; At the end of the dive, Rodney Dangerfield says,

"That was pretty good. Next time hold the pike a little longer."

My question is what does he mean by "hold the pike a little longer"?

Thank you.

[–] robocop-37224 7 years ago

I think he said " pipe".. Meaning hold the pipe a little longer as he beats Chaz with it..lol

[–] stick500 7 years ago

Pike is when you bend at your waist and touch your toes.

[–] duckofprey (1535) 6 years ago

Almost, but not quite.

The Pike Position is when they are diving and bent-over at the wait, all the while your arms are wrapped around your legs at about the knee level. (the position when the divers look balled-up, yet their legs are straight)

http://www.swimming.org/diving/pike-position-in-diving/

[–] millsey72 (9557) 2 years ago

I don't know how to swim but my college professor is also a swimming coach. He told me that he never heard of holding the pike a little longer

[–] Bloodworth79 (5569) a year ago

How did you never learn to swim???

[–] millsey72 (9557) a year ago

No one taught me