WE'VE all done it.

But most of us confine our back-whackers to the humble backyard and not the Olympic pool.

German Stephan Feck's Olympic diving hopes went down with a splash in the 3m springboard competition when he lost his grip on one of his legs on his second dive, sending him into an uncontrollable spin.

SEE THE DIVE SEQUENCE BELOW, OR WATCH IT ABOVE.



As you'll see, any effort to correct his mistake was hopeless as he plunged, back first, into the water in front of an audience of millions.

The judges didn't have a sense of humour, either.

Every one of them gave him a score of 0 for his effort.

