Have you done the Beaver time trials yet?? I used to leap majestically out of the water through the higher hoops with ease. I raced 5 or 6 times in this game and MISSED EVERY TIME. I agree, the arc is too steep. I wish they had left Zora Link alone. I bonked my head a couple times in the temple for sure, but that's no reason to change great control and animation for the worst.