diff --git a/Assets/Prefabs/Player.prefab b/Assets/Prefabs/Player.prefab
index a58a994..61f4386 100644
--- a/Assets/Prefabs/Player.prefab
+++ b/Assets/Prefabs/Player.prefab
@@ -545,12 +545,14 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_Script: {fileID: 11500000, guid: b0115312556794123a3cafad4b83d0a7, type: 3}
   m_Name: 
   m_EditorClassIdentifier: 
-  Data: {fileID: 11400000, guid: fec218a9d55267dedac6ebe31eab6dcd, type: 2}
   playerInput: {fileID: 1407172087}
   launcher: {fileID: 6559806128767475056}
   hasTambourine: 1
-  dashForce: 1.2
+  dashForce: 50
+  dashTime: 1
   reflectForce: 2
+  waterGravity: 0.5
+  velocityCut: 1.5
   cymbalAudio: {fileID: 264629194984044240}
   grapplingGun: {fileID: 3465910379319867675}
   grapplingRope: {fileID: 7648135587659148198}
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/PlayerBehavior.cs b/Assets/Scripts/PlayerBehavior.cs
index 213bca4..5458394 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/PlayerBehavior.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/PlayerBehavior.cs
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ public class PlayerBehavior : MonoBehaviour
     bool unlockedClarinet;
     // things for dash
     private bool isDash = false;
-    public float dashForce = 1.3f;
-    private float dashTime = 1.0f;
+    public float dashForce = 1f;
+    public float dashTime = 1.0f;
     private float dashInc = 0.1f;
     private float currentDash = 0.0f;
+    private bool forceAdded = false;
     Vector2 dashVec;
     // things for bounce
     public float reflectForce = 1.1f;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public class PlayerBehavior : MonoBehaviour
     private bool isInWater = false;
     private bool hasBounced = false;
     public float waterGravity = 0.5f;
+    public float velocityCut = 1f;
 
     [Header("Cymbals:")]
     private float cymbalActiveTime = 0f;
@@ -78,16 +80,16 @@ public class PlayerBehavior : MonoBehaviour
 
     void Update()
     {
-        if (this.cymbalActiveTime < 0)
-        {
-            this.gameUI.ToggleCymbal(true);
-        }
-        this.cymbalActiveTime -= Time.deltaTime;
-
-        unlockedTambourine = StateController.Instance.HasTambourine();
         if (playerIsAlive)
         {
+            if (this.cymbalActiveTime < 0)
+            {
+                this.gameUI.ToggleCymbal(true);
+            }
+            this.cymbalActiveTime -= Time.deltaTime;
+
             // throw tambourine
+            unlockedTambourine = StateController.Instance.HasTambourine();
             if (playerInput.actions["ThrowTambourine"].WasPressedThisFrame())
             {
                 ThrowTambourine();
@@ -104,62 +106,65 @@ public class PlayerBehavior : MonoBehaviour
                 LetGoOfGrapple();
             }
 
+            // clarinet
+            unlockedClarinet = StateController.Instance.HasClarinet();
+            if (unlockedClarinet)
+            {
+                if (playerInput.actions["ClarinetDive"].WasPressedThisFrame() && !isInWater && !playerController.IsGrounded())
+                {
+                    isDash = true;
+                    playerInput.DeactivateInput();
+                    currentDash = 0.0f;
+                }
+
+                if (!playerController.IsGrounded() && isDash && (currentDash < dashTime))
+                {
+                    if (!forceAdded) {
+                        dashVec = new Vector2(1f * forward, -1f) * dashForce;
+                        _rb.AddForce(dashVec, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
+                        forceAdded = true;
+                    }
+
+                    currentDash += Time.deltaTime;
+                }
+                else if ((currentDash >= dashTime))  // dash ends
+                {
+                    if (!isInWater) {
+                        isDash = false;
+                        forceAdded = false;
+                        _rb.AddForce(-(dashVec), ForceMode2D.Impulse);
+                        playerInput.ActivateInput();
+                    }
+                    currentDash = 0.0f;
+                    dashVec = Vector2.zero;
+                }
+                else {
+                    isDash = false;
+                    forceAdded = false;
+                    playerInput.ActivateInput();
+                    currentDash = 0.0f;
+                    dashVec = Vector2.zero;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (StateController.Instance.HasCymbal())
+            {
+                if (this.playerInput.actions["CymbalCrash"].WasPressedThisFrame())
+                {
+                    // Play the sound
+                    this.gameUI.ToggleCymbal(false);
+                    // this.audioSource.clip = cymbalSound;
+                    // this.audioSource.loop = false;
+                    // this.audioSource.Play();
+                    cymbalAudio.Play();
+
+                    // Set the cymbal active for the equivalent of one second
+                    this.cymbalActiveTime = 1;
+                }
+            }
+
             Animate();
         }
-
-        unlockedClarinet = StateController.Instance.HasClarinet();
-        if (playerIsAlive && unlockedClarinet)
-        {
-            if (playerInput.actions["ClarinetDive"].WasPressedThisFrame() && !isInWater)
-            {
-                isDash = true;
-                playerInput.DeactivateInput();
-                currentDash = 0.0f;
-            }
-            if (!playerController.IsGrounded() && isDash && (currentDash < dashTime))
-            {
-                if (forward == 1)
-                {
-                    dashVec = new Vector2(1f, -1f) * dashForce;
-                    _rb.AddForce(dashVec, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    dashVec = new Vector2(-1f, -1f) * dashForce;
-                    _rb.AddForce(dashVec, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
-                }
-                currentDash += dashInc;
-            }
-            else if ((currentDash == dashTime || currentDash > dashTime) && !isInWater)
-            {
-                isDash = false;
-                currentDash = 0.0f;
-                _rb.AddForce(-(dashVec), ForceMode2D.Impulse);
-                dashVec = Vector2.zero;
-                playerInput.ActivateInput();
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                currentDash = 0.0f;
-                dashVec = Vector2.zero;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (StateController.Instance.HasCymbal())
-        {
-            if (this.playerInput.actions["CymbalCrash"].WasPressedThisFrame())
-            {
-                // Play the sound
-                this.gameUI.ToggleCymbal(false);
-                // this.audioSource.clip = cymbalSound;
-                // this.audioSource.loop = false;
-                // this.audioSource.Play();
-                cymbalAudio.Play();
-
-                // Set the cymbal active for the equivalent of one second
-                this.cymbalActiveTime = 1;
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     void Animate()
@@ -201,13 +206,6 @@ public class PlayerBehavior : MonoBehaviour
 
     }
 
-    void FlipScale()
-    { // DOENST WORK RIGHT (that's so sad for you)
-        Vector3 currentScale = this.gameObject.transform.localScale;
-        currentScale.x *= -1;
-        this.gameObject.transform.localScale = currentScale;
-    }
-
     void FlipRenderer()
     {
         GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().flipX = !GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().flipX;
@@ -285,7 +283,11 @@ public class PlayerBehavior : MonoBehaviour
         print("water dash " + isDash);
         if(isDash)
         {
-            saveVelocity = _rb.velocity;
+            saveVelocity = _rb.velocity / velocityCut;
+            if (isDash) {
+                dashVec = new Vector2(1f * forward, -1f) * (dashForce / velocityCut);
+                _rb.AddForce(dashVec, ForceMode2D.Force);
+            }
         }
         else
         {