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Very interesting. I guess it shouldn't be too surprising that the Fosbury Flop seems to be the optimal high jump method, even if it wasn't developed until the 1
by npilk 5y ago
Very interesting. I guess it shouldn't be too surprising that the Fosbury Flop seems to be the optimal high jump method, even if it wasn't developed until the 1960s.
I didn't see the link to the video with animations at first! It's here in case anyone else missed it: https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~kkyin/papers/HighJumps.mp4 https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~kkyin/papers/HighJumps.mp4
Which made me revisit this classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgaEE27nsQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgaEE27nsQw
- eCa 5y agoFor those thst don’t know, the flop all but required the cushions that showed uo during the 60’s. Before that, they landed in a sandpit[1] so landing on the neck was not a particularly good idea. [1] https://youtu.be/xj6DDkAxQd4 https://youtu.be/xj6DDkAxQd4
- AceyMan 5y agoWhen I was a (good) high jumper in high school at least one school in our district had a landing "pad" made from a big af cardboard box (think; : daisy-chained fridge boxes) filled with chunks (8—10cm³) of a closed-cell PU foam, like a chopped up mattress. It was homebrew, but it performed better than the prefab event-specific mats. Those vinyl tarp covers get wicked hot in midday sun. The main dig on the 'box-o-blocks' setup was the blocks would get dirty over time and would be in need of a block-swap for freshies. But it was beautiful to land on. /Acey