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As an avid swing jumper in my youth I can say with some certainty that 3m is closer to the mark than 2. Also, my brother and I devised a variant that would work
by thedanbob 3y ago
As an avid swing jumper in my youth I can say with some certainty that 3m is closer to the mark than 2. Also, my brother and I devised a variant that would work for the winter Olympics: jump at the lowest point of the swing for maximum velocity and slide over the snow.
- estebarb 3y agoI came to say too that 3m is more realistic, from what I did in school. Also, around 1-2m is possible if you jump backwards, but you may end up visiting the hospital as well. At my school the swing was near a clift, so sometimes you were able to combine swing jump, ski jump and hospital visit with a single jump. Good times XD
- ShadowBanThis01 3y agoClift?
- hardlianotion 3y agocliff?
- estebarb 3y agoLOL, by bad, I wanted to say hill instead. For reference, here is a recent photo: https://mcs.ed.cr/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-23-at-14.40.55.jpeg https://mcs.ed.cr/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WhatsApp-Image-... . They had the swing in the hill (yes, now I know the difference) where now there is the second floor of the 3 stories building in the center. So if we jumped too far we end up more or less near the small yellow roofs that I think are a playground. So no, it was a hill, not a cliff. Not being a native English speaker bites me again XD
- dgfitz 3y agoI agree, and in my experience the taller the swing in terms of rope/chain length, the further I could jump.
- SamBam 3y agoI think it was clear that the author wasn't finding the maximum possible distance, only the maximum achievable in a short amount of time. I say this because his graph of distance only went up with time, whereas we know that eventually it will have to level off as a larger angle won't translate into more distance.
- fouc 3y agoPersonally for swing jumps I would only start counting the distance at the furthest point of the swing when it is fully perpendicular, and not from the point of the jump. This does look pretty close to 3 meters doesn't it? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KOaT850cArE https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KOaT850cArE
- jldugger 3y agoHonestly the question should be less "how far can you go" and more "when does the pebble gravel / mulch run out?"
- blitzar 3y ago> when does the pebble gravel / mulch run out Now who can jump the furthest head first over that line onto the concrete. * back in my day we didnt have gravel or mulch under or around the swing, just concrete / ashphalt
- Loughla 3y agoOur variation was to jump out at the exact moment the swing started to return at the top of the motion. That way you just stepped out into space in a leisurely manner, and immediately fell straight down into a standing position. Stiff legged. On asphalt. How we didn't die, I'll never know.
- ufjfjjfjfj 3y agoAs a swing builder for my kids, I can say that it depends on the rope length... Their swing had 10 meters of rope and you could have easily jumped 10 meters and hurt yourself