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Similarly[^1], Pete Gogolok transformed NFL placekicking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gogolak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gogolak https://time.c
by js2 3y ago
Similarly[^1], Pete Gogolok transformed NFL placekicking:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gogolak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gogolak
https://time.com/6590292/super-bowl-field-goal-kick-history-nfl/ https://time.com/6590292/super-bowl-field-goal-kick-history-...
Other examples of a single athlete transforming a sport?
[^1]: Gogolak didn't invent a new kicking technique—he kicked like he knew from soccer. But he was the first to kick this way in the NFL. So I realize it's not quite the same as Fosbury.
- doubloon 3y agoskateboarding is full of this stuff, its a bit different since there's usually no objective measurement like height, but take the Ollie and the Kickflip for example.
- fsckboy 3y agoJulius Erving, Dr J, in basketball brought a revolution in style, I guess based on leaping ability and some center of mass awareness that made him seem to float or walk in the air. I'm not sure if he was the first from a general trend (on playgrounds, say) or if others adopted his style, but it really changed the game. Wilt, Russell, Kareem, and or Larry Bird had phenomenal abilities, but it wasn't something anybody could copy.