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To: Lane3 who wrote (64526)	5/8/2008 6:33:31 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Respond to of 542961

<<<When they talk about white men not being able to jump, of course they're talking about basketball, which is a vertical spring. It would be interesting to see someone demonstrate the physics and physiology of the two different motions to see how alike or different they are.>>> At the risk of offending people, imho, basketball requires natural athletic ability and the high jump for the time being is dominated by technicians. "As a high schooler in Medford, Ore., Dick Fosbury revolutionized the high jump when he developed a new technique that quickly became known as "the Fosbury Flop." The technique worked so well that Fosbury improved by one foot in high school -- from 5' 3 3/4" to 6' 3 3/4" -- after he first tried the "flop," which involving going over the bar headfirst and backward, with one's body horizontal to the ground. Great things were in store for him. At Oregon State University, Fosbury first cleared 7' during the 1968 indoor season and became a surprise winner at the Mexico City Olympics by clearing 7' 4 1/4" for Olympic and American records. Fosbury's experiments began with him using the antiquated jump style called the "scissors," until his high school coach pressed him to use the "straddle," or "belly roll," which was then the high-jumping norm. Failing to master the straddle, Fosbury reverted to a scissors, then modified by going over the bar backward. The "flop" was born. ...... After several years of controversy over whether the "Fosbury Flop" was safe, it became the standard jumping technique worldwide. " The top ten high jump records are held by: 1 Cuba 1 Sweden 5 The former Soviet Union 2 The United States 1 China Javier Sotomayor from Cuba has held the record of 2.45 meters since July 1993. That is probably more than what I need to know about this sport.

To: Lane3 who wrote (64526)	5/8/2008 8:41:17 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542961

>>When they talk about white men not being able to jump, of course they're talking about basketball, which is a vertical spring. It would be interesting to see someone demonstrate the physics and physiology of the two different motions to see how alike or different they are.<< Lane - Yeah, I know they're talking about basketball when they say that. I just thought that as long as Dan was being silly, I'd join in. And as long as you're joining in, too, I'll continue to explore this somewhat silly topic. Basketball players jump in a number of ways. Sometimes they make a running jump, and sometimes they do an in-place vertical spring. They jump highest when slam dunking, which involves a running start. High jumpers make a running start, and they jump higher, measured vertically, than any basketball player. But to be fair, it's likely that few of them would be able to jump as high if they had to dribble a large ball during their approach. I, myself, could probably clear about four feet at the point of a gun. - Allen