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To: Cogito who wrote (64560)	5/8/2008 8:57:10 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542970

I, myself, could probably clear about four feet at the point of a gun. I'm impressed. I couldn't do four inches. High jumpers make a running start, and they jump higher, measured vertically, than any basketball player. What are you measuring, the height of the feet or the center of gravity or what? I was a gymnast as a kid. I was taught to high jump a totally different way. Like the flop but the butt goes over first, then one foot at a time followed by the shoulders and head. Seems strange in retrospect. I think it would be cool if the Olympic broadcast would have a piece on comparative jumping.