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The high jump – the neglected Straddle style

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Maurice N. Brearley  and
Neville J. de Mestre
Maurice N. Brearley
Affiliation:
85 Dandarriga Drive, Clifton Springs, Victoria, 3222, Australia
Neville J. de Mestre
Affiliation:
School of Information Technology, Bond University, Queensland, 4229, Australia
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The world high jump record for men is now an amazing 2.45 m (8 ft 0½ in). This requires an athlete to raise his or her the centre of gravity through a vertical distance of about 1.3 metres, something which is quite impossible by leg thrust alone. Through experience, coaches and athletes have developed techniques which maximise performance, and this paper attempts to describe these in mathematical terms. In this article, the various factors contributing to the height of a jump are investigated with the aid of information gained from a film of a Straddle-style jump. The same principles are involved in a jump using the Fosbury Flop.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 85 , Issue 503 , July 2001 , pp. 249 - 254
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2001

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