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ProfessorGAC

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7. My Freshman Year Of HS...

Reply to underpants (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 13, 2023, 07:57 PM

Mar 2023

...I high jumped using the old straddle technique. By the next year (3 years post-Fosbury), all the world-class jumpers were flopping.
So, I switched too. I got 6 inches better than the prior year! Changes in height & leaping ability maybe accounted for 2". The technique added 4. And, we didn't even have a high jump pit for practice. Just the meets.
It's a fantastic kinesiological advantage to jump that way, and Dick perfected it.
Revolutionized the event, indeed!

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Dick Fosbury has died at 76. Lymphoma. [View all] LoisB Mar 2023 OP

From way back in my youth I remember guys jumping over the bar rurallib Mar 2023 #1

Yep. He sure changed that sport. That is a great video you posted, thank you. LoisB Mar 2023 #2

He inspired BootinUp Mar 2023 #3

Wow. Good for you. LoisB Mar 2023 #4

Revolutionized the event. underpants Mar 2023 #5

My Freshman Year Of HS... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #7

Sorry to hear. I remember it well. Still is a wonder. twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #6