Fosbury Flop

Biomechanics is not about who is already the best becoming better it is about finding the best physical way to accomplish the task at hand. They do this by finding techniques that anyone can learn: “The Fosbury Flop has now emerged as the most successful of the techniques. The athlete arches back in this case, thus the bending lifts the belly higher than all the previous techniques” (Kanjilal, 3). Improving technique is the key to success in sports, therefore if everyone had access to the better techniques presented the sport becomes more equal. Moreover, the argument that prosthetics make an athlete better is invalid, because according to Kanjilal, runners with prosthetics must generate twice as much power from their glutes and hips to match that of a normal runner (6). Additionally, everyone possesses the abilities to use biomechanics. Biomechanics is the body and its functions being used in the most effective way to maximize the power generated…

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parallel to the ground and leaping over it. To complete a jump they must go over the bar and not knock it off its stands. Many high jumpers use a technique called the Fosbury flop. The Fosbury involves running at the bar from a curve and basically back flipping over the bar to ensure that the centre of mass does not make you hit the bar and knock it off. High jumpers often have a curved run up, which is required to ensure that enough centripetal force is able to be converted into vertical…

During the bar clearance phase athletes generally employ a technique referred to as the Fosbury flop. The most important thing for the athlete to do during this phase, is keep everything that could hit the bar, out of the way; the head should not be dropped until it has cleared (Burns, 2013). My high jump can be compared to that of Erik Kynard, who is at a professional level for this event. Kynard gained silver at the 2012 Olympic Games with a height of 2.33m. (Show first clip) When both jumps…