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Fosbury-Flop Tutorial

Jeff Hamilton

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Jeff Hamilton demonstrates the basic steps and biomechanics of the Fosbury Flop high jump technique.

I hope this video tutorial helps aspiring high-jumpers. There is also many sites on the biomechanics of the Fosbury-Flop technique. One I found is at coachr.org/rotation.htm

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What commenters say. Recommended to show the standard Fosbury Flop technique used by modern high jumpers.

@jerschneidin r/trackandfield • Recommends

On “Can you just dive over the bar in high jump?”

You can, but by rule you have to jump off one foot. Other than that any way you get over is legal. That said the "fosbury flop" is the preferred strategy for essentially everyone in the sport today. link to this video link to this video
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