amoda Posted January 6, 2004 Posted January 6, 2004 Hi I'm just wondering about this...in gym we had to do some highjumping. I saw a couple of people who bicycle their legs when jumping. I'm wondering if this actually makes any diffrence and how/why it does. Any info will be greatly appreciated.
iglak Posted January 6, 2004 Posted January 6, 2004 no, not for high jump bycicling the legs would only make you more likely to hit the bar <edit> i suppose one bycicle kick would get you a little bit higher, although i have no idea why. maybe it just alighns you more correctly.
YT2095 Posted January 6, 2004 Posted January 6, 2004 doing it for High-Jump while bicycling legs, sounds like it training for doing Hurdles perhaps? where it becomes necesary to hit the ground running. typical High-Jump is best to keep as streamlined as possible. as for Long jumpers doing it, I think I`de agree with Iglak, it could be a way of maintaining an upright position whilst in the air and at the same time performing a sort of Sync/Count so that both feet land almost together, I think the distance is taken from the closest point in the sand to the start line (not to sure about that though). It`s certainly one of the most different questions I`ve seen on here for a good while
blike Posted January 6, 2004 Posted January 6, 2004 Long jumpers do it to stop the forward rotation generated by their jump. Their legs move in a motion as to push their lower body forward, and their arms move in a way to move their upper body backwards.
blike Posted January 6, 2004 Posted January 6, 2004 Check it here: http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/faq7.html
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted January 6, 2004 Posted January 6, 2004 When I see that happen, it's because they fell without knowing!
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