Centre Of Mass

in #sportstalk5 years ago

Dick Fosbury broke the Olympic record with 2.24 m in high jump in 1968 at the Mexico City.

His weird move shocked the world and subsequently many followed his style.

His jumping technique was named as The Fosbury Flop.

Asaf Bar-Yosef explained the physics behind this technique in the videoclip below.


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It is amazing how physics can be applied to improve the performance of Sports.

Dick Fosbury had discovered the use of Center Of Mass in helping him to jump more effectively.

With the rising price of Sports tokens, we may just be discovering potential of the future sports content on Sports Talk Social.

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Let’s break a price record just like how Dick Fosbury was able to discover the center of mass as we discover new height for sports on steem platform.

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How interested, so the actual work (force per distance) made by his body is less jumping this way...

Knowing the balance and centre of mass to enable better jump. There could be other possible factors of success.

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