Best spectator sports
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Ive noticed that long jumpers always seem to hop at the beginning of their run for the first few steps before starting to run fast. I wonder why that is vs. just start running?
@taiwan_girl said in Best spectator sports:
Ive noticed that long jumpers always seem to hop at the beginning of their run for the first few steps before starting to run fast. I wonder why that is vs. just start running?
Timing.
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Yeah, especially for long jumpers they have to hit that mark perfectly (I think it's like 83 feet 7 inches) so it's a timing/routine thing. I remember doing (and failing) pole vaulting in high school and it's remarkable how many small techniques are needed to result in a perfect jump. Over time, it becomes muscle memory.
For high jumpers, not that anyone asked... it's interesting. The lean back move before they start running is part-routine, and part stretch to maximize the pliability of the body. Further, and more interestingly, they run in a curved line to maximize the efficiency of converting their running/horizontal momentum into the jump momentum... it's very mathematical, I wonder if there's a good youtube video that visualizes the efficiency of running in a curved line vs directly at it (or directly parallel to it), or maybe it's just common sense.
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This is very cool. That confidence is neat to watch. And how she knows she has the lift long before she stands up with it. I guess the risky part is getting it overhead with her elbows locked.
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Turns out women can be compelling to watch in team sports. Just not basketball, for some reason.
Link to videoI'd never heard of her, but apparently that American behemoth got pretty famous in the previous olympics. I watched some interviews and she's delightful. Interesting back stories too, about growing up big as a female. Not quite the steady stream of positive feedback big athletic males receive.
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This is coleslaw wrestling a variation of mud wrestling and a big thing here in Florida (where you really don't quite know what is living in the mud.)
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This is coleslaw wrestling a variation of mud wrestling and a big thing here in Florida (where you really don't quite know what is living in the mud.)
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This is so cool. Wish they did this in other sports. But I guess it's more a kiwi thing than a sport thing.
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The haka is cool. If you haven't seen it before it's awesome. I think I first saw it in a video of New Zealand men's rugby or something, then saw it again at another event, then at a wedding, then a funeral, then at a high school basketball game, etc...each viewing makes me find it less cool. But still, it's cool.
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