Articles in the ‘High Jump’ Category

High jump is one of the oldest most improvised on and played track and field athletics events. In this game the players jump over a bar placed on a specific height without any support whatsoever. There are many techniques of jumping that have evolved over the time by players themselves. The [...]

There are many techniques and improvised versions of old techniques that players employ to achieve a greater clearance. Let us discuss the technique that helped the champion of the 2004 summer Olympics Yelena Slesarenko in winning her title. The technique is named the Fosbury Flop or just [...]

High jump is one of the oldest track field events in sporting history. It involves jumping over a bar placed at a certain height without any aids. It is a game of Scottish origin and the oldest records are from the nineteenth century. There were many techniques used by [...]

High jumping is a sport that has reached its present improvised form with the help of the brilliant innovations made in it by its players. Sweeney gave it the eastern cut off Horine gave it the western roll. Then there is the straddle technique mastered by Charles Dumas. The [...]