Technical High Jump Fosbury Flop style.

Technical High Jump Fosbury Flop style.

Fosbury Flop is a dorsal technique.

Only with the appearance of the glass fiber rod would provide an example of the appearance the same innovation technique
the "Fosbury Flop".
When, in the Mexico Olympics, American Dick Fosbury won the gold medal by jumping 2.24 m and 2.29 m tried to pass
then the world record pertecente Valery Brumel, was written over a page of modern athletics.

The major innovation presented by Fosbury was the transposition Batten, his back to it after a race
curve in approximation, using centrifugal force. Dick Fosbury discovered by chance in 1963 that his technique
Americans christened with his name ("Fosbury Flop = + = name proprio tumble, fall) and Brazil became known as the
names of "jump back", "jump Fosbury" and "jump back" in an attempt to follow a terminology similar to that of
"Ventral jump."

Before its discovery, Fosbury jumped in simple shear technique and his world record of 1.63 m was A few days more
late to their innovation, jumped 1.78 m, and therefore a progression of 15 cm. The following year reached 1.91 m,
ie improved 13cm. At 18 years, always with the heel cord, spent 2 meters.

His progress came to a halt when his new coach at the University, advised him to leap frog, downloading,
Due to this, his performances for l, 80m. Six months later, the new coach gave up his student to take
"Good way" and let him return to his peculiar technique, back. Free to bounce your way, soon returned to
2m, was at 2.16 m and the Olympic selections jumped 2,21 m. In the XIX Olympic Games held in Mexico, Dick hit Forsbury
the Olympic record jumping 2.24 m.

From this moment, began the revolution within the specialty. Went to study in detail the race
curve, generating centrifugal force at the time of the spin-off and overtaking from behind, the new features
technique. There were many supporters of Fosbury Flop and among them the Hungarian Istvan Major (2.20 m), the American Bill Elliot
(2.21 m) and the Soviet Kestoutis Chapka (2.23 m).
Gradually the new technique was rising in the preference of sportsmen. The decatletas pentatletas fast and the adopted
successfully as the South African Emile Rossouw, one of the most gifted athletes ever known.

In the world of women dorsal technique was confirmed with the German Olympic victory with Ulrike Meyarth l, 92m and global
Bulgarian Jordanka Blagoyeva with l, 94m.

For men, the improvement of the world record for Ni Chi Chin and Pat Matzdorf (2.29 m), fans of the art frog claimed
that the "best" would adopt the new technique not back. In July 1973, Dwight Stones, jumped 2.30 m beating
world record in the dorsal technique. It was the definitive statement of the Fosbury Flop.
In 1974, there were no breaks world record, but the best result of the year Dane Jesper Toering with 2.25 m was obtained
Dorsal in the art. In Brazil things were not different, and the record of Brazilian José Teles da Conceição of 2.00 m
was beaten in 1954, the technique was improved in 1974 by Cecy Young Irajá to 2.01 m adept dorsal technique.

Source: Athletics