funny thing

[abdominable]

I just beat the world record high jump... :ogre:

So I was at the training facility watching the high schoolers do high jump... and then it hit me, there is a better way to do this thing. I ask the kids if I can have a run at it, so I start at 5 feet, way too easy...6,7,8 feet...

roundoff > bhs > bhs > delayed backtuck = 9 feet 2 ½ inch

As far as I know, the world record is 8 feet something
And as far as I know, there's no rules as to how you high jump, just techniques. Eventually I had to delay the back tuck to clear the bar, but it works like a charm, really.

Correct me if I'm wrong about that...


But basicly, a good number of us could be in the olympics and revolutionize the high jump, and I'm thinking long jump as well. Something like roundoff>bhs>bhs>backtuck-halftwist... to land facing forward.

I don't know what to think... the high schoolers were saying it was cheating. Thoughts?

[Mikey]

lol. i guess thats cool. but i dont think it counts cuz u used a tumbling technique to clear it:P. if they allowed that than many power tumblers break it everyday


plus (just looked at wiki) it says that "Competitors must jump off one foot to clear the bar"

[Phil D]

yeah you have to take off one foot, maybe thers another way

[TKD_Andy]

haha this is like the double leg for long jump record thread...

[JiayoJames]

yeah they banned flips in long jump and high jump