Comments by "TheThirdMan" (@thethirdman225) on "In high jump, your centre of mass goes under the bar" video.

  1. 3:08 There’s no such thing as a free lunch. The flop technique doesn’t buy you anything you can’t get with a straddle because all the important work is done on the ground. Theres very little difference in efficiency between a competently executed straddle and an equivalent flop. There’s no point worrying about getting a couple of centimetres out of bar clearance technique if you can get 20 centimetres out of a better take off. At that point a well executed straddle take off has the advantage but it’s harder to learn and execute. The reason the flop is universal these days is that it is easier to teach and learn. I suspect flop jumpers also suffer fewer injuries too, though both are hard on knees.
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