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  2. Vertical jump - Wikipedia

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    Running vertical jump: This refers to a vertical jump after a run up: the last step of the run is used to launch into the jump. This may help to add additional energy to the jump and improve on the standing vertical jump result. [2] In general, the standing vertical jump is the one that is used as an official measurement for athletes. [1]

  3. Hurdling - Wikipedia

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    Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. [1] In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, the dominant step patterns are the 3-step for high hurdles, 7-step for low hurdles, and 15-step ...

  4. High jump - Wikipedia

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    The first flopper setting a world record was the American Dwight Stones, who cleared 2.30 m (7 ft 6 + 12 in) in 1973. In the female side, the 16-year-old flopper Ulrike Meyfarth from West Germany won the gold medal of the 1972 Munich Olympics at 1.92 m ( 6 ft 3 + 12 in), which tied the women's world record at that time (held by the ...

  5. Axel jump - Wikipedia

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    The Axel jump is the most studied jump in figure skating. In competition, the base value of an Axel is determined by the number of revolutions completed during the jump. [7] The base value of a single Axel is 1.10, a double Axel 3.30, a triple Axel 8.00, a quadruple Axel 12.50 and a quintuple Axel is 14. [8]

  6. Straddle technique - Wikipedia

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    Straddle technique. The straddle technique was the dominant style in the high jump before the development of the Fosbury Flop. It is a successor of the Western roll, [1] for which it is sometimes confused. Unlike the scissors or flop style of jump, where the jumper approaches the bar so as to take off from the outer foot, the straddle jumper ...

  7. Pole vault - Wikipedia

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    Sandi Morris 4.95 m (16 ft 2 + 3⁄4 in) (2018) Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks and the ancient Irish ...

  8. List of jumping activities - Wikipedia

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    High jump, in which athletes jump over horizontal bars. Long jump, where the objective is to leap horizontally as far as possible. Pole vault, in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to jump over a bar. Triple jump, the objective is to leap horizontally as far as possible, in a series of three jumps

  9. Slam dunk - Wikipedia

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    Vince Carter dunking in 2009. A slam dunk, also simply known as a dunk, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one or both hands. [1] It is a type of field goal that is worth two points.