High Jump My time sports
History
The first recorded high jump event took place in Scotland in the 19th century. Early jumpers used either an elaborate straight-on approach or a scissors technique. In the later years, the bar was approached diagonally, and the jumper threw first the inside leg and then the other over the bar in a scissoring motion. Around the turn of the 20th century, techniques began to modernise, starting with the Irish-American Michael Sweeney'sEastern cut-off.
Techniques of high jump
The Fosbury Flop is a style used in the athletics event of high jump. It was popularized and perfected by American athlete Dick Fosbury first in 1965 and whose gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics brought it to the world's attention. Straddle technique Fosbury flop scissors technique Eastern cut-off western roll.
Facts
The high jump is an athletic sport in which players have to jump over a bar placed at a random height. The bar is placed between two sticks poles with a carpet to when the players jump and to when they fall
Top three athletes in the world of all time
3.
Patrik Sjöberg
2.
Mutaz Essa Barshim
1.
Javier Sotomayor
The best Portuguese in high jump
Paulo Conceição
