ah, it is such a "beautiful" time for the season of track to start. It's rainy, it's cold, it's miserable. But track has started, nonetheless, and it's time to get those spikes out of the closet. Everyone runs crazy fast; it's easy to forget that everyone starts off at a velocity of zero. Yes, velocity is the topic for today's blog.
Being a long jumper myself, I video-taped some of my fellow jumper's strutting their stuff. All long jumpers must start at the velocity of zero. Then, they accelerate as fast as they can, and at the end of the jump, they have reached the highest velocity possible so that they can jump as far as they can.
For the most effective jumps, the long jumper must try and stay consistent with each run. Each runner has a mark where they start from. Right before they jump, they lower their center of mass so that they can jump higher into the air for maximum results. Gravity pulls them down, but in my opinion, they look like they're flying for a brief moment.
I may be biased, but I really do believe that long jumping is the most interesting event in track!
Being a long jumper myself, I video-taped some of my fellow jumper's strutting their stuff. All long jumpers must start at the velocity of zero. Then, they accelerate as fast as they can, and at the end of the jump, they have reached the highest velocity possible so that they can jump as far as they can.
For the most effective jumps, the long jumper must try and stay consistent with each run. Each runner has a mark where they start from. Right before they jump, they lower their center of mass so that they can jump higher into the air for maximum results. Gravity pulls them down, but in my opinion, they look like they're flying for a brief moment.
I may be biased, but I really do believe that long jumping is the most interesting event in track!
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