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    The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed‚ strength‚ and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point. This event has been an Olympic medal event since the first modern Olympics in 1896 At the elite level‚ competitors run down a runway and jump as far as they can from a wooden board 20 cm or 8 inches wide that is built flush with the runway into a pit filled with finely ground gravel or sand.Each competitor has three attempts.The competitor

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    Vertical Jump Patterns

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    spurt. The study conducted by S. A. Butterfield‚ et al. sought to examine individuals during the ‘adolescent awkwardness’ ages in running speed and vertical jump three times throughout the school year starting in September‚ January‚ and ending in May. The conductors of the study also strived to find if differences in running and vertical jump growth rates are associated with children’s age‚ sex‚ height‚ and weight. A total of 76 healthy children (45 boys and 31 girls) ranging from prekindergarten

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    Triple Jump Biomechanics

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    Triple Jump Biomechanics Triple Jump it is where an athlete sprints down a track‚ takes off at the board on one leg‚ hops‚ then again on the same leg before stepping onto the opposite leg and jumping into a pit of sand. This is called “hop‚ step and jump”. To be successful the athlete must be a fast sprinter with strong Gluteus‚ Hamstring‚ Iliopsoas‚ Quadriceps and Vastus muscle groups and core muscles: transverse and rectus abdominus‚ obliques and latissimus dorsi. They must also have the

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    Triple Jump Phase

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    To properly observe and describe the breakdown of the hop‚ skip‚ and jump phases‚ while determining the muscles that cause these movements. The triple jump‚ referred to as the hop‚ skip and jump‚ is a track and field event similar to the long jump. The only difference between the two is that the hop‚ skip‚ and jump involve a hop and a step‚ whereas the long jump involves just a jump. In the first phase of the triple jump‚ the competitor builds momentum by sprinting down the runway‚ planting

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    takes close to eight hours‚ but this day we decided to go on the 6-mile trip. At the end of the trip is a big cliff where people jump in the water. The jump is about 80 feet‚ and the only way up it is to scale the rock wall. The morning of the canoeing‚ getting in the water‚ and finally seeing the cliff are experiences I will never forget. The morning of the jump‚ we got together at my family’s bar to have a bloody or two. The rentals was not till noon‚ so we tell everyone to be there early

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    Wing and a Prayer

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    Strategy Marketing Mix: Product -Bungee jumping (2 types of jump) service -Wing and a prayer t-shirts -Baseball caps -Personalized Video -Colorful posters Place -Western Fair in London -Ontario -Zurich Bean Festival Promotion -Sound System (hip hop‚ dance‚ and house‚ rap music) to build crowd -Banners and Souvenirs -Attract people who are passing by their tent Price $65 for first jump $55 for second jump $10-20 for shirts and baseball cap $4-6 for posters $25

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    Sam Patch

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    toward Sam Patch and his jumps. Some people are amazed by his jumps and think the world of him; others poke fun at him and use every mishap by Sam to derail him from his practices. Sam Patch didn’t seem to pay much attention to these hateful comments. Sam Patch became a celebrity in America through his many successful jumps. In the beginning‚ however‚ his attitude was different as well as the meanings behind each jump than from his later jumps. Sam Patch’s first major jumps in Paterson at Passaic

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    jumping the nial summary

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    her peers jump off the Nail‚ a high cliff. When her depressed friend Elisa jumps‚ Elisa has mental breakdowns‚ and in the end drives off the cliff and dies. The setting‚ where the majority of the action happens is in La Paloma‚ California which is the home of “The Nail” and “The Deep”. “The Nail” is a 90 foot cliff and “The Deep” is the underwater of the sea. Teenagers jump “The Nail”‚ even though it is very dangerous‚ in to “The Deep”. Elisa has lots of flash backs of the jump with scooter

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    the jump. But before trying to jump high and breaking your neck‚ you should first stretch especially your wrist‚ ankles‚ Achilles tendon‚ and your neck. Stretching your neck is very important because it is connected with your spinal cord‚ which is the basic life function. Backflip is very risky if you try it without a proper stretch. If you’re done warming your body‚ then you are now ready for the next step. The next thing to do is not to hurry on flipping‚ but instead practice the jump first

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    Board: Men placed at grid points • A jump move involves two adjacent pieces (men) along same row or same column • No cross-wise jump • After a jump‚ the man must land on a vacant position‚ and the man who is jumped over gets removed from the board • A piece can jump over only one piece in one move Red ‚ Yellow and Violet pieces can not jump Green can jump right over blue Blue can jump left over green Blue can jump up over yellow Blue can jump down over violet Levels ETC. above Level

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