Character design and animation on this clip was great!

@HappyDragneels_page

6 жыл бұрын

they look like the dudes on trophies

@juma21347

6 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment the opposite. The animation of the dude is very robotic, doesnt flow and doesnt look natural. And I mean the 3D part, the rest of the design is pretty cool.

@CGCake

3 жыл бұрын

It's actually rigging

@thethirdman225

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad the information is either invented or wrong.

What if they named the flop after his first name.

@zekel.2083

9 жыл бұрын

that would be wierd

@Dronebertios_World

9 жыл бұрын

That is some quality commenting.

@zekel.2083

9 жыл бұрын

panks

@lewisyuu

9 жыл бұрын

Commentation "What technique do you use?" "The 'Dick' Flop, why?"

@vietthangho9262

7 жыл бұрын

"Everybody do the flop!"

Which came first, the flop or the physics? Did Fosbury work out the physics first then try the jump, or did he just come up with a crazy jump and only afterwards people worked out the physics?

@gabbonoo

10 жыл бұрын

after the physics

@sbonel3224

10 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Einstein turned in his grave when physics of such level was conducted.

@Moral1tyCor3

9 жыл бұрын

Somnu Bonel Then he should be spinning like a wheel 24/7 given the amount of such physics conducted in schools.

@coolpeople4061

6 жыл бұрын

Lol dummy

@nykidxxx

6 жыл бұрын

Moral1tyCor3 - So what you're really saying is that we've found a new source of renewable energy! :D

I remember my father claiming that the high jump had become one of just brute strength and no technique because he didn't understand that the flop is actually the exact opposite of brute strength. He was a reasonable man, but quite a bit older than me, and by the time I had figured out basically what is shown in these graphics, he was long gone. Too bad, he would have enjoyed learning this.

Physics, eh? I always thought athletes used chemistry to shatter world records.

@reisanibal1

10 жыл бұрын

good one :)

@elliottmcollins

10 жыл бұрын

Chemistry is just an interesting application of electromagnetism.

@johndon820

10 жыл бұрын

Elliott Collins Don't say you're a believer of homeopathic medicine.

@elliottmcollins

10 жыл бұрын

John Don Haha, what? How did you connect that with homeopathy?

@elliottmcollins

10 жыл бұрын

No, just to the fact that Chemistry is the study of chemical bonds, which are rooted in the physics of electromagnetism.

That certainly raised the bar for my knowledge.

one minor detail - he first did his technique in high school, kind of by accident or desperation. The first time, it was pretty much unplanned - he was trying to do a scissors jump, but keep his hips up... and it just sort-of happened. A few others had jumped this way as well, but each developed it independently, and Fosbury was the most successful at it.

I like that flop a lot more than the kind in basketball!

@jdadaiii

3 жыл бұрын

Jeremy!!!

@leonardobonucci2043

3 жыл бұрын

More like soccer

How the hell did I get here? I have an English essay due tomorrow and here I am learning about Olympic changing sport manoeuvres.

@sunnyt4493

6 жыл бұрын

We've all been there , lol

@benjaminyork690

6 жыл бұрын

I was literally just thinking the same thing when I saw this XD

@KillianDefaoite

6 жыл бұрын

I'm not even lying to you when I say I am in the exact same situation. English essay due tomorrow and what do I do? Watch a video about high jumping.

@idprefertonotparticipate

4 жыл бұрын

Sunny T my pe teacher sent me here...

@SolveGr

3 жыл бұрын

How did the essay go?

As to why they didn't name it after his first name, we turn to literature rather than physics. They obviously call it the "Fosbury Flop" because whoever came up with the term was aiming for artistic alliteration, both words beginning with "F". If they named it after his first name "Dick" they wouldn't have called it the "Dick Flop" because it's not alliterative. They might have called it the "Dick Dive". Luckily he had both a first name and last name that could be used alliteratively in his particular sporting event. If his name had been "Jones" they would have called it the "Jones Jump". But if his name had been "Smith" they might not have been able to come up with any such catchy name.

@diegoci2179

9 жыл бұрын

The smith spring

@gillasosaurus

8 жыл бұрын

+RRaquello They missed a big opportunity with the dick flop

@WizardOfBallzGaming

8 жыл бұрын

+RRaquello Dick Leap

@HarisEka

7 жыл бұрын

smith spring

@jasonpanusopone6250

6 жыл бұрын

How about the "Smith Swoop"?

Why are the characters made of butter?

@mr.commenter1242

3 жыл бұрын

So that he can bend his back further XD

@SaidurRahmanSajal

3 жыл бұрын

How high are you?

@csar07.

3 жыл бұрын

It’s realistic. How else do you think they slip over the bar?

@jtiumproductions7629

3 жыл бұрын

oh god the puns no insert pun here (i'm not creative enough to think of one)

The voice, animation and soundtrack *chef kiss* THAT SOUNDTRACK THOUGH

Nice to hear about it after ages! It's a part of my father's stories from the years before I was borne. Good thing to keep it alive!

An excellent video. It definitely put some new insight on center-of-mass for me and has started to make me think about other measures of mass distribution in a body. But it is also nice to see the historical events from this perspective. Great work!

MIND BLOWN i can now make a donut levitate by holding my finger under its hole (the center of mass). Fizyks rules!

Well done animation. Made it a lot more clear.

Wow, great explanation of a no so evident concept. Great graphics.

Thank you for the video. It was exactly what I was looking for.

*when you really want to become an athlete, but your parents tells you to become a Physicists*

Never thought such minimalistic animation would create such awesome effect.. 😍

@thethirdman225

4 жыл бұрын

Pity it’s mostly wrong.

Luckily they didn't name the flop after his first name...

@PelegTsadok

10 жыл бұрын

The Dick Flop...

@liskers

7 жыл бұрын

But that would've been fucking hilarious.

@gordonwaldner9792

6 жыл бұрын

He now goes by Richard.

Miroslaw Graf, first man to ski jump V-style also used physics to improve his distance in ski jumping. Before that, people didn't ski jump the way ski jumpers do today.

Such a great job of explaining it :) great script

Great video! He changed the whole spot! Amazing!

Amazing. Great animation, great narration, great concept! This is why I'm subbed to TED!

@thethirdman225

4 жыл бұрын

Pity it’s mostly wrong.

fascinating episode

This is one of the coolest things you've posted

Fosbury is my hero because he knew he wasn't strong enough or fast enough to win so he invented a new way to play. He won using Science... but I mean, he never won again after that cause everyone's like "uh... so, if this dude who's not as strong, fast, or tall as us is beating us maybe we should just try his technique."

That pun at the end got me

This is one of my favourite examples of surprising sports-physics. I remember so clearly the first time the penny dropped - when it was explained that the centre of mass went under the bar while the athlete went over.

@thethirdman225

4 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily. This has been massively overstated. The most important work - at least 90% - is done on the ground.

That pun at the end tho 👌

My high school physics teacher told me about this!! Still remember it 20 years later.

@supersaiyan3693

3 жыл бұрын

Now it's 27 years.......

Thank you for this information.

Such a great video, should be sown to all young athletes in my opinion.

the animation is so awesome

FINALLY SOME METRIC!!! For fucks sakes Ted-Ed took too long to realize this. Even when you show metric in the video yet the narrator states in imperial so it's fair. But it's even more fair if you simply put both in the video. I expect the next videos to do the same

@virtlink

10 жыл бұрын

I didn't even notice it until I read your comment. Metric comes so natural to me, and most of the world's population that is not in the US.

@ShawnRavenfire

10 жыл бұрын

It's probably only in metric because the Olympic records are kept in metric.

@elliottmcollins

10 жыл бұрын

Even the US is inching (yeah, I said it) away from the imperial system.

@shiptech2k9

10 жыл бұрын

Elliott Collins Well Americans are stubborn, if the US is inching away, then it has miles and miles more to go.

@YoHoOMirster

8 жыл бұрын

+shiptech2k9 them why not the kilometer?

one of the greatest videos i have ever watched on youtube.great stuff by teded.keep it up guys!

Press 1 and 4 simultaneously to hear techno.

@JloBroOFFICIAL

8 жыл бұрын

if you press numbers on your keyboard after clicking the youtube video it might work. on every youtube video different numbers cue the time selector to different parts of the video.

@JloBroOFFICIAL

8 жыл бұрын

You're right lol

@Vulppix

8 жыл бұрын

+James Logan, lol

@zenthaa

4 жыл бұрын

Use 7

@tyqwe45qe

3 жыл бұрын

why.

I need to look this for me gym lessons 👌🏾👌🏾

The last sentence was beautiful

It still took him four years to win over his own coaches who required him to continue to practice the old style of jumping- but allowed him to compete in his own new "flop" style. Five years after failing as a 16 year old to jump the minimum 5 feet to enter a high school meet he won the Olympic gold medal and completely changed the event forever. Bizarre to think that you can jump over a bar wile keeping your body's center of gravity below it. And it was a 16 year old that realized it.

The title sounds like an Onion article.

@thethirdman225

2 жыл бұрын

For all the information in it, it might as well be. The creator knows nothing about the high jump or why Fosbury did what he did.

very good illustration

ur intro is like a morning alarm ngl like the feeling that u get when u hear it

The animation looks awesome. Also: the pun at the end. LoL

"...the center of mass is below your belly, a place where there is no mass at all." If that were only the case :'(

Should talk about Yuri Sedych's world record hammer throw or just the hammer throw in general. There is some unbelievable physics going on there, much more than people may think.

@johnjordan3552

3 жыл бұрын

Centri _petaaall_ FOOOOOOORCEE!

Helped a lot thx

great job can you make video on hurdles technique

"only great leap forward that is also a great leap backward" the humor haha

imagine if michael jordon approached the bar like he flew in to dunk, only he turned over in midair and cleared it by a foot.

Great vid...thanx for posting.

There is a music video called "Broken Arrows" that's roughly, but not entirely based off this.

“Avicci - Broken Arrows” MV shows the story :)))

Tedd can u do a video with long jump plz? :) your video was very good^^

That pun at the end though

great story great animation,just love it

@thethirdman225

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad it's mostly wrong.

last line 👌

im surprised this hasnt become a movie yet.

Thanks vor the video!

I love your guys' videos so much

It was a "successful flop". Sorry, I'm a sucker for oxymoron.

@royzhu5735

7 жыл бұрын

What a moron.

@juliashireen6195

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying that. The use of the meaning FLOP to mean something neutral has gotten into a more negative one, so Fosbury Fly is better, duncha think? XD

@harihariswarshiv2143

5 жыл бұрын

It is hook

@alrighter2051

4 жыл бұрын

Joe C an oxymoronic onomatopoeia

@RandomGuy-bf8wq

3 жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for the people who don't know what an oxymoron is...

Everybody do the (Fosbury) flop!

@kostyapesterew1068

7 жыл бұрын

i love trains

@hadinossanosam4459

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, you do.

What a perfectly constructed video. And fitting middle name 👌

That pun was uncalled for.

Well this is super helpful to me because I had high jump practice and I have to get my form down...

Great upload and God Bless.

you guys are great..

awesome animation!

Wow! Absolutely mind blowing things.

Was looking for an answer about this. Studying physics based gesture drawings from Drawing Force by Mike Matessi.

Great leap upward

2:39 wait for it. . . Dary! Legendary!

Ok... imagine the expression of audience in that event...what the f was that😂

Mah man literally raised the bar for the then next athletes to come.

Were they landing on the ground with the old method? Or on pads?

Very interesting one!

Very nice graphics.

Now cover S.Bubka's technique.

So that's why I was trained to do that in high jump, cool!

@thethirdman225

3 жыл бұрын

No, you were trained that way because the flop is much easier to teach and learn. The straddle is arguably every bit as efficient but more demanding.

EVERYBODY DO THE FLOP!

@liskers

7 жыл бұрын

That meme was funny 2 years ago.

the main part of the jump isn't the keeping of your body in the half moon shape it is about ruing the curve corectly to have your centripetal acceleration carry you over

To be completely pedantic it is keeping centre of gravity (which is not the same as the centre of mass if the gravitational field strength varies over the object) as low as possible which allows jumpers to get higher jumps.

Does any one know what software was used in the animation with the moving center of mass?

@mesmir-ized

8 жыл бұрын

+MwueLaFlaga I'm not exactly sure of the name, but I think it's the same program. I know, I'm so useless, am I right?

One heck of a leap forwar- uh, I mean backward :D

Fosbury used physics paired with incredible body control.

Amazing!!

THANKS YOU

his animation and his English is very good

Yes

A great example for elementary school teachers that will inevitably get those young students who won't see how math is applicable to any pursuit in life and require a model to comprehend it's specific use.

nice video really help me at school

Pls upload more videos in physics

I have my own high jump technique too. I went to do a scissor kick from the right but brought my left leg up first. This made me do a spin through the air and get over the 115cm bar even though I was ~130cm tall.

Interesting, many sport teachers say there is only a way or style, the common and classical one, they would have said it was wrong ._. PD: Fosbury didn’t apply his knowledge of physics and maybe not even his intelligence, it was practice, but this video teachs why it’s more efficient this style with physics principles, and that we can apply this in different areas of our lifes to improve

All athletes use physics when participating in their sport. Without physics, they wouldn't be able to do anything.

Nice one.....

If got a TED Institute ad in a TED Talk video.

I'm sure Fossbury thought about ALL of this.

thank !