The real "Trust me, I'm an engineer" example

@yogazzz9042

2 жыл бұрын

as an engineer i agree with you bro....

@ghjklkop7868

2 жыл бұрын

@@yogazzz9042 respect

@named746

2 жыл бұрын

@@yogazzz9042 engineer from tf2

@robotnick9867

2 жыл бұрын

"that means i solve problems"

@martonglasz7093

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment.

To win a Gold Medal is one thing. To change the way the sport is done is even better!

@d.jcheetah8724

3 жыл бұрын

Plus he won the gold medal.

@nigelnyoni8265

3 жыл бұрын

He LITERALLY changed the game. And had the technique named after him too

@Sam-sv4yy

3 жыл бұрын

it was natural that someone will come up with it one day while exercising ..

@rc-pf1wq

3 жыл бұрын

to leave and never return after the gold...

@chongcheemin8385

3 жыл бұрын

@@rc-pf1wq break the world record also during the process ... legend!!!

stays chill, does a bit of travelling, reimagines a sport for modern times, retires. What a king.

@organizedchaos4559

2 жыл бұрын

He retired because he wasn’t a great athlete. He won not because of his athletic skills but his brain.

@rahilmalhotra001

2 жыл бұрын

@@organizedchaos4559 Sit down, you clearly have no idea how sporting culture was in 1960's, saying he had no athletic skill is just dumb.

@dave_in_florida

2 жыл бұрын

retired and his name lives on forever

@shubhamsemwal5532

2 жыл бұрын

@@organizedchaos4559 He implemented and idea that was in his brain in reality and jumped and won gold. Because he had the best skills

@brainquake4413

2 жыл бұрын

@@organizedchaos4559 and u achieved in your life..nothing

Someone: You couldn't Jump over a Chair Fosbury: "I will Jump Over History"

@shazzthedon

2 жыл бұрын

History is in the past and time travel isn’t possible you mullet paddler

@kylenew1922

2 жыл бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@sohaanari1729

2 жыл бұрын

@@shazzthedon XD

@praptishukla6012

2 жыл бұрын

The best comment I have read on KZread 😁

@GhostLeadGaming

2 жыл бұрын

@@tempest3927 nice counter. 👍

bruh he literally just joined the Olympics to try his new technique and never came back. What a LEGEND 😂

@carlgustav945

3 жыл бұрын

A pioneer

@Globalgenocide

3 жыл бұрын

A pioneer unlike your commenting abilities.

@konradsartorius7913

3 жыл бұрын

This was actually very common at the time. The Olympics were amateur only then and most American athletes were college students who competed once and then went on with their professional/non Olympic lives.

@daldrete01

3 жыл бұрын

@@Globalgenocide daddy chill

@aldogo95

3 жыл бұрын

True chad

Comes to the Olympics just to try if can jump over that thing with his technique and never comes back...What a g lmao

@tihomirrasperic

3 жыл бұрын

his not back because in next game all use his technique and jump much higher then him

@rohitp4301

3 жыл бұрын

@@tihomirrasperic Doesn’t matter. The guy revolutionised the sport. No one knows by heart the name of the people who won after him. Every high jump athlete in the world knows his name.

@bvbxiong5791

3 жыл бұрын

when you drop the mic...you don't pick it back up.

@Jarebearrr

3 жыл бұрын

Lol right? What got me was the fact dude couldn’t even jump over a chair a couple years before then goes on to win gold lmaoooo. I literally can’t even imagine how his friends that bet him that felt after seeing him win that lmaaaooooo

@DakonBlackblade2

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesgokux That is called a pioneer actually. He wasn't a good jumper, or athlete to be honest, and he knew it, however he was very smart and unafraid to try new things, therefore he revolutionized the sport. He had one chance of winning cause once ppl adopted his technique they were just better than him, so he took it, he won and he became a legend.

Fosbury literally raised the bar

@iamthebroker

Жыл бұрын

Deserves more likes. Nice one👍🏻

@RaymondChenon

Жыл бұрын

@@iamthebroker thanks. You made my day.

@metaloper

Жыл бұрын

@@iamthebroker I second that.

@oluwakayodefavouraiyepeku6310

Жыл бұрын

Best comment 🔥

@JornalismoLightFM

Жыл бұрын

A like from Brasil Best comment ever! Jsut knew about his passing. RIP!

he's like that one guy who's absent in all of the lectures but still topped the class 😂🙌 WHAT A LEGEND

@AmityvilleFan

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, that was John Nash.

@Eren-da-Jaeger

2 жыл бұрын

and did not attend the next grade

@thanosmaster-abel559

Жыл бұрын

😂🙌🙌😂🙌🙌😂😂😂😂🙌😂

"He applied some mechanics." Proceeds to pan images showing electromagnetics, Einstein's equation, cosine angles. Man, that's a lot of stuff for just a high jump.

@gamer2241

5 жыл бұрын

Well trig is used in mechanics

@vulpine3431

5 жыл бұрын

@@gamer2241 trig is used practically everywhere -.-

@gamer2241

5 жыл бұрын

VulpineKitsune not my point I know it is

@crewmax4240

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a Starbucks recipe.

@Taher_M

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I agree with you

This guys experimented his technique in Olympic championship and then left 😂

@lenchenes

4 жыл бұрын

And that makes him legendary and iconic🤣😂😅

@bansyiemlieh3213

3 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 like a boss

@mromneyobama

3 жыл бұрын

He never even practiced. He already knew he could sail over those with ease.

@panda4247

3 жыл бұрын

I suppose he knew better jumpers would come. He was the engineer. He proven his point. He quit while he was on top. He is still the legend.

@AllenorLP

3 жыл бұрын

Hold my beer while i get an olympic gold medal

I was 17 in 1968 when Fosbury did his Flop. It was a thing to behold. Remember, no one had ever seen such a beautiful thing like that before. It was artistic and truly beautiful. And the audience was mesmerized by everything Fosbury did. People just wanted to see it again and again. It was truly the most remarkable Track and Field event of the age.

@osoialncuiq

2 жыл бұрын

What a great experience to see that live! I was born in 1971, but heard the name over and over every 4 years.

@victorhopper6774

2 жыл бұрын

my school didn't have a foam landing surface then. just sawdust and sand.

@malcolmabram2957

Жыл бұрын

Just to be a bit sombre, the Olympics do not seem to have the same magic as it did back in those days.

@sg7031

Жыл бұрын

3:13 the guy in the background with the hat literally gaping

@mysonsmashingblockbuilding7669

8 ай бұрын

How did he qualify without anyone seeing it?

I'm amazed how high these guys were jumping *before* the Fosbury flop!

@TurnerTHA

4 жыл бұрын

Outland he did so poor with straddle even with college level. It took a full year to convince his coach to let him jump in his own way (he used fosbury’s flop to get into the college but his coach didn’t allow him to use it until he desperately beg the coach

@rickf6375

4 жыл бұрын

Check out the Kenian high jump on KZread, pretty amazing stuff

@ErrantChordier

4 жыл бұрын

crazier yet, the WR with the straddle was done about 10 years *after* Fosbury won the Olympics, it was by Vladimir Yashchenko, he jumped 2.35m (7'8½"), that's the highest jump using the straddle

@bharathkatti

2 жыл бұрын

2.22mtrs

@rowanaforrest9792

2 жыл бұрын

The way they jumped before, plus landing on hard ground instead of a padded landing... Wow! How did they manage not to break or sprain their ankles? Padded mats were also a nice idea!

He really raised the bar!

@bagusadikurniawan885

6 жыл бұрын

like literally

@atomsk1972

6 жыл бұрын

So bad it's good.

@sannytizer7772

6 жыл бұрын

I think he was a flop !!

@eyescreamcake

6 жыл бұрын

ಠ_ಠ

@medjina12

5 жыл бұрын

👍🏾

Narrator: 'He didn't like to practice, he was a loner ⭐ he missed the opening ceremony to drive out to see the pyramids, watching the sunset & sleeping in a van.' 🌇 I'm starting to believe he joined the Olympics cause he wanted a free getaway for the weekend 🤎

@hakunamatata9489

2 жыл бұрын

Must be college credits !!!

@rafaelquinones5110

2 жыл бұрын

He sounds like he is an AQURIUS🙃

@artisanrocky8496

2 жыл бұрын

A true sigma male

@masrimus1607

2 жыл бұрын

Thats bullshit though. No one can jump 2.24 without a lot of training

@slavetislamic1957

2 жыл бұрын

2:45

The last frames of the video with him smiling is a 10/10 ending.

He really had to be a unique individual to A) Come up with something this counter-intuitive B) Perfect it C) Go use it on the biggest stage in the face of convention. Amazing.

@graham1158

5 жыл бұрын

and D) actually manage to win a gold medal.

@Patrick-zr8tv

5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say it's counter intuitive but we have already been exposed to the idea so we don't know.

@Vinnay46

5 жыл бұрын

And then quit!

@berzerkbankie1342

5 жыл бұрын

@@graham1158 *and set an Olympic record!

@johnnyllooddte3415

5 жыл бұрын

it was illegal..so it wasnt done in competition

It's a good thing they didn't name the technique after his first name.

@dyl3n

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, great they didn't name it the Richard flop

@Xsuprio

4 жыл бұрын

@Tyler Do they still hand out free internets? Cuz you should have one.

@Jin-Ro

4 жыл бұрын

lol. Tyler, if you're not a Brit or Ozzie, I'll eat my hat.

@tfleming92

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jin-Ro I'm an American, of Irish descent. You may want to marinate that hat for a while before grilling.

@90vit

4 жыл бұрын

Richard Douglas Fosbury

One of the most influential track and field athletes of all time. RIP.

I'm 71 and will forever remember him. Thank you.

He misses the opening ceremony, drives out to see the pyramids, while watching the sunset and then sleeps in his van.... I like this guy. Using his chance to experience the real Mexico! I would have done the same cuz it sounds awesome!

@thethirdman225

3 жыл бұрын

Did it happen? I doubt it. There were riots in Mexico City during the 1968 Olympics. Athletes were generally confined to the Olympic village.

@spacegupta71

3 жыл бұрын

Well he was a civil engineer

@thethirdman225

3 жыл бұрын

@@spacegupta71 ...not a biomechanist...

@lopez.jacinto.6726

3 жыл бұрын

@@thethirdman225 Riots? You call it riots? Have some respect for the people of the 68 movement.

@thethirdman225

3 жыл бұрын

@@lopez.jacinto.6726 Well, no disrespect intended but I knew people who were there (they're mostly dead now).

I never considered that there must have been somebody who did this for the first time and just blew away the competition. Human ingenuity is a remarkable thing.

@lordomacron3719

3 жыл бұрын

like most of the best inventions once are shown off you wonder why no one thought of it before as it seems so obvious after the fact

@jamesambrocio

2 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of Jackie Moon?

@alanorrick6741

2 жыл бұрын

You must be young.

@rowanaforrest9792

2 жыл бұрын

@@lordomacron3719 A lot of inventions are like that, though this one doesn't seem obvious. It sure works, though!

@murraywagnon1841

2 жыл бұрын

I was a high jumper in High School from 1964-1968, and the 'Flop' was a natural progression from the 'Scissor' technique when sawdust landing pits evolved into foam rubber and you no longer needed to land on your feet.

I remember seeing Fosbury's wonderful innovation on TV when I was in high school! It was such a change and everyone held their breath when he came up in the rotation! Thrilling!

As soon as I saw the title of the video, I knew it was about the 'Fosbury Flop'. I was a young teenager when I saw it. It was amazing to see at the time. Thanks for the memory. 👍🏿

Fosbury: This is how you do it kids. * Then left the olympics like a boss.

@myfitape7306

3 жыл бұрын

actually high quality footage from 1968.

@leonaleonakrulishkrulish422

3 жыл бұрын

"Pfft you're an engineer, and everyone knows white bois can't jump." "Hold my slide rule."

@irictatt

3 жыл бұрын

Comes to the Olympics just to try if can jump over that thing with his technique and never comes back...What a g lmao

@GunsNRoses1123

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly I aspire to be like him, if I can.

@rokyericksonroks

2 жыл бұрын

“...he missed the opening ceremony to drive out to see the pyramids, watching the sunset and sleeping in a van” (2:43) Totally boss like behaviour.

When you're the "Revenge of the Nerds" in real life.

@11lvr11

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@luizfelipevercosa

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly so! Haha

@bestonemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Stephen Pinker said it very clearly in his book" how the mind works"

@fivefiveqt214

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@and__lam1152

2 жыл бұрын

🔥 .... lit

This was the year after I graduated High School and I remember it well. Those of us at home watching it on TV thought it was a weirdest thing ever and that he would hurt himself somehow. What a brilliant guy!

Rest in Peace to the biggest innovator of the sport

actually high quality footage from 1968.

@LutherBlissett94

4 жыл бұрын

Potatoes just hadn't been invented yet

@omnomnom3187

4 жыл бұрын

LutherBlissett94 lmao

@TubbyJ420

4 жыл бұрын

Because it was shot on film.

@bassemb

4 жыл бұрын

35mm is pretty much equivalent to 4K, and that's not even 70mm (~12K).

@sandersfamily8974

4 жыл бұрын

Thinking the same. Or some great re-touching.

I was 11 at the time and I remember my dad coming home from work one day saying hey let's watch the Olympic track and field, I hear there is an American kid doing a backwards high jump that they are calling the Fosbury flop that looks like he might win the gold. It was quite the sensation.

@janviljoen7001

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I was in grade 10 in a small school in South Africa, 150 pupils. Our sports teacher told us about it and I started it too, coming second in our local competition. But my buddy went on and won the regional competition. It revolutionize the world's high jump.

@BobSmith-dk8nw

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I remember this too. I was about 16. .

@bharathkatti

2 жыл бұрын

whats your age now....

@sUperNova-lj4vs

2 жыл бұрын

that's a lot of life experience in this comment.

@randomlady5315

2 жыл бұрын

Fosbury Flop more like Fosbur win

It truly is the only cool way to jump. Athletic, elegant, and technical. Watching it on TV is one thing, I've seen the bar in person set at only 2 meters and had a newfound respect for these jumpers. It is scarily high.

Better than a gold metal is to be immortalized forever. RIP.

"he did maths... We need some math pictures! What? No I don't care if the pictures don't show math related to our topic..."

@aryamanpande5499

6 жыл бұрын

It was not even maths,but physics and that also related to photoelectric effect and thermodynamics

@fortazerty

6 жыл бұрын

aryaman pande well physics apply math but I understand

@jonathanhlusic

6 жыл бұрын

7999+1=9=8000

@bbokgomu5422

6 жыл бұрын

x EiiNFacH physics not maths. They are two different things

@xeiinfach8670

6 жыл бұрын

Sokka's Wife just read the comment of 'unknown truth' and I don't have to answer your statement :P

imagine going into the Olympics once, winning and having everyone from now on doing your method

@coreyham3753

Жыл бұрын

Very impressive.

Bro literally came, changed the sport forever and dipped, that is a legend move

Great piece! My grandfather was the first athlete to try the "Western Roll" technique in Canada- and held the Canadian high jump record for 8 years! Don't forget back in the 1940's that high jumpers landed on sawdust instead of pads. Ouch.

@vimanshachandrasekera1046

2 жыл бұрын

Who’s your grandfather?

@stevenskibniewski9737

2 жыл бұрын

That’s nifty, now why don’t you invent your own roll instead of spouting someone else’s!

@slavetislamic1957

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenskibniewski9737 haha

@Terence.McKenna

10 ай бұрын

Sawdust would actually be soft with enough of it. That was straight up wood chips!

@chesterwilberforce9832

8 ай бұрын

Sawdust would have made for a very painful landing using Fosbury, for sure! You literally land on your head and shoulders

Every P.E teacher lives and dies by this story

@wweeks

4 жыл бұрын

Why are your P.E. teachers dying by this story?

@badcornflakes6374

4 жыл бұрын

@@wweeks school shootings :(

@MrDasmaster

3 жыл бұрын

@@wweeks Tough school!

@RyanAl92

3 жыл бұрын

@@badcornflakes6374 Perfect answer for a brain-dead question.

@emilianahadad333

3 жыл бұрын

1968-2018-50 years olympian's have used the tech. 1 olympic game 1gold never to return!! THAT IS LEGEND!

>Barges into Olympics to try out his new trick >Wins, forever changing the sport >Refuses to elaborate further >Leaves

@doctorcapacitor7932

2 жыл бұрын

Giga chad

@petermeyer6873

2 жыл бұрын

> back home dies jumping over his back jard hedge landing on the concrete pavement neckfirst

@vidco2467

2 жыл бұрын

Sigma Male Grindset

@MegaShiney99

2 жыл бұрын

Undeniably based

@johnathanbispham3404

2 жыл бұрын

Literal legend XD

I remember watching it live. Those were the days!

Teacher - that was out of syllabus Fosbury - this is the syllabus now ❤️ True legend ❤️

Those other guys were jumping as high as him without that technique, he knew he had no chance in the next games lmao Brilliant though

@jonathanw1019

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty much! The best of part of his technique is how he clearly kept it a secret amongst himself and maybe a few other people. If anyone else professional had seen him do it with enough time to practice, a superior athlete would surely have won.

@youngmanlee6022

5 жыл бұрын

True that. Hide your strength, bide your time

@Apjooz

5 жыл бұрын

But what a venue to give a technique presentation.

@AndersPuschel

5 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Wotka Or it would have been banned.

@knowone3610

5 жыл бұрын

It's funny cuz when he joined the Olympics, he wasn't as trained as his competitors. He may have mastered the jump, but is not an athlete. He's an engineer and was able to beat athletes with physiques way above his level using math.

"Wow." - Owen Wilson

@lucykoo7859

6 жыл бұрын

“Wow.” - Eddy Wally

@omgitsaidsyay

5 жыл бұрын

"meme" - Everyone

@koala.justakoala4287

5 жыл бұрын

Matthew Harcourt “Hotel” - Trivago

@vladimirzimmerman9510

5 жыл бұрын

"STFU" -Abraham Lincoln

@DhikaRizkySumanto

5 жыл бұрын

"Wow." - Lightning McQueen

i like ppl like him...u come ..u show them how's its done....nd then u leave...Absolute GOAT like

Gold is just a medal for him.. He changed the definition of entire high jump sports

Greatest explanation of work smart not hard

@jeromevelasquez6864

5 жыл бұрын

TrAiLeR SqUaD Both.

@buildinit6523

5 жыл бұрын

HOW ABOUT DO BOTH AND MAYBE LAST LONGER

@jamessumner4744

5 жыл бұрын

He did work hard to finding that technique

@RaphBJ

4 жыл бұрын

even though he worked smart by coming up with this technique he still needed to train physically

3:12 Judge’s open mouthed awe.

@california4258

2 жыл бұрын

Yessss. I thought I was the only one who noticed it :D

@rafaelrandom500

2 жыл бұрын

Wait ! That's illegal !

RIP legend

"I think quite a few kids will begin trying it my way now" Well buddy, it's the whole world, not just a few kids 😂

This shows how engineers can win Olympic medals

@masterchief8726

6 жыл бұрын

There's hope for me yet!

@zaidanesem6635

6 жыл бұрын

yes they can, but do they have the physical capability to do so? not always

@JGM483

6 жыл бұрын

zaidan esem that's what I was trying to prove. Pen is mightier than sword. This guy used his brains to win the medal not his physical capabilities.

@NomSauce

6 жыл бұрын

Jinu George except the guy was still very physically capable lol. You don't make a 2.24 high jump with just brain.

@JGM483

6 жыл бұрын

Nom Sauce he was not Olympic level physical. Compared to the other athletes he was not that fit.

He entered the Olympics to experiment with a weird technique he came up with as an engineer, used it to win gold, set a world record and change an entire sport; then left like nothing happened, not only that but he had better things to do during the opening ceremony, what a legend!

@dustinlee168

3 жыл бұрын

dont forget the mismatch shoes he worn. lol

We lost this legend today 12/3/23 he literally changed the sport single handed. RIP champ

The Real Sportsmanship, The World ever seen. He applied his knowledge of Physics, just not only to change the Technique but participated as for Better to say that He showed and let The World Learn how ease it is in this way a high jumper could let him/her fly over the bar. Thank you Sir. No one could remain but the Technique that you invented would last till the end. Thanks for sharing this video. I myself was a jumper during high school levels and my coach taught me this technique but just a few minutes ago, your sponsorship let me know who and how it was applied. Tnx again.

We were forced to learn the 'western roll' even though we had new foam pits. I hurt myself quite a bit doing those things. Then we all started doing the Fosbury Flop and added like 6 inches immediately to heights we could clear.

That was the awesome moment for him

@polarwhip2234

6 жыл бұрын

haryanvi dubbed videod K

@gytisdramblewolfskis8521

6 жыл бұрын

And it looks like he could have easily added at least few more centimeters.

@sorellman

5 жыл бұрын

It does not take millions of people to brake the mold. Just one lonely smart guy with an idea.

@allgoo1964

5 жыл бұрын

haryanvi dubbed videos says: "That was the awesome moment for him" == Not only to hm but all the spectators on the stands. Some of them still keep the ticket and tell friends that he saw it as it happened. That day, the history was made.

Random dude: "I bet you couldn't jump over a chair!" Fosbury: "Hold my beer"

@angelsayshi8061

5 жыл бұрын

Breaks hand

@HydraulikStrength

4 жыл бұрын

Hold my nuts

@xyz2121

4 жыл бұрын

He never drank.

@meridien52681

4 жыл бұрын

Splints hand

@jonfindlay7838

4 жыл бұрын

For all we know he still never jumped over a chair lol

What a legend, came once and changed everything.

Dare to think different. This is one of my favorite Olympic stories.

53 years later, they still say his name. Legends are made of this.

@JonCombo

2 жыл бұрын

No one remembers Mat though.

He just used olympics to experiment his technique , won a gold and never returned what a Legend ...

@chaosmaster4130

2 жыл бұрын

Stop copying comments my guy.

I started track and field in high school in my sophomore year as a high jumper in 1984. Learned the Fosbury Flop. Cool to see the actual Fosbury Flop. Thanks Olympics KZread channel!

1:06 That's actual kind of amazing.

this guy literally nerded himself into an olympic victory

@oscardunn4769

2 жыл бұрын

...into Olympic history,to be precise...

Really a champion with mind

@reonero958

5 жыл бұрын

L

We now need a reverse hero: one that can jump higher than everyone else, but uses the wrong technique. Then he wins and everyone starts jumping wrong again.

@beactivebehappy9894

2 жыл бұрын

Know the people are jumping that way because it gives better results. If someone uses a wrong technique and wins and other athletes Are not able to follow the suit then pretty much they will stop doing it. I think you would know this but still, These athletes are not alone, they watch videos and STUDY physics about the sport and guess what, they have coaches. Unless some coach comes up with a better technique I don’t see the future of high jump style change anytime soon.

@superfluityme

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought that the flips they do in gymnastics could be used as an approach to the bar in high jump. I just assumed that the flop was the only technique that was allowed.

@waldemarmoskalecki7891

2 жыл бұрын

that has to be an Russian. Those guys have the whole country of people doing wrong things, and yet still they're sure the country is moving forwards

@rolandjulien4886

Жыл бұрын

@@superfluityme aba-aba aba-aba

Proper intro and greater ending scene of Fosbury smiling

He was there to experiment for his engineering thesis. Professors marked remotely on tv, way before the internet . Got gold. He passed. It wasn't a flop. Nothing more to prove. Mic drop...

@tarunrathitra1158

2 жыл бұрын

Well it was a flop.....

@bigtiddy1382

2 жыл бұрын

@@tarunrathitra1158 i see what you did there

@thamidudharshitha5515

2 жыл бұрын

Would have been even better if he did this for his final research paper and wanted to do the DEMO.

@BestMods168

9 ай бұрын

The thesis had one sentence. "Watch me on TV."

As an Civil Engineering Student myself, the dude literally applied structural mechanics and changed the sport. Now here i am trying to get better at material science...

@blackjackreward4456

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but among dentists we have Mark Spitz and the inventor of the first PC [it had no keyboard]

@rajarshioza2962

2 жыл бұрын

@Mr KREAL two hinged arch

@HangTimeDeluxe

2 жыл бұрын

"Structural mechanics" falls under the discipline of statics. As he was in motion, this was a dynamics problem. Just saying.

Brain Vs. Brawn... The brain will always win. He came, taught the world a new technique, pretty much overhauled the sport, and never returned!👍👍👏👏👏

Wait...2m20..legs first? What

@ReeN1995

6 жыл бұрын

ikr? thats just insane

@aidansharples7751

5 жыл бұрын

Kid at my highschool was good for 2.05 with a scissor.

@gurusson

5 жыл бұрын

WR at the time was 2.28, which is insane

@aidanjanemcintosh6919

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not an athlete but I could jump at least a meter and a half. I think that is the limit an ordinary human can do.

@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv

5 жыл бұрын

That was the scissors and a modified version called the Eastern Roll. Early on you were not allowed to go over the bar head first. It was foul, called diving. It was tricky to do the Western roll so as to not go head first. IIRC the Belly roll could not catch on till that rule was dropped.

That is why i support Nerds to play Sports. They not only win Gold, but change the very Dynamics of the Game itself.

@blackened144

2 жыл бұрын

Im still waiting for that flexible javelin from the Revenge of the Nerds to catch on.

@FreemitiveD

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackened144 What am I missing?

@rikumajumder1558

2 жыл бұрын

There are Nerds in Sports. They are the Coaches and the Crew behind the scenes who come up with the team strategy and best way for their athletes to train and so on.

@lindarollecooper5231

2 жыл бұрын

CHUCKLES Go Nerds!!

@simonhew9583

2 жыл бұрын

@@FreemitiveD olympic.

This real life story is better than any scripted story you could possibly made... Dude joined olympics just to try his technique and after he won he never comes back just like a legend who passed by.

R.I.P legend

3:12 that officials face, he's so amazed

1968-2018-50 years olympian's have used the tech. 1 olympic game 1gold never to return!! THAT IS LEGEND!

@PaulVinonaama

4 жыл бұрын

Not quit. 1972 winner Jüri Tarmak used straddle.

@gabrielacarbajal8686

3 жыл бұрын

actually high quality footage from 1968.

@golanfernandes

3 жыл бұрын

Fosbury has a 100% win rate at the olympics

The triumph of intellect over the brute physical force!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

World: You are a champ, a king.. Fosbury: Nah, I m an engineer

It's even more impressive when they land on their feet ...

@pipsantos6278

6 жыл бұрын

Tony Eatinsky ...that's figure skating

I love those stories about techniques people are perfecting over and over until an unknown player comes up with a brand new strategy and revolutionise the whole thing.

@Olympics

4 жыл бұрын

There's more than one way to win at sport... that's what makes it so great! 💡😄

Wow! What memories. I was 12 and remembered the Fosbury Flop as soon as I saw the title of this video.

Rest In Peace sir. Amazing athlete.

Lmao.. The last laugh though. He knew that the world would adopt his style.

Never knew about this.. He made a name for himself in that only Olympic which he participated for the first and last time

@crewmax4240

4 жыл бұрын

He got mad because they didn't rename the Olympics "The Fosburys".

@mikerivers695

4 жыл бұрын

he and bob beamon were the record breakers in their time

@jameshowland7393

4 жыл бұрын

Hi name will live on for a long time.

That's the way to do a sport! Compete only once, win, revolutionize the game, and leave smiling. Great video

amazing story, this should make a movie out of it

When engineer enters, efficiency increases.

3:12 Those guys are staring at him like "by God what did you just do"

wow ! he changed the whole concept of the game 🥺 that's why mechanical physics is really amazing to discover the news of thinking about regular processes

Well done, quality documentary. : ) Last image is brilliant.

Man's a legend. What a madlad.

I remember learning all of the different styles of high jumps when I was in elementary school. I instantly fell in love with the Fosbury Flop and was the only kid who had the guts to try it. After one bad practice jump, I realized that I needed to run faster and lift my feet. I quickly caught on and won the competition in my Phys Ed class. Unfortunately, I had very short legs and couldn't compete at the high school level, so I ran cross country instead.

@memd777

5 жыл бұрын

noob

@DivyaKalasua

5 жыл бұрын

run forrest run

@livishtv

5 жыл бұрын

XC, BABY!

@sameerahmed1583

3 жыл бұрын

Learn from hinata

Sometimes these stories makes you really happy from inside.

Wow. Informative piece. Thank you. 👍

Fosbury be like: Hey, this game looks fun. Might try it once.

@ksg7882

2 жыл бұрын

proceeds analysing mathematical equations

Lovely vid. Thank you so much for sharing this bit of athletic history.

My older brother was a track star in HS in 1968, so this was a huge deal in my house. Never forget The Fosbury Flop!

The legend took the highest jump to heaven on 14th march 2023. Goodbye sir

the Fosbury flop never would had happened if they didn't let the jumpers land on a foam pad, if the jumpers before would had done the fosbury they would be dead from falling 7 ft onto their head

@roguishpaladin

6 жыл бұрын

They had started using sand pits before the foam pads, and you can fall onto your back. It probably would've been fine.

@naphackDT

6 жыл бұрын

The problem is that during a drawn out competition you would have to fall on your back again and again and again... By the time, you'd actually get to the heights where the flop's extra height would be relevant, you'd be too beaten up to continue.

@JarthenGreenmeadow

5 жыл бұрын

You're saying that olympic atheletes would let something like pain stop them? What planet are you from?

@bobmarley7744

5 жыл бұрын

Jarthen Greenmeadow back pain? Yes. Track Athletes take knee,hip, and back injuries very seriously

@michael22000

5 жыл бұрын

jed black I know, right? haha. That's exactly what I'm thinking. This jumping technique needs a cushion to land. xD

I ran track most of my life...for me the High Jump was always the most amazing event to watch live. I would stand down near the pit and see that bar set up around 7 feet and think there is NO FREAKING way someone can get over that bar...it's just amazing...and the WR is over 8 feet...just incredible!

I think adding the mat was key. You wouldn't even attempt it without one.

@rowanaforrest9792

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't realize they ever did it without a mat. Yikes! How did they manage not to break or sprain their ankles on the landing?

@JonCombo

2 жыл бұрын

@@rowanaforrest9792 Well, well, just looked it up. Mats and Frosby Flop both were 1968. 2 innovations at once. It wouldn't really be fair to compare the earlier ones to it.

@rowanaforrest9792

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonCombo I wasn't comparing the Fosbury Flop to the older techniques. I'd just forgotten what the older techniques were and remarked that the landing looks terribly hard on the ankles. Some tough athletes! :)

@JonCombo

2 жыл бұрын

@@rowanaforrest9792 I meant more in a general sense. It's like 2 different sports. I'm sure some of the earlier guys thought about doing it similar to the Flop, but weren't ever going to take that drop.

@ololo518

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought "cool stuff they're doing, but when I want to jump over sth I cannot do it this way, I'll just hit the ground afterwards". It's fun to watch but it's not really high jump it's high jump in that one specific technique. It's nice to know that they started like normal people jump

Wow absolute goosebumps! Such an awesome trendsetter! ♡

Fosbury said: "I don't need to come back to the Olympics, every year they commemorate my name with this jump." PERIODT!