And faulting is stupid
by shawno3 (2021-08-02 23:48:52)
Edited on 2021-08-02 23:58:35

In reply to: Question for kk or anyone else knowledge about long jump  posted by DBCooper


All anyone should care about is who can jump the farthest. With modern technology, it’s simple to measure from wherever the jumper leaves from to wherever they land. I suspect that at one time the jump line (whatever it’s called) was necessary because technology did not exist to capture the departure point perfectly. So they established a jump line and had somebody make sure that the jumper didn’t cross it on takeoff.

I don’t care who can get her takeoff foot closest to some arbitrary line. That isn’t a competition I would bet on in a bar parking lot. Just let them run up, jump, and measure the difference.

My wife made the same point you did about needing just one good jump out of six. If they did it my way, everybody would have 6 qualifying jumps and you could just average them.


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