An athlete uses physics to shatter world records - Asaf Bar-Yosef

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/an-athlete-uses-physics-to-shatter-world-records-asaf-bar-yosef When Dick Fosbury couldn't compete against the skilled high jumpers at his college, he tried jumping in a different way -- backwards. Fosbury improved his record immediately and continued to amaze the world with his new technique all the way to Olympic gold. Asaf Bar-Yosef explains the physics behind the success of the now dominant Fosbury Flop. Lesson by Asaf Bar-Yosef, animation by NEIGHBOR.

Comments

1. Great upload and God Bless.
2. that pun at the end tho
3. I wish I knew this in pe
4. imagine this guy doing a back flip
5. very cool!
6. 'when most people stand up' ?:D
7. so.. much... lip smacking...
8. its impossibile
9. this is so cool 🙏
10. Lebron James: The modern Fosbury Flop
11. this is a cool video, but if the arched shape is the key to the flop, why dont we see olympic high jumpers do a "diving" position too? (like when you bend down and touch your toes)
12. Wow, they used to jump face down?
13. DICK BEND
14. why must backward?
15. dat PUNchline!
16. Nice one
17. Can someone explain how an object's center of mass can be at a point outside of the object, where there is no mass present?  I'm not quite grasping this concept.  Does this simply mean that holding at that point of the object will balance it?
18. dick fosberry tried his hand at his dick
19. They expect us to do this at school, think I might be sick tomorrow.
    Okay, I won't be sick, but HOW!?!! I CAN'T DO THIS. I'm gonna fail so hard T_T
20. The fadeaway was another great leap forward that was also a great leap backward