t-and-f: Long jump with a flip

Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 06:16:05 -0800 From: ghill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: long jump with a flip From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:57:36 -0500 (CDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: t-and-f: long jump with a flip Someone who knows far

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, November 10, 2002 8:05 AM Subject: t-and-f: Long jump with a flip Some more, for those interested in a little US/NZ history. When John Delamere jumped 25' 63/4 at the 1974 Pacific Conference meet he tied with Randy Williams, the reigning Olympic champ. He did not just wow the crowd

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I can tell you who. Dave Neilson,head track coach at Idaho State and Stacey Dragilla's coach, made the front cover of several track magazines with his somersault jump. I don't remember his longest jump, but I know that there could be a big difference between his longest and shortest jump of the

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:57:36 -0500 (CDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: t-and-f: long jump with a flip Someone who knows far more about track than I do wrote: I seem to recall that long jump with a flip looked like a mechanical

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with the technique for it to get enough attention to get it banned. I suppose it could have also been a safety concern. Does anyone know? [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 7:57 pm Subject: t-and-f: long jump

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(CDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: t-and-f: long jump with a flip Someone who knows far more about track than I do wrote: I seem to recall that long jump with a flip looked like a mechanical improvement before it was banned. That must have been a truly revolutionary technique. Who

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an event, shall we say, much closer to the ground, at least according to the human eye. I say bring it back, maybe we can win some X-Gamers over. Allen James Subject: t-and-f: long jump with a flip Someone who knows far more about track than I do wrote: I seem to recall that long jump

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My recollection of it was extremely vague, but I was able to find an interesting article on line that gives the credit to Dave Nielsen, head coach at Idaho State, and a former pole vaulter and decathlete. Says he improved his PR by 2 ft before the technique was banned.