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The Fosbury Flop
관리자 2023-05-09 오후 3:22:53 15235

                                  The Fosbury Flop




In March, the American Olympic champion, Dick Fosbury, passed away from lymphoma at the age of 76. One of history’s greatest sports pioneers, Fosbury is best known for revolutionizing the high jump with his innovative technique, the Fosbury flop.

Fosbury was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1947. As a kid, he threw himself into sports to overcome his grief after the death of his younger brother. Despite not being physically gifted, he nevertheless secured a spot on his school’s track-and-field team.

Among the various track-and-field events, Fosbury found the high jump to be particularly troublesome. At the time, the scissors style* reigned supreme. To perform the move, an athlete would run and jump over the horizontal bar in a seated position, throwing first one leg and then the other over.

Unfortunately for Fosbury, he was not having any luck with this technique. He could not get his hips over the bar, so he tried jumping backwards while arching his back. Not only did the idea work, but it helped him jump higher than ever before.

At first, Fosbury’s coaches doubted his technique. They questioned its effectiveness and whether it was even legal. Still, Fosbury kept winning and was eventually selected to represent his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. At the competition, Fosbury cleared 2.24 meters to win the gold medal and set a new Olympic record.

When asked about his technique, Fosbury remembered a local Oregon newspaper article describing him “flopping” over the horizontal bar like a fish. Thus, he called it “the Fosbury flop.”

In the years following Fosbury’s victory at the Olympics, more and more athletes adopted his jumping technique. Today, the Fosbury flop is the dominant high jump style. Although its inventor is no longer with us, his legacy lives on each time an athlete “flops” over the bar.

Questions:
1. What motivated Fosbury to become involved in sports?
2. What was the high jump technique that was popular before the Fosbury flop?
3. Why did Fosbury's coaches initially doubt his new technique?
4. How did Fosbury's success at the Olympics affect the popularity of his high jump technique?

5. Why do you think the Fosbury flop became so popular among high jump athletes? In what ways do you think Dick Fosbury's legacy has impacted the world of sports? 
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