Dick Fosbury high jumping

Dick Fosbury revolutionized the high jump event in the 60's when he started jumping with his back to the bar. This short clip shows a few of his jumps.

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[jokerwildest]

@andygatt Debbie was jumping this was before the Mexico Olympic games, just because Dick gain world wide attention for it at the games, doesn't mean he was first or her should be credited like he has been.

[andygatt]

Fosbury was also using this technique for five years before the Mexico City games, when Brill would have been about 10 years old. I really don't understand why anyone would argue that Brill should be credited with the invention of the back-to-the-bar technique. It's very likely that some unknown person tried something similar to the Fosbury Flop before either Fosbury or Brill. However, the world found out about the technique because of Fosbury and his success with the technique.

[abowenislandman]

Fosbury did use this jump to great success, but the true inventor of this method was Debbie Brill of Canada. She appeared with the style almost a year ahead of Fosbury. Her's was know as the Brill Bend and Fosbury's the Fosbury Flop. See debbie Brill here on youtube.

[andygatt]

Fosbury started using the technique earlier than Brill. Both started using similar techniques when they were about 16. Since Fosbury was born six years before Brill, it's hard to argue that Brill was the "true inventor." Fosbury had been using the flop since about the time that Brill was 10 years old. Brill started using the "Brill Bend" about a year after Fosbury won the Olympic gold medal in Mexico City.

[houjebekgek]

I can see why they named the flop after his last name not his first...

[shottut]

Debbie appartently started jumping this way very early in grade school and faced much critisim from faculity and classmates, I don't know the exact age, but she did gain some media attention for it, so that might be were the debate it any comes from, all I can say is North America is where the reverse jumping style came from.

[gmac098]

I had seen a High Jump video shown in Discovery Channel.

It showed a player doing a strange exercise. He will be inhaling profusely and people are stunned to see this.

But then he makes an admirable high jump.

Do you know who that is?

[Sexyback12348]

I am going to regionals and I can barley get 5 feet

[dogsrcool099]

WOW!!!! i absoluty adore high jump it is my favourite feild avent!!! ( BY FAR!!!!) :)

[Pacisdiligo]

I remember being told by my 6th grade gym teacher in '76 that it was "illegal" and "dangerous" to use the Fosbury technique! Good thing I didn't listen to her. I went on to clear 6-11 in high school! Good times.

[grantflip]

shit he was a monster, hardly even used his arms

[fizicalbeatz1]

notice how fosbury dosent do much with his arms ?? i wander why not ? he he

[xSportsKingx]

Dick was doing it before the Olympic games too, he was doing this at age 16 in high school and he's 6 years older than debbie Brill. So unless Brill was doing this since she was 9 or 10 years old I doubt she was the first to do it.