A 17-year-old high jump athlete passed out after he landed on the ground with his head and shoulders first during his event ...

Background Competitive skiers face a high risk of sustaining an ACL injury during jump landing in downhill skiing. There is a lack of knowledge on how landing height affects this risk. Objectives To ...

Objective To compare following factors between 15 and 18 years boys and girls participating in soccer: 1) Vertical jump height. 2) Jump- and landing technique in drop jump. 3) EMG activity around the ...

Sticking the perfect landing can take years of practice for a human gymnast, and it seems the same is true for little monopedal jumping robots. Salto-1P, an old acquaintance here on Hackaday ...

When the ground rushes up, remember: every fall is a step towards growth. Harrison was feeling confident as he approached the gap jump, but things quickly took a turn. He misjudged his speed and ...

Curator, Anne Umland: The title First Landing Jump might refer to a notion of a parachute jumper, a leap into space, a leap into the void. It’s fundamentally an example of what Rauschenberg called ...

Ideally, jumpers land in the Telemark position: landing with one ski in front of the other, lunging forward. Video cameras record the distance of each jump and then the distance is translated into ...

“This can potentially reduce the risk of injuries, especially in activities involving jumping and landing,” Sharma adds. Vertical jump training isn’t just about bouncing up and down for ...