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A unified model for the long and high jump (2005)

Abstract
A simple model based on the maximum energy that an athlete can produce in a small time interval is used to describe the high and long jump. Conservation of angular momentum is used to explain why an athlete should run horizontally to perform a vertical jump. Our results agree with world records.. Comment: Accepted for publication in Am. J. Phys

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Download http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0506205
Repository arXiv (United States)
Keywords Physics - Physics Education
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