Fosbury began working on his “flop” high jump technique as a high school sophomore in Medford, Oregon, and had it fully developed by graduation. “I converted the old ‘scissors’ style, where a jumper ...

His unusual high-jump style, attempting to leap over the ... He was struggling with the on-trend scissor technique, and when his high-school coach encouraged him to try the more traditional ...

her high school coach convinced her the only real way forward in her sport was to go backwards. "I feel foolish looking back on it, thinking I could jump higher using a scissor technique.

Prior to Fosbury's introducing his technique to the world, high jump competitors "would commonly use the straddle or scissor techniques to clear the bar." The Fosbury flop debuted internationally ...

The technique has been compared to ... his school’s football and basketball teams. In the high jump, he initially used the old-fashioned scissors style, in which the athlete runs at the bar ...

PARIS, France — The high jump, an event part ... foot on the ground when initiating the jump. Other than that, there are no rules about jumping technique, but there is only one that you'll ...

The American popularised a backwards ‘flop’ technique and won Olympic gold ... And he taught me to high jump using the Western roll where the jumper ran at the bar with a straight approach ...