GOAT- Sotomayor - black 2nd GOAT- Barshim- black. 'nough said.
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High jump and triple jump for that matter do not require vertical or powerful takeoff
Lol. High jump does not require vertical. lol You hear the most demented shyt on here. Not sure how you're touching a basketball net with your hip without any vertical. Holy f..The woke SJW minds are out of control
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'Homicide' doesn't start and stop at US crime statistics. The tens of thousands of people being killed in Ukraine at the hands of white people are homicides as well. Include European wars and colonialism and it is clear that whites are by far the most violent population in human history.
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GOAT- Sotomayor - black 2nd GOAT- Barshim- black. 'nough said.
Sotomayor jumped at high altitude. Doesn't count. Barshim in 2nd only because Bondarenko never wanted mere 2.43, 2.44. Bondarenko always went for WR for his last jump 2.46. and almost made it couple of times. His jumps were more impressive than Sotomayor of course since they were done at sea level. Bondarenko is GOAT.
Also, 8 out of top 11 high jumpers are white....end of story
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For those that hate on high jumping (because whites dominate) the WORLD RECORD for the vertical jump is 49.5" by Jordan Kilganon. He is white. Enough said.
Seems that in reality black men can't jump. Lots of crazed media hype though for sure.
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Discus.
I thought you asked about the HJ. Which is it?
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It amazes me that here it is 2023 and people still battle something so obvious it's ridiculous. Think about this, black males between 20-30 make up about 4/5% of Americans, yet that tiny % make up 100% of NFL cornerbacks and Olympic sprinters and about 90% of NFL running backs and wide receivers. Then there is basketball, what do we see there? Those with those western African roots are simply wired differently and we all see it. That size with speed thing totally black as is tall and fast.
I have been to the Phillipines, at 6-2 I towered over those people, never saw any of them close to my height, simply how it is. That is what we have with this black athletes thing, simply how it is.
What NCAA school's long jump record is held by a white guy?
RC Owens a former Niner WR (Idaho basketballer) blocking a field boal standing under the cross bar.
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First, it is of course false to say categorically that "white men can't jump." Stefan Holm(HJ), Robert Emmiyan (LJ) and Jonathan Edwards(TJ) are all at or near the very top of the all- time lists in their respective jumping events.
Is is nevertheless true that blacks constitute a significantly higher percentage of successful jumping event athletes than whites. That there may a higher percentage of white athletes at the top of the high jump list in comparison to their overall percentage is probably just a statistical anomaly, but if you want an anecdote from personal experience I was a white guy with a terrible vertical jump (19"PR) who triple jumped over 50 feet because I learned the difference between eccentric based jumping and concentric based jumping. Eccentric based jumping is easier to improve through training and the high jump take off (as well as the second and third phase take-offs in the triple jump) is eccentric, while the standing vertical and standing long jump, often used to predict jumping success, are concentric.10 -
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First, it is of course false to say categorically that "white men can't jump." Stefan Holm(HJ), Robert Emmiyan (LJ) and Jonathan Edwards(TJ) are all at or near the very top of the all- time lists in their respective jumping events.
Is is nevertheless true that blacks constitute a significantly higher percentage of successful jumping event athletes than whites. That there may a higher percentage of white athletes at the top of the high jump list in comparison to their overall percentage is probably just a statistical anomaly, but if you want an anecdote from personal experience I was a white guy with a terrible vertical jump (19"PR) who triple jumped over 50 feet because I learned the difference between eccentric based jumping and concentric based jumping. Eccentric based jumping is easier to improve through training and the high jump take off (as well as the second and third phase take-offs in the triple jump) is eccentric, while the standing vertical and standing long jump, often used to predict jumping success, are concentric.I agree with your post, but, you don’t think the lowering portion in a vertical jump or SLJ is eccentric? There’s a reason why athletes will lower very fast.
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Do you know what thread you are on?
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Franklin Jacobs
5 feet 8 1/4 inches tall was the Case of the Missing High- Jumper. Franklin Jacobs was 5 feet 8 1/4 inches tall and had, in the 1978 Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden, broken the world indoor record with a bound of 7-7 1/4. That was a full 23 inches higher than his head, and no one had ever done anything like that.Feb 22, 1984
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Spud Webb all 5-6 of him dunking
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No, they amass armies and shoot thousands/millions of people instead. Stop equivocating: Europeans and their diaspora are the most violent population and .12 -
Silvio Cator captain of the Haitian soccer team was also a long jumper he would be histories first 26 foot jumper, talking 20's.
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How many sprint medals at the Olympic Games does the continent of Africa have?
1) there’s a genetic advantage, on average, but I don’t think it’s nearly as large as people think it is. Heck, the fastest 60m of all time was run by a Chinese man. The highest vert of all time is from a white American.
2) there’s a significant cultural component. Black working class communities pride themselves on athletic ability - how many elite black US athletes are from upper middle class backgrounds (as a proportion)? - and engage in extensive practice from a very young age, particularly in certain positions and sports (WR, basketball). There’s probably even a physiological developmental advantage from lots of sprinting and explosive movements from a very young age (when your nervous system is most malleable to adaptations).
3) bias. Starts early. It goes both ways (how many black QBs (historically) or centers does the NFL have?). Look at Christian McCaffrey, especially coming out of college for a prime example of how this impacts players even when they’ve already shattered college scoring records. This will have a massive impact on the development of young, non-black, explosive athletes
This article touches on the topic:It’s for these same reasons that we see so little Asian representation in Western sports (and so much in certain academic fields). Yes, it’s partly genetic, but you wouldn’t expect to see absolutely no representation.
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Can't believe no one has mentioned Mac McClung just winning the NBA dunk contest.
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toozy wrote:
How many sprint medals at the Olympic Games does the continent of Africa have?
1) there’s a genetic advantage, on average, but I don’t think it’s nearly as large as people think it is. Heck, the fastest 60m of all time was run by a Chinese man. The highest vert of all time is from a white American.
2) there’s a significant cultural component. Black working class communities pride themselves on athletic ability - how many elite black US athletes are from upper middle class backgrounds (as a proportion)? - and engage in extensive practice from a very young age, particularly in certain positions and sports (WR, basketball). There’s probably even a physiological developmental advantage from lots of sprinting and explosive movements from a very young age (when your nervous system is most malleable to adaptations).
3) bias. Starts early. It goes both ways (how many black QBs (historically) or centers does the NFL have?). Look at Christian McCaffrey, especially coming out of college for a prime example of how this impacts players even when they’ve already shattered college scoring records. This will have a massive impact on the development of young, non-black, explosive athletes
This article touches on the topic:It’s for these same reasons that we see so little Asian representation in Western sports (and so much in certain academic fields). Yes, it’s partly genetic, but you wouldn’t expect to see absolutely no representation.
There have been around a dozen sub10.00 sprinters out of Africa, compare that to white Europe and Asia, the Middle East.
You mentioned McCaffrey, ok what about Jim Brown, Walter Payton, OJ Simpson, Barry Sanders, Earl Campbell, Emmitt Smith, Marcus Allen, Marshall Faulk, Laidanian Tomlinson, Eric Dickerson, Jerome Bettis, Curtis Martin, Adrian Peterson, Tony Dorsett, Edgerrin James, Gale Sayers, Terrell Davis and on and on and on....
The last white American to be world ranked in the 100m was Georgia Tech's Ben Vaughn, talking mid 70's, last white on a USA Olympic 4x1 team, Dartmouths Gerry Ashworth 1964.
The Rams Cooper Kupp is great, then we have....Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Marvin Harrison, Chris Carter, Tim Brown, Larry Fitzgerald, Steve Smith and on and on....
What white cat belongs in this 100m?
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1.Trayvon Bromell
2.Christian Coleman
3.Fred Kerley
4.Justin Gatlin
5.Mo Greene
6.Carl Lewis
7.Leroy Burrell
8.Tyson Gay
What % of Americans are black males 20-30, what 4ish?
Herschel Walker ran a 10.23 at 225 pounds, who does that? Tommie Smith at 6-3 was world ranked in the 100. 200, 400, held 11 world records who does that?
I saw this in grade school, little black kids could run.
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