Why doesn't Usain Bolt Long Jump?

Or if they have the same aerodynamics like a big hammer vs a little hammer or a big person vs a little person doing the same body motions.

triple_jumper wrote:

Bolt is better suited for the standing broad jump. I think he could hit 15' on a good day. Track & field has declined markedly as a spectator sport since the broad jump was moth-balled. Bring back the standing broad jump!

A truly awesome event! They should never have got rid of it. This was my best event but did I get the chance to properly kick anyones ass? No. I was also awesome at the sergeant jump. I suck at real events. No fair.

T&F should cater for my genes

Jeffrey Stryker wrote:

He seems to have the ideal body for it.

By the same token why doesn't Kobe Bryant long jump or triple jump or LeBron James the decathlon?

Rainy Day wrote:

Because nobody cares about the long jump.

Yup.

yeah prob wrote:

I think he's just too heavy and so he will fall faster.

HAHAHAHA.

This is what happens when you ask a field event question on letrun

Unless Usain wins 3 golds and 1 relay in one Olympics, he will never be the GOAT.

He has to long jump or win 100, 200, 400, relay in one Olympics.

Fast "reflexes" have nothing to do with a person's height. Height is how tall someone is. Being a fast sprinter is related to the percentage of fast-fast twitch muscle fibers in the body.

I do believe that smaller people have faster reflexes. Look at table tennis, badminton or gymnastics.

Bolt hasn't done anything to proves that he has particularly fast reflexes. He is often the slowest to react out of the blocks but makes up for it with great acceleration, strength and superior top-end speed. Reflexes don't come into it.

There's a difference between reacted quickly and accelerating quickly. Reaction time is not based on height to any reasonable degree. However, the larger an object is the slower it will accelerate assuming the applied force is the same. From a height rather than a weight perspective, Bolt's longer levers are less ideal for quick motion.

fert wrote:

This may be true but only to a certain extent. While a hammer and feather fall at the same rate of -9.8m/s2, everyone knows that they still hit the ground at different times when dropped from the same height on Earth. In the long jump scenario, mass would not matter due to both horizontal and vertical motion. Next time you should review your physics book and learn how to spell it before trying to give out facts to seem smart.

wow, u just made yourself sound extremly stupid. the reason a hammer and feather fall at different rates is because of the different drag forces put on them, not the difference in mass and the fact that they may move horizontal and vertical at the same time. obviously you are no engineer, or if you are studing anything in any type of related field u should consider changing fields of study before you publicly embarass yourself again.

idiot alert wrote:

wow, u just made yourself sound extremly stupid. the reason a hammer and feather fall at different rates is because of the different drag forces put on them, not the difference in mass and the fact that they may move horizontal and vertical at the same time. obviously you are no engineer, or if you are studing anything in any type of related field u should consider changing fields of study before you publicly embarass yourself again.

Considering the number of grammar nazis on this board, I'm surprised no one has pointed out how he gave acceleration for the rate at which the objects are falling when that rate is actually velocity.

Jeffrey Stryker wrote:

Unless Usain wins 3 golds and 1 relay in one Olympics, he will never be the GOAT.

He has to long jump or win 100, 200, 400, relay in one Olympics.

What's wrong with javelin? Dude is built for the javelin. His top-end speed should be an advantage there.

Polevault

Too heavy. His proportions are just right for javelin.

Because the only thing more boring than track is....field?

Based on the length of his legs, the small bone structure, the swagger, and foot size he has the perfect stride length and all other necessities to be a great distance runner. He should really start looking at the mile, and with the kick he would have, no one could touch him over the last 200 meters.

Or maybe he should stick to running the events he sets world records (or will set). And just to add to this thread, he's good, must be doping. Sucks to be good in this day, you'll never be seen as just that.

Doping doesn't necessarily shorten your life. Look at Schwarzenegger. The man was juiced out of his mind for years and he's still healthy in his 60s.

Does anyone knows how fast Mike Powell was? Was he a 10,0s runner or had he just very strong legs?