Seems to have worked for Smith and Hooker. Maybe we should have all our athletes superman across the line in the Olympics.
Seems to have worked for Smith and Hooker. Maybe we should have all our athletes superman across the line in the Olympics.
yeah, it'll give you that extra few inches you need. road rash gets a little old, though.
It should be made into a t/f event. use the long jump pit.
I find it hard to believe that the speed you get from diving is any more than the speed you get from sprinting (and leaning forward). Not that I've ever been in an event where it would matter, but think about it - how fast (horizontally) can you really jump (dive)?
actually, im sure if you got to the line faster by diving, more baseball players would be sliding head first into 1st base ... leaning is better.
If you watch the video, Williams actually gained ground on Hooker during the dive. Hooker should have beat her by a tad bit more.
If you watch the video, Williams actually gained ground on Hooker during the dive. Hooker should have beat her by a tad bit more.
hehateme wrote:
actually, im sure if you got to the line faster by diving, more baseball players would be sliding head first into 1st base ... leaning is better.
Don't be stupid, baseball players don't slide head first into 1st because it's incredibly dangerous and not worth the risk.
Or because of the peculiarity of the rules that say that you're safe if you beat the ball to the bag and then run into foul territory. Baseball players don't slide to speed up. They slide to slow down - the rules make that unnecessary for 1st. But you might mean that that rule was designed to minimize the risks that come with sliding, and I agree.
Well it was you're taught to do in baseball...
In baseball, the torso doesn't have to cross first.
To me, it looked more like Hooker fell then dove. If it was a dive, it wasn't very pretty. It was effective though.
My guess its quicker to drive. You have gravity adding to to your forward thrust rather than diminishing your forward movement.
If you were chasing someone you're more likely to catch him on the drive rahter than running up to him.
It would dive if I needed to for an Olympic trial.
My guess its quicker to dive. You have gravity adding to to your forward thrust rather than diminishing your forward movement.
If you were chasing someone you're more likely to catch him on the drive rahter than running up to him.
It would dive if I needed to for an Olympic trial.
Mr Conundrum wrote:
My guess its quicker to dive. You have gravity adding to to your forward thrust rather than diminishing your forward movement.
If you were chasing someone you're more likely to catch him on the drive rahter than running up to him.
It would dive if I needed to for an Olympic trial.
1) On a flat surface, gravity can never add to your forward force.
2) On a flat surface, gravity never diminishes from your forward force.
3) When chasing someone you try to grab with your hand, which you can extend when you dive. In a race, your torso must cross the line.
wrong on so many levels!! wrote:
Mr Conundrum wrote:My guess its quicker to dive. You have gravity adding to to your forward thrust rather than diminishing your forward movement.
If you were chasing someone you're more likely to catch him on the drive rahter than running up to him.
It would dive if I needed to for an Olympic trial.
1) On a flat surface, gravity can never add to your forward force.
Do you know what pivot means? Did you ever see a tree fall?
2) On a flat surface, gravity never diminishes from your forward force.
Do you think you could run as fast if graivty was ten times as strong?
3) When chasing someone you try to grab with your hand, which you can extend when you dive. In a race, your torso must cross the line.
Question - If your foot crosses the line first that doesn't not count?
As soon as you leave your feet, you start slowing down. I think that most of the time you see an effective "dive," it's not really a dive at all. With Smith, I think he was just leaning so far that he fell at the line. Had he dove, he probably wouldn't be on the Olympic team right now.
I think a perfectly timed fall would be the best way to finish. It is just an improved lean where your torso gets out in front of your center of gravity. The problem is that it has to be perfectly timed. If you lean a bit early, you may lose a place. If you fall a bit early, you lose many places.
Diving (leaving your feet), is slow.
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Umm... no, it doesn't. Where have you been?
dingle wrote:
Diving (leaving your feet), is slow.
Haven't you people played another sport in your life?
Of course diving is faster. Under your premise, a baseball outfielder or football wide receiver should just keep running rather than dive for a ball. A baseball player running to first will and does dive in a crucial situation. The risk of injury is the reason it is not done routinely. The possible confusion is that KD, Smith, & Hooker all stumbled and fell. None of the three really dove. A well timed "dive" can pick up a few feet.