Comments on: The Physics of the Vertical Jump https://www.thehoopsgeek.com/the-physics-of-the-vertical-jump/ Geeking out on Basketball Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:20:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Andy https://www.thehoopsgeek.com/the-physics-of-the-vertical-jump/#comment-9889 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:02:16 +0000 https://www.whatsmyvertical.com/?p=6230#comment-9889 In reply to Joel.

Hi Joel, thanks for the comment!
While you are right that pulling up the legs would push down the body of the athlete, I feel like basketball players intuitively do the exact opposite. For example, when players try to block shots their bodies are usually extended all the way to the toes

Blocked shot

]]> By: Joel https://www.thehoopsgeek.com/the-physics-of-the-vertical-jump/#comment-9878 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 17:19:14 +0000 https://www.whatsmyvertical.com/?p=6230#comment-9878 There’s a bit more to “hanging in the air” than a natural trajectory having the lowest velocity near the peak.

Strong athletes will, probably subconsciously, pull their legs up near the peak of their jump. This pulls their upper bodies down (Newton’s second law), which creates the illusion that their trajectory is flatter at the peak, even though their center of mass is still following that parabolic trajectory.

]]> By: Andy https://www.thehoopsgeek.com/the-physics-of-the-vertical-jump/#comment-9002 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:14:46 +0000 https://www.whatsmyvertical.com/?p=6230#comment-9002 In reply to Angela.

They should be there! Check if you have turned off Javascript in your browser, you need to enable Javascript to see the interactive charts.

]]> By: Angela https://www.thehoopsgeek.com/the-physics-of-the-vertical-jump/#comment-8670 Thu, 16 May 2019 03:50:44 +0000 https://www.whatsmyvertical.com/?p=6230#comment-8670 Where are the graphs?

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