The human leg adjusts stiffness during hopping, revealing a surprising muscle behavior
When you hop, run or jump, your legs behave like springs, absorbing and returning energy with each step. But what happens to ...
A hop, no skip and a jump, a fiery festival and more of the week’s best photos
See 12 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.
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70 years since Brazil’s two-time Olympic champion Da Silva flew beyond 16.50m
It was 70 years ago today, on 16 March 1955, that Adhemar Ferreira da Silva became the first man to triple jump beyond 16.50m ...
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Hop Step Jump!
The hero love comedy manga "Hop Step Jump!" By Kazuto Okada of "Sundome" is made into a live-action movie with the first starring of the popular gravure idol Jun Amaki. The hero who gained the ...
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Hop, Skip and Jump: Book shows why kids' views matter in crisis
Anyone who attended the Hop Skip and Jump book launch at the Alliance Francaise, last Saturday, will attest to the fact that the Nairobi literary scene is alive and well. The event also showed ...
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Hop, Skip and Jump: The Story of Children's Play
2/2 How the advent of mass TV saw a decline in outdoor play from the late 1950s onwards.
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Single leg vertical jump performance identifies knee function deficits at return to sport after ACL reconstruction in male athletes
aspetar.com Objectives Vertical jump performance (height) is a more representative metric for knee function than horizontal hop performance (distance) in healthy individuals. It is not known what the ...