List_of_jumping_activities

List of jumping activities

List of jumping activities

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The action of jumping is central to several sports and activities. Some sports are based almost exclusively on the ability to jump, such as high jump in track and field, whereas in other sports the act of jumping is one of multiple athletic abilities used in the sport, such as basketball.

Track and field

  • High jump, in which athletes jump over horizontal bars.
  • Long jump, where the objective is to leap horizontally as far as possible.
  • Pole vault, in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to jump over a bar.
  • Triple jump, the objective is to leap horizontally as far as possible, in a series of three jumps

Sports

See also: Category:Jumping sports and Category:Hopping games

Animal sports

Early motion picture of a horse jumping
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