Assume the ojective conditions such as wind direction, height and mass of the player etc, can not
be changed, the jumping angle as delta to the horizontal.
The player should be capable to exert his max. jumping force on the ground in order to obtain a
max. vertical displacement and flight of time. According to newton's 3rd law, the larger force the
player exert on the ground, the larger reaction force acting on him can be obtained.
By mathmethic method , the force acting on the player vertically can simply be calculated by
resolving the force to a horizontal and vertical force.
Since the mass of the player is constant, we can easily figure out that net force (acceleration) acting
on the player can be increased with increasing the appied force on ground.
As the analysis regards mass that is composed of actul mass of the player and other compoent , the
player should wear lighter clothes and shoes to lose weight for getting a good result.
F-mg=ma
We recognise the reason why ligher shoes should be considered, besides, the thickness of shoe-pads
also need to be noted. The C.G. of the player can be raised by wearing thicker and light shoe-pads.
During high jump, we take C.G. as a center point to view overall motion. Higher the C.G. can help
the player to jump over the obstacle easily and need less vertical displacement to complete the
motion.
A horizontal reaction (frictional force)force will act on the player by the earth
1. wear spiked-shoes with sharp spikes
Because a horizontal reaction force will act on the player horizontally, this force cause the player to
move horizontally with inertia and also become a torque for taking moment about C.G. Thus, a
spiked-shoes with sharp spikes can let the player to be more skillful on adjusting the force exerted.