Dennis,

I'm sorry you disagree, but I have the tapes from Barcelona to prove it. If
he had anywhere near the arch of Sjoberg, for example, he would have been in
the 2.40+ club. If you watch the tapes, he's practically looking at the bar
as he goes over. As far as speed goes, he lacked quality run-up speed. He
was very controlled, I'll give you that. Power floppers (i.e. Jan Zvara)
run slowly and then tend to accelerate the last three steps which ultimately
helps them convert well to the vertical. Tim's last steps looked very
similar to his entire run-up. He ran very methodically and didn't really hit
the plant with much power. Even with the bar going up, his speed didn't
improve noticeably. If you're going to jump 2.40 or higher you need to have
a bit of speed going into the 'J' to take advantage of centrifugal force.
I'm not saying that he had awful technique, I'm just saying that he could
have done a lot better.


>From: "denis doyle" <denis@...>
>Reply-To: highjump@yahoogroups.com
>To: <highjump@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [HJ] Re: Tim Forsyth
>Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:13:54 +0100
>
>Darrell
>
>I have to disagree with you on those comments. As an example to illustrate
>good technique performed with consumate control you would be hard pressed
>to
>find better.
>
>I am curious as to why do you say he wasn't a 'power' flopper.
>
>Denis Doyle
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Darrell Jones" <stlouisterp@...>
>To: <highjump@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 1:23 PM
>Subject: Re: [HJ] Re: Tim Forsyth
>
>
> > Tim could have been another Dietmar Mogenburg type athlete. He is very
>tall
> > and slender like the german Olympic champ from 84'. However, his
>technique
> > left a lot to be desired. His runup was very slow, which works well if
>you
> > are a power flopper and speed up as you approach the penultimate step.
>He
> > wasn't a power flopper though. In addition, his layout over the bar did
>not
> > contain an arch whatsover. He practically sat over the bar on most of
>his
> > attempts and yet despite these imperfections, he still cleared 2.34 in
> > Barcelona.
> >
> > Dwight, I wish you could have been Tim's coach. It obviously helped
>your
> > cousin (Nordquist).
> >
> > Darrell Jones
> >
> > >From: "Lindsay Harrison" <wilbur_46@...>
> > >Reply-To: highjump@yahoogroups.com
> > >To: <highjump@yahoogroups.com>
> > >Subject: Re: [HJ] Re: Tim Forsyth
> > >Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:25:12 +1000
> > >
> > >DAN,
> > >Tim is 32 now !
> > >Here the link to his athlete profile - although I don't think it's been
> > >update for a few years !
> > >
> >
> >http://www.athletics.org.au/athletes/profiles/profile.cfm?ObjectID=269&Sear
>chQueryString=AthleteInitial%3DF
> > >
> > >I think in the press release, he was aiming for the qualifying height
>of
> > >2.21 or 2.25 roughly !
> > >I think his best is behind him, but still at those heights would be
> > >competitive in the Commonwealth Games !
> > >Good on him, for having "another crack at it"
> > >Lindsay
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "DAN" <danthegod@...>
> > >To: <highjump@yahoogroups.com>
> > >Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 2:00 PM
> > >Subject: [HJ] Re: Tim Forsyth
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Whoa. How old is he now? I still have his 7'8 jump on my computer
> > > > from Barcelona in 1992! Even if he was 20 then he'd be at least 34
> > > > by now...
> > > >
> > > > --- In highjump@yahoogroups.com, "Lindsay Harrison" <wilbur_46@c...>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Just thought I'd mention this announcement that came out the other
> > > > day!
> > > >>
> > > >> Tim Forsyth (Australia) has indicated that he will be trying for a
> > > > birth in
> > > >> the Australian Commonwealth Games team for March 2006. Tim hasn't
> > > > jumped
> > > >> since Sydney 2000 - where he had an ankle injury. He has had 3
> > > > operations
> > > >> on it, but it obviously isn't 100%, as he has swapped to jumping
> > > > from the
> > > >> other foot. Will be interesting to see how he goes :-)
> > > >>
> > > >> Lindsay
> > > >>
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> > > > wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
> > > > Bar height matters.
> > > > wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
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