Set a record, or break your neck?

“In 1968 in Mexico City, Dick Fosbury did something great. He did the high jump backwards, and confused a lot of people. They called it the “Fosbury Flop”
It took almost 10 years for the rest of the elite group of jumpers to start using the flop, by then it was too late for many of them.” – More at the FASTForward Blog