Gotta love the new Vlašić adidas ad

[Marlow]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scnmfmwJExo

[preston]

Gotta love? Not the hardest thing to do...Blanka is a delight!

[DoubleRBar]

Reminds me of that cartoon with a guy giving high jump lessons for $10. and another guy giving limbo lessons for $5.

[gh]

did you catch this in the comments section below?

<<the thing is my named is iniika mcpherson and so do i and im only 5ft 4in>>

[Marlow]

did you catch this in the comments section below?
<<the thing is my named is iniika mcpherson and so do i and im only 5ft 4in>>

She's a high jumper for Cal with a PR of 5-10 and can indeed jump over an NBA player (or does Muggsy Bogues not play any more?)

[26mi235]

The video says uploaded 8/17/2009 (Aug 17, 2009, to be clear to non-US readers, but 17 cannot be parsed as a month, at least in base 10 and any other base plays havoc with history for the year).

[gh]

She finished at Cal years ago and has a PR of 6-4.

[DrJay]

I was thinking, wouldn't it be cool if she jumped with some actual NBA players standing under the bar, maybe some in the lower 6' range, but the risk of injury to all involved would be too great. But what about lightweight cardboard cut-outs of some NBAers? That'd be safe.

[Conor Dary]

Too bad she can't kick a basketball hoop like Brumel.

[mrbowie]

She handles the ball like she's never touched one before.

[Per Andersen]

She finished at Cal years ago and has a PR of 6-4.

Even higher. 1.95 (closer to 6-5 than to 6-4)

[Marlow]

She finished at Cal years ago and has a PR of 6-4.

Even higher. 1.95 (closer to 6-5 than to 6-4)

Ahh, the perils of Google searches!

[dukehjsteve]

Blanka is my Private Stock. The rest of you..... hands off.

[gh]

She finished at Cal years ago and has a PR of 6-4.

Even higher. 1.95 (closer to 6-5 than to 6-4)

That's right, I forgot that she PRed just last weekend at Mt. SAC (6-4¾)

[jhc68]

So how tall is McPherson, really?
The posting claims 5'4", USTFF says 5'5" and Cal T&F bio says 5'6".
In any event how many women have jumped 12 inches or more overhead?

[gh]

go to our ARchive section and find link to Stefan Holm's deep height-over-head charts.

[Blues]

So how tall is McPherson, really?
The posting claims 5'4", USTFF says 5'5" and Cal T&F bio says 5'6".
In any event how many women have jumped 12 inches or more overhead?

In this case all three might be correct, depending on Inika's hairstylist's latest activity... Considering that she just set her PR of 1.95, and the most current photo is on the bottom, it appears her jump to height ratio is improving...

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/sch ... 13480.jpeg

http://www.mondotatuaggio.com/wp-conten ... 1/09/3.jpg


http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/rf/Image-lowr ... 14b93f.jpg

[jhc68]

Holm's lists are fascinating for Vertical Jump Geeks.
They seem to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that flopping is more efficient than any straddle technique. The two greatest straddle technicians (who were also two of the best pure athletes in HJ history) are well out of the top 50 performers and 16cm off the over-head record.