Athletics Mania forum

Why is it in High Jump that both mens and womens world records have been held for so long. In so many track events records are consistently falling.

How come this isnt the case in high jump?

Have men and women taken the technique as far as it can possibly go?

Seems to me to be the most difficult part of the discipline. One problem is that your athletes foot is sometimes not near to the ground therefore making it harder to judge. I also have the same issue, finding it difficult to hit the board consistently. Its all a timing issue, for me its a case of pr...