Sacrificing FPS for better performance is nothing new in gaming, but some players are now noticing that jumping height might actually differ depending on the FPS setting. On the console version of ...

Take a moment to jump straight up and down... Go ahead, we'll wait. How high was your jump? And how long did it last? On Earth, a good leap can clear over half a meter (1.6 feet) in a second. But hop ...

When Victor Osimhen leapt to a height of 2.58m to score the first of his two goals for Serie A leaders Napoli against Spezia in February, it served as yet another tick in the box for a striker whose ...

If we’re talking about how high Noah Lyles can jump off the ground, by measuring how high his feet get in the air, that’s roughly 6 feet. The picture posted above by Track & Field Gazette on X from ...

How long has it been since I have even said the phrase “ESPN Sport Science”? It seems like it has been a while. (here are some of my previous Sport Science attacks) Ok, well here is the episode. It ...

Background Patellar tendinopathy is the most common overuse knee injury in volleyball, with men reporting more than twice the injury prevalence than women. However, whether between-sex variations in ...

The science pros at TKOR investigate whether bouncy shoes really boost your jump height. Paris Hilton took out a mortgage on ...

Correspondence to Argyro Kotsifaki, Rehabilitation Department, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar; argyro.kotsifaki{at}aspetar.com Objectives Vertical jump ...

I’ve been told by a reliable source (my husband) that: “We all want ups.” After conversations with multiple fitness experts and a scroll through TikTok—where videos with the hashtag #verticaljump have ...

A mechanical jumper is capable of achieving the tallest height -- roughly 100 feet (30 meters) -- of any jumper to date, engineered or biological. The feat represents a fresh approach to the design of ...