From 1890 to 1967 the sport of high jumping saw little innovation. Participants went over the bar in a handful of ways, with the intent to jump and land on their feet.
Jumpers preferred landing on their feet because it prevented them from getting hurt. And while there were many small changes in high jumping techniques over those 77 years, nothing compared to what happened in the summer of 1968.
At the Summer Games in Mexico City, a young college athlete named Dick Fosbury did something unfathomable. He jumped over the bar backwards.
This article highlights innovations like the Fosbury Flop, and the lessons in innovation that we can apply to our own lives.
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