Why Are Belly Flops So Painful?

Published on July 22, 2017
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Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! You botched your forward double somersault and biffed it hard on the water. Why does it have to hurt so bad?

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Sources:

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-01x-physics-i-classical-mechanics-with-an-experimental-focus-fall-2002/study-materials/jumping.pdf
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/23/health/belly-flop-risks/index.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/body-odd/why-do-belly-flops-hurt-so-much-ask-professor-splash-f6C10257575

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