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🧪 Athletic Jumping Simulation

Interactive countermovement-jump simulator: tune leg power, crouch depth and arm swing to see how ground-reaction impulse sets takeoff velocity, jump height and hang time for a real athletic vertical jump.

Everyday Physics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted
athletic-jumping-simulation ↗ Open standalone

This simulation demonstrates the biomechanics of a real countermovement vertical jump: a stylized 3D athlete crouches, drives explosively off the ground, and flies through a physically computed parabolic arc. Every jump is governed by the impulse–momentum theorem — you set leg power (peak ground-reaction force as a multiple of body weight), crouch depth (push-off distance) and arm-swing contribution, and the simulator derives takeoff velocity, jump height and hang time from those inputs exactly as a sports-biomechanics lab would, then animates the push-off, flight and landing with a dust-puff impact and a rising personal-best tracker.

⚙ Under the hood

This simulation demonstrates the principles of vertical jumping, allowing users to adjust parameters like leg power and arm swing to maximize jump height.

JumpingDynamics2D

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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