The Monkey Crouch and the Evolution of High Jump

The Monkey Crouch was invented by a guy called Todd Sloan in 1897. He just completely changed the sport by deciding to crouch down and lean forward. It did provide amazingly long javelin throws, but it could have been quite dangerous. The new way of throwing a javelin which was invented very briefly in the 1930s is to hold it by one end, swing around and let go.