Henrik Thoms on Instagram: "“is being able to do a backflip essential for becoming a good high jumper?”. I get this question A LOT. So here’s my take on it. Backflips require body control, core strength, and aerial awareness — all of which are super useful for high jumpers. The Fosbury Flop technique has the jumper going over the bar backwards, arched in the air, kind of like a slow-motion backflip which also requires HUGE aerial awareness. And I like doing backflips and flips in general to incr