The microsecond the manu jumper hits the water is critical. Two splashes actually occur: The first, the crown splash, forms ...

Finally, researcher and co-author Daehyun Choi built a "Manubot," a hand-sized robot that could mimic a diver's body movements during a manu jump to test what exact angle was best to create the ...

The general idea will be familiar to anyone who messed around at swimming pools as a child: who can make the highest splash when they jump into the water. According to Lele, the best manu jumpers ...

He explains how to make a winning manu jump while avoiding the pain of a belly flop. This article forms part of Physics World‘s contribution to the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and ...

Manu jumping is all about triggering and maximizing ... This expands the air cavity, the space of air created in the water by the jump; then the cavity collapses, detaching itself from the body.

Sure, there's the bellyflop. The cannonball. The bomb. But for the biggest pool splash of all, nothing beats "popping a Manu," a unique and fiendishly difficult type of diving perfected by the ...

Manu jumping is all about triggering and maximizing ... This expands the air cavity, the space of air created in the water by the jump; then the cavity collapses, detaching itself from the body.