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For a broad jump, choose a spot on the floor in front of you, and bounding off both feet at the same time, jump toward that spot.
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Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 20 Dec. 2024
While testing their 40-yard dashes, shuttles, broad jumps and more, Jones-Drew explained the impact the event had on him as someone who already had the utmost respect for those who sacrifice their lives to protect us at home.
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2024
Sinnott led all tight ends in the three-cone (6.82 seconds), vertical (40 inches) and broad jump (10 feet, 6 inches) at the combine.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
The 6-foot-1, 178-pound corner ran a 4.28-second 40-yard dash and posted a 10-foot-7 broad jump in Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine in February.
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024
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First Known Use
1867, in the meaning defined above
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“Broad jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broad%20jump. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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