Buffalo Bills Player Leviates Back To His Feet

This weekend while watching the Buffalo Bills play the KC Chiefs in an Sunday NFL game a player took a move straight from Michael JAckson's Smototh Criminal. The player, Zay Jones, dives for a pass out of the end zone, and, somehow, rises back to his feet.

Even if it is an optical illusion (?), it has left me baffled!!

Check it out!!

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a reply to: Cosmocow

Serious core muscles! If you notice, he pushes off giving momentum while throws back head and upper body while twisting back towards camera centering his gravity, and finishing off using his foot/calf muscles and the spin push-off momentum to get back up.

Smooth body control!

a reply to: Cosmocow

That is odd.
Guess that is what happens when you are in peak physical condition and have to get up a 100 times a day off the grass. You get good at it.

Looks like he just pushed himself up with his right leg.

a reply to: Cosmocow

That is an interesting video. He clearly pushes himself up partially by using his arms. I think the illusion of levitation comes in because as he's rising he also pivots on his toes. But what do I know.

a reply to: TobyFlenderson

a reply to: Cosmocow

Way better than kneeling.

a reply to: Butterfinger

Yep, you got it.

We do a similar get up in martial arts during our workout portion, although it's not from a prone position, but from the knees. It just looks so awkward because, like you noted, his core stays rigid (and his feet) and most of the way he got up involves momentum and his quad muscles.

You could argue that Red Bull gives you wings

originally posted by: Skywatcher2011
You could argue that Red Bull gives you wings

Ummm...you could...




YouSir

In the famous words of Bruce Willis ..."yippi-o-ki-aee

It's a wonder he wasn't arrested leviating himself!

I've seen Maynard from Tool pull off a similar move. Demons from Hell is the only explanation.

dude pretty much jumped back up with his arms.

It didn’t strike me as odd. He’s just very agile because... he’s an athlete.

originally posted by: Trueman
a reply to: Cosmocow

Way better than kneeling.

Lol evil.. I was gonna quip something along those lines..

"All that kneeling must give you mad muscles"

ahh well, good to see something relating to sports that doesn't involve a leg bent the wrong way or blood.

a reply to: Butterfinger

his tweet was pretty good too..."When you fall down but God has your back"

I dont see him pushing himself back up with his arms as has been explained away.



But slowed down to .25 it is clear all his weight is on his tippy toes and he is leaning forward around 45degrees yet @ 0:28 his inertia suddenly reverses to lift him up and backward while still leaning forward on his tippy toes.

Decent video proof during high speed sports decisions etc, that the matrix sometimes 'lags' a split second or so behind conscious actions are realized!

It's the weight on his right knee that gives in to the illusion.