If you want to try out for the next manu champs, new research reveals how physics can help boost your performance.

Move over belly flops and cannonballs. Manu jumps, pioneered by New Zealand’s Māori and Pasifika communities, reign supreme.

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 ...

Maximizing splash size in manu jumping depends on entering the water at a V-angle near 45°, followed by rapid straightening of the body underwater within 0.26–0.3 seconds.