Athletes in Action

93 4-+o YARD \ HUR LE (7) I Fig. 7 n the opposite page the centre p int of the athletes balance i pa ing ver the hurdle, and imp- on very properly, is beginning to curtail the b dy- dip, in order tlut he may land with a normal running angl , and so ensure the taking of a full stride after the landing has be n eff cted. The straight-ah ad 1 ad acti n of the right (leading) leg has be n used throughout the hurdle lcarance, and Fig. 7 n w sh ws th r pect in which th r ar 1 g action of the L w Hurdl r cliff rs lightly fr m that mployed by the Iligh Hurdl r · in that th w Hurdler, wh n rai ing his rear leg bent at the kn e, sideway and utwards in a semicircular swing ver the rop ra1l f the hurdle, lift the knee but lightly as c mpar d with the abrupt, exaggerated r ar leg-lifting action of the High 1Iurdler. imp on, in •ig. 7, is making n attempt t snap the 1 ading 1 g d wn f r a lo -t -hurdle landing but, rath r is stretching out the limb f r th purp of adding a few inchc t hi cl aran e distance. m hurdl r , how v r annot us this action n account of th jar u taincd thr ugh ke ping the leading 1 g fully xtended until the f t hit the ind r . In uch ea s the for -1 g (from kn e t f ot) sh uld b driven harply d wnward t the landing. Th landing a ti n is thus c n ert d into a falling m vem nt, whi h is corrected and (pr perly) heck d by the f 11 w-up action of the r ar leg, as cen in bg. 8.