Athletes in Action

99 440 Y R L \V HURDL • (10) TnE completion of the first stride after landing IS shown in Fig. 10 n th oppo ite page. he ffort required to give this fir t stride its full length is clearly in evidenc , otherwise impson, usually a particularly well-balanced runner would not have his body so upright, nor would his head be thrust out, as seen in ; ig. 10 opposite, in such a manner as must cramp his breathing considerably. The fault, however, will be corrected as he takes the next stride and settl s down again to normal fa t running action b twe n hurdles . gain, one must mphasise the point that the hand f the rear arm sh uld not be allowed to swing behind it corresponding hip. n the oth r ide f the ledger, however, we must give impson full credit f r th squareness of his should r and hips, the dir et tracti n J1e is displaying and, more than for anything cls , for the fact that he has n t allowed the he 1 of the r ar leg to ri c above th 1 vel of its own knee. A back-heel kick-up is ss ntially" astcful in any form of running and should be guarded against with sedulou care. The ow Hurdler is advised t r ad the section of this b ok dealing with High Hurdling and to 1 arn t take his f ne s qui tly and in good f rm before he attempts any spe d w rk, but while he is 1 arning th form he must, also, be building up stamina by running on the flat at distanc s varying from 300 yards to half a mile at half and three-quarter spe d.