Athletes in Action

THE HIGH JUMP. UT- FF (I) TnE first thing for the athlete to decide is t which of two main classes of hi h-jumpers he belongs. Long-legged, flexible fellows u ually pr fer the ~astern ut- ff style, which calls f r extreme power of leg-swing and lift, combined with accurate timing, rather than any abnormal am unt f natural spring. This type usually appr aches the bar fr m directly in front, using a 36-ft. to 40-ft. run with a h k- mark, to be hit by the jumping foot, 24 ft. to 27 ft. ba k from the take-off pot which, again, is 3t ft. to 4t ft. in front f the bar-line. The jumper tands at th start of his appr a h run with he ls tog th r and b dy pitched a littl forward. Thr light springy trid should nable him to hit th eh k- mark with hi take-off fo t and f ur more 1 ng, springy tride hould arry him fr m eh ck-mark to tak - ff mark. he tak - ff r pring its 1£ is chara tcrised by a slight ba kward 1 an f th b dy, a slight er uch, as th jump r gathers him 1£ t geth r for the spring, and a hard stamp down n the tak -off mark of the fo t fr m " hi h the pring is t be made. The knee mu t b lightly bent and th he 1 £ the tak -off foot firmly grounded £ r th spring. ~he arms are held 1 " in balan e r ady for a ig r u upward swing. The y s hould wat h the take- ff during the run-up and be lifted to the bar ju t b f r th spring is mad . The for g ing p int arc w 11 illu trat d in Fig. I n the page ppo itc by H. immon .B. the } un st athl tc who ha \er represented any nati n at the lympic