Athletes in Action

113 THE HIGH J 1\ IP. K\ TER T- FF (5) DIRE TL the fre (right) 1 g has pa sed ufficiently far acr ss the bar and a partial turn of the b dy towards the 1 ft-hand upright tandard supporting the bar ha been mad the f llow-up swing, or secondary kick, of the talc-off leg begin . he p sition t be aimed at in the fir t stage of the follow-up acti n f th left (take-off) leg is hown in 'ig. 5 pposite by . ' . . rd n, . .A. . he right leg ha now cro sed the bar and a sharp ki k of the 1 ft leg, up and t wards the left-hand upright, has lift d the butt cks ab vc the level f the bar over which th b dy is n -v dir tly centrali d, while the half-turn of the b dy t th left ha al · b en achieved. If thi wa to compl t the high-jumpers action a it used t d in the bad ld i or tyl f jumping his 1 ft butt k w uld inevi ta bly remo\ c the bar fr m th pc · upon -v hi hit re ts, and h would land n hi right fo t, thus contra 'ning another fundamental prin iplc of h igh jumping, whi h is that our should always la11d ou tbc same foot as that from which tbc spring was made. It\ ill b n ticed that in Fig. 5 the athlct ha b th legs \Vcll bent at the 1.nees so that b th ar till apablc f d in a O'Ood d al more dut} in w rl. ing th body acr s th bar. It may be added that at extr me heights th athl 't \ ill not have his trun1. mu h above his thighs at t h t p of his ri e, but will already hav b gun to tip hi b dy t th left, a\\ ay from the ba r, in rder that his hips may come up .