Athletes in Action

123 THE HIGH JUMP. WE TER R LL (2) TuE Western Roll is the mo t perfect form of high jumping yet evolved because it meets all the funda- mental requirements of the art, and allows of a completely flat lay-out, with no cramping of the body at the middle, such as is in eparable from the •ast rn Cut- ff style already de cribcd. noted in con- necti n with ig. I the jump r "settl s," with knees bent, on the last stride. lie then dri cs his body upwards off his left leg taking care that the thrust starts from the heel, pa cs right through the sole of the foot and ends \ ith a :final flick-off fr m the fully cxt nded ankle and to s thcms 1vc . .. rom the crouch, ther for , the jumper straightens his 1 ft leg in the pring and the arm and right (outside) 1 g are swung up with considerable for c. At th same time th body is turned partly towards the bar, ver whi h the 1 ft (in ide) arm pas ·cs :first f all. This pl1:1s of tbc Western Roll acti n is shown in 'ig. 2 n the opp site pag . tc that, in this style the arms do n t ri ab vc h uldcr-lc\ cl, that the 1 ft (tak -off) 1 g is allow d t hang alth ugh th kn c is bent arli r than in the Ea tern style. Th ri h ( ut ide, fr ·c) leg may rise ith r bent at th kn , as h wn in •ig. 2 oppo itc, or it may be swung up and out- ward , n arly parall 1 to the bar-line and m re fully cxt nded. Take ar , whatever you do, t k p the head f rward as sh wn and, alth ugh you must 1 an ba k a little when making the spring, gc.:t th trunk f rward again, as shown opp site, as the b dy begins t rise int the air. The jumper mu t ntri c to u e a powerful up- wards wing £the arms and out ide leg to aid the take- off impulse. He must rem ·mbcr, also, not to drop back the head. His yes should watch the cross-bar as he rises.