Athletes in Action

1 37 THE POLE V LT (3) IF the swing-up of the leg i all wed to follow straight up and through towards the eras -bar the pole will bend with the curve bending back towards the direc- tion of the run-up. In which case, when the weight is lightened, the pole will traighten up with a jerk and shoot the vaulter up, forward and into the bar. ~or this reason Hoff as seen in Fig. 5 ppo itc, invented the trick of carrying the right leg o er the left towards the pole and the left leg back from bel w the knee without at fir t, di turbin the squarene of the hips. This action eau cs the pole to bend outward , away fr m the ide n which the vaulter i ri ing. The lift which f llow, th r for rai the athlct 's body vertically, inst ad of thr wing hi legs into th cross- bar. The traightcning of th pole with a di tin t whip, and the b dy acti n which accompanies, and, in part, caus it i c n in ig. 6 ppo itc. f 11 wing upon th first turning im ards m vcmcnt of the 1 g , and as they ri e higher by virtue f the pendulum swing the hips arc turned fully, and the he t is turned partly, t fac the p le. t the am time th traight- ening of the p le itsel£ sh ts the athlct s feet up to the level of the bar. But it sh uld be p cially r marked that the head till retains the same po iti nal rclati n hip to the b dy and that till n att mpt has been mad t introduce the arm-pull int th aulting acti n. pecial att ntion i call d t th fact that the eh t i turned cry n arly to a pol - facing positi n a the fc t reach bar-le 1 and al t the fact that the leg arc till b 'nt at the kn R • M T BE T l • T I ' • THE BODY L E I T TII• P LE,