Athletes in Action

139 THE P LE VAULT (4) TnE arm-pull, in which Ho:ff s left fore-arm lies remarkably parallel to the pole, begins from the position ju t een in Fig. 6. The legs still carry on up- wards in continuati n f the all-imp rtant pendulum- swing but the pull on the arms rai cs the b dy t a p iti n in which the chc t faces squarely to the pol , with left fore-arm parallel t the p le and left upper arm parallel t the ground. The b dy is still well bent at the waist, and althou h the trunk lies, virtually, parall 1t the ground, th feet arc high ab :Vc the b dy, and arc shot above bar-lcv 1, a far a th knee , by the int n ity f th arm-pull. ot that the he d is n t dropped, but r rains a pr per p sition in pr 1 ngati n of the pinal olumn. w me the pictur which portray· the wh le c ret f Iloff remarkable su c s as a P le-Vault r. In Fi . pp ite it " ill be seen that h has c m- plctcd the arm-pull and th turn of the b d , that h is now almo t fa c d \ nward with hi body acr s the bar a far a hi· hip·, while hi chest and hands are till b '1 w bar-1' cl. In oth r w rd :ff ha \ ung irtue f hi fin p n lulum-s ing. ote h w well h ha kept th haft f the p le drawn int hi neck the mpactnc s f the arm p iti n £ r the lift, whi h will raise his upper b dy over the lath, and th' c mplete traightn ss of his lower limbs with t cs pointed and le s lose together in a per£ ctly balan ed p siti n. ote that the h ad is n w bent back a little on th n ck for the sake of balance and control.