Athletes in Action

TH~ L G JU IP (s) TnE last stage and final completion of the second mid- air running-stride i portrayed in Figs. 9 and 10 on the opposite page and it i really remarkable how a seen in Fig. 9, r. Honner is maintaining himself in the air, without either dropping his trunk forward over his thighs or inclining it backwards from the hips . The temptation to d one r the thcr i cry great, on account of the strain on the abdominal mu lcs, and the mental effect of the desire to get the leg up . The athlete sh wn is h wcver, w rking his arms and legs strongly upon a b dy which is properly rela ·ed f r the purpo ; while proof that he is not tying-up in any way is upplied by the p rfecti n of hi running- action ' on unsup orted feet. ' ne th r point to be observed, particularly, is that he has till preserved the sprinters law, whi h ay that thc hand mu t n vcr pass b hind the hip-line n its backward swing. 1 he compl tion of the strid comes in 'ig. 10 and ne may again ask the reader to compare thi picture with Fig. 5, when it will be s en that the dwindling momentum ha prohibited th jumper fr m attaining as compact a p siti 11 a he ccurcd in the sam tage of the pr ceding t p (Fig. 5), that he has been forced to lean his body back a little further to prc er e his balance and has 11 t be 'n abl to drop his hands s completely to the sides. ne the les , he has managed t preserve the parallel-to-the-ground p sition of the shin of the rear leg.