Athletes in Action

THE L G JUMP (6) TnE start f the third and final mid-air running-step is seen in •ig . I I and I 2 oppo ite. Fig. I I hows an amazing power of concentrati n and mu cular control, which ha enabled r. H nner till to keep his b dy almost upright and hi hips quar to th front. mpar d however, with Fig. 7 the lo f power, especially in the pi 1-up of the knee f the leading leg, is very plainly t be een. Th r is al o lack f punch and lift in the work f the ri ing right arm, but this is no fault of the athlet , the lo f p w r b ing due s 1 ly t the inevitable dccreas in th m mentum \vhich has already pa sed it ma ·imum. c mpari n of Fig ·. 12 with Fig. 2 and will slt w that although th Jumpers peed thr ugh the air is almost exhau t d, he yet by means of a well- balanc d backward-! an, in which th h ad i n t, however, allowed t fall back ntrives t ke p his hips up and squar to the fr nt and his 1 gs and arms w rking trongly in the middle tage f the third and la t mid-air running- tep. te pecially how the upwards swing of the right arm and th rai ing of th left arm flexed at the lb w, in a lifting acti n ar being utili ed a a prime fact r in the pr 1 ngation f night.