Athletes in Action

175 HOP, TEP A D JUMP. THE HOP (1) THE run-up for the Hop, tep and Jump is the same in length and method as that given already in the chapter dealing with the Running ong Jump. There is the same necessity, also, for establi hing an accurate approach-run, so that the jumping foot may hit the take-off board with certainty at each att mpt. The action of taking off for the Hop, also, is as described for the ong Jump. Th run-up must be so developed that th athlete i travelling at his highest rate of controlled speed, with his arms and 1 gs working and his b dy correctly inclined forward, as in sprinting, when his jumping f ot hits the take-off mark. Gen r- ally speaking it is b t to take-off f r the op from the foot you would use most naturally if y u were making an ordinary long jump ; but this i a matter f r experi- ment, and xperience may pr v that it will be t suit you, personally, t make th II p from th other f ot. D not make the I l op too high, th angle f t:1k - ff should not be gr ater than 40 d gr e , r th right 1 g may 'g ' at the kn e if you om down fr m to gr at a height. \Vhcn taking-off, Fig. 1 pp it , retain the running acti n and sprint-angle. h h cl of th jumping f t hould be put d wn behind th take- ff b ard, ' hi h is gripped by th s le-spik s. foot-roll and anlling m Y mcnt th n bring the jumper right up n t the toes f th tal. -off f ot th jumping 1 g is fully e t ndcd, as sh wn in Fig. I th rei a high pick-up of the kn c f th fr c 1 g and th running action i carri d n by th arm . The head must be kept f rward, as shown, in a perfectly natural po iti n.