Athletes in Action

177 H P, TEP ~\ 1 f JU IP. THE H P (2) r~STEAD of Striving after height, when his jumping foot has thrown his body up into the air from the take-off board, the athlete as seen in Fig. 2 opposite, concen- trat s his mind upon continuing the running acti n. There is pronounced hang ' of the take-off leg for a fraction of a second and, meanwhile, the head is kept v,:cll centralised above the body-on no ace unt must the head be thrown back-the sprinters forward body- lean is maintained, the left arm drops down into a balance po ition as the right arm comes f rward again from the full take-off S\ ing, seen in Fig. I, and A. J. ray, the Engli h outhcrn hampion, who is the ubject four picture is taking particular care as seen in ~ ig. 2 oppo itc, n t t allow his legs to b come too widely s parat d at this stage of the cv lution. It is noteworthy also that he i allowing the l wcr part of the right leg to hang loo ely down, that the right f ot i still a little back of the right knee. If the lower part f the right leg was thrown f n' ard to anything like a full xtcnsi n at this stage of the Ilop it would be almo t impo ible to bring about the change in the position f th leg which enables the athlete to land upon the amc foot from which the Hop was mmenced. thcr points to be noted car fully are the way in which th shoulder and hips arc kept square t the direction in which the athlct i travelling and that the trunk, although inclined lightly fon ard from th hips maintains a straight lin~ fr m the centre of the pelvis to the crown f the head.