Athletes in Action

181 HOP T •P ~\ D JU~IP. H · H P (+) THE action hown in Fig. 3 is carried on until the ~ighest point in the parabola of :flight during the lop 1 S reached. At this tage everything depends upon the ability of the athlete to achieve the highest pos iblc pick-up with the knee of the leg which is leading (in . ray case thi i th left knee, but he has not picked 1t up quite high enough, as will be seen by a comparison of Fig. 4 oppo ite with the Long Jump picture of Dr. Honner, Fig. 7, page 160). . PrO\ ided the alm st upright attitude f the trunk Is maintain d th higher the pick-up of th leading knee the longer will flight in the Hop b su tained and the gr ater \\ill be the height to which the athlete rise along the +o dcgr cs path of his take-off. It will be ' ccn from Fig. 4 opp site that a the athlete reaches the top p int in hi li p cff rt the right leg i almost fully traight n d, but care mu t be taken not to allO\ the right foot to drop, so that it hang down with toes point d t th ground. ray hows admirable form in this respect, f r both feet arc in th proper attitudes th y ·w uld h ld if he wa sprinting along the track surface, instead of flying through the air. It i e peciall. important to h ld th left f ot fl 'xed at the ankle, a een in } ig. 4 ince the landing must be mad' upon the heel, if the take-off for the tcp is to be ffcctive. ote how the left arm is swinging back, well contr lled, forth landing. ot , also, th completely controll d and well-balanced position of the whole figur , preparatory to the shooting out of the left 1 g for the heel to hit the track.