Athletes in Action

HOP, T ~P D ]Ul\1P. HE II P (5) THE reason for the slight forward body-lean so well maintained and shown in Fig. 4, becomes obvious when one tudies ~ ig. 5 n the opposite page. In this picture Gray i seen landing from the Hop, on the same foot from which the spring wa made, in a secure and well-balanced running attitude. If he had landed with the body upright, or worse still, leaning back- Wards, it would have been impossible for him to make full use of the fulcrum of the grounded foot, and he would have had to dr phis hips to get hi body through for the next effort. it i , he has landed fairly on his left heel, with the weight of the body centr d above th left leg, and is rolling through from the heel to th ball f the left f ot, for the take-off to the tep phas of the ev lution. Thi he is d ing with a very str ng ankling movement, which will brin him ri ht up on t his toes be£ re the left fo t again leaves the ground. otc the wcll-balanc d arm-action, the effort that i being made t maintain the head in the corr et position in rdation to the r st f the body, th fact that the shoulder and hips arc still kept square to the front and ven more remarkable perhap the fact that th running attitude has been m t e c 11 ntly prcs rvcd and that there is no dr pping f the athlet scat towards the tra k. The full ' hang " f the right leg i al o n te- worthy, since it i in a g od p sition for a full sw cp forward wh n the t p is made, but note al o that the heel of the right leg i not allo·wed t kick up behind.