Athletes in Action

195 HOP, T P D JUlVIP. 'THE JUMP (u) To gain a strong, well-collect d and well-balanced position for the Jump take-off, such as is shown in Fig. II on the page opp site, one must eff et a perfect landing from the tep stag of the evolution and swing quickly through on the fulcrum of the grounded fo t for the next phase of action. It will be seen that, although ray is now reaching the commencem nt f the last f thr big eff rts, he ha c ntriv d to retain the prop r running attitude action, with b dy w 11 disposed f rward, head properly set, should rs and hips square to the dir cti n of his n xt spring and arm and legs pr p rly und r c ntr 1 and performing th ir work smoothly. The f rward point of balance in the transition stage from t p t Jump has now be n pa ed; and, n cqucntly, the b dy i being lift d n t the toes f th gr unded (right) foot, while the left knee pick-up beginning, aided by a ntribut ry arm-swing. ir et f rward traction i cry plainly sh v n in this picture, and th full bend f th right kn giv s promise f a full and p w rful cxt nsion of the right leg in th take- ff action f r th , Jump. Th slight crou h, f c urse, f r casts a full e 't nsion f th whole body in its forward and upward flight. The take-off f r th Jump should be male at an angle of :1.bout 45 d grees, and the athl ' t h uld stri to g t as much height a po siblc int the final effort.