Athletes in Action

1 97 H P, T P, _\ J :\1P. THE JUMP (12) 1 HE d·windling strength and loss of mom ntum make it very hard for the athlet to pre rv his well-balanc d jumping f rm r t put a much power as he w uld wi h into the Jump which con titute the third fthr c cumulative efforts that mak up the Hop, tcp and Jump. ne the l s in Fig. 12 on the oppo it page, ray ha managed rath r \'\'Onderfully, to maintain the straight lin f trunk and h ad, in c mbinati n with a light, but sufficient, forward b dy-lean. higher pick-up of the 1 ading (left) knc and a full r hang of the rear leg would hne enabled him to throw hi body higher into the air fr m the Jump tak -off but th fact that hi force arc flagging is indicat d by the ' ay in whi h th l ft arm is b ing flung up, in an ob"i u att m t to get height int the final leap. 'I he 1 g-action hown i however in g d form and h i maling the mo t of uch leading-! g knee pi k-up as he an g t, by, prop rly, kc ping the rear leg ba l until th high . t p int in the parabola of hi Jump fligh i being rea hed. Th quarcnc of th hip and houlder to th ·front sh uld, once again b r marked · as al o the fact that the arm ar:! well di p sed for a pow~.:rful backward \\ ep to be mad at the m m nt wh n the 1 g-shoot to the final landing will be gi" n cff' t. T st athlet , at thi tagc, drop bacl their h ad , and, th r by horten the 1 ngth of th ·ir Jump effort, but ray h \ s no igns of committing this fault.