Athletes in Action

199 H P, TEP D JUl\1P. THE JUMP (13) I the next stag of th Jump the right 1 g i carried quickly, and as powerfully as po sible, through to the front, but the left leg does not fly back, unless it is intended to introduce the ng Jumper's hitch-kick (see section on the ng Jump) int the a ti n. s the right (rear) leg comes through, with kn e 1 ading, the right arm swings ba k on a 1 v 1 with, but not as yet behind, the right sh ulder, and the left arm swings down and f n ard. t th same time the weight f the body comes forward from the hips and the trunk is bent a little over the thigh . It is important to get height into the jump and to keep the w igln of the body back fr m abo e the thigh at 1 ng a po iblc. The rea on being that the High Hurdler for cs his trunk down ov r the thigh of the leading 1 gin rder that he may get his fr nt foot t ground on the far id £ the fence as speedily as possibL, whereas the Long Jumper and the 11 p, Step and Jumper houl b th strive to keep their body weight ba k a long a p iblc inc the di po ition f the weight forward ver the thigh i ound to bring th he 1 d v n quickly to the urfacc of the sand pit with n cqucnt lo f di tan c.