Athletes in Action

fi THE H \LF<\IILE (z) TnE forward body-lean and forceful pi ton acti n of the arms is fully empha iscd in Fig. 2 on the page pposite, and it will be noticed that, although Lowe is now in full sprint-stride and cramming on every ounce of peed he po e scs he has contri' ed to keep his head properly set and show n ign of truggling. In other words, he i holding hi perfect form under full pre ure. ~\n ther important point t be ob crYed is that although the arm-action i cs entially p werful it is n t in any way ·ag rated. Th left fi t does not rise up too high in front nor i th right ·lbO\ allowed to swing up t o high at the rear. The square- ne of the hips and shoulder to th dire tion in which the athlete is running is pede tly presen cd th hang f the r ar leg i ·qually excellent and it \vill be noticed that the action of tlw leg and arm on oppo·ite sides of the body is nicely ynchronised and co-ordinated. In th<.: e pictur<.: Lowc c ·hibits a p<.:culiarly long trid · for a half-mil·r in the sprint se tion of hi rac<.:, but it ·o happen<.:d that ,1 loner strid' uited Lowe in thi tage of a ontc t. 'trid<.:-1 ·ngth is, how<.:\' ·r an individual nutter and, on a point of ccon my, must be di tat -d by om fort. one the le ·s, good stride- length i of the f1r t importan e an l m, y be built up by oncentration in pra ticc. The reader ·hould r ·mark in Fig. 2 the mann r in whi -h the runn 'r i · g ·tting th full value out of his ] ft leg-drive h ·for· h att mpts to shoot out the right 1 g from below th knee for the purpo e f in rcasing the length of his ·trid ·. . \noth ·r point t be olrcned i · that hi fc ·t arc p.1ssing r ·markably clo · above th · track urfa c. Low· ha lifted his 1 ading leg and he ha u cc ·dcd in thru ·ring it out, and onscqucntly, th ·r' is no wa tagc of effort in the matt ·r f high stc ping.