Athletic Training

I 1· !I ' ' CHAPTER X HURDLING To discover and develop a good hurdler from a squad of track athletes is one of the most difficult tasks that confronts the coach. F or the same reason the man who selects this event needs, besides some aptitude for it, a goodly amount of courage and determina– tion. When success finally crowns the hur– dler's efforts he has mastered one of the spec– tacular events on the track programme. Any discussion on the art of hurdling should be preceded by the explanation that there are two kinds of hurdle-racing, the high and the low, and that each requires a special style. In the high hurdles there are ten hurdles, each 3 feet 6 inches in height, placed 10 yards apart over a course of HW yards. This allows 15 yards to the first hurdle and 15 yards be– tween the last hurdle and the tape. For the 84