Athletic Training

RUNNING BROAD JUMP 97 person. Usually a line is drawn six feet in front of the take-off board, and stepping over such line in 3 n attempt counts as a balk. Three such balks count as a try. For three fouls the jumper is disqualified. The beginner must be very careful not to develop lame muscles. For this reason his first work should be a combination of running and jumping, with not enough of either to make the muscles sore. The first day's prac– tice should consist of not more than five or six jumps, none of them hard. Then the athlete should rest a day or two, perhaps practising a little sprinting, but not doing any more jumping until the first soreness has worn off. The first essential the broad jumper must master is the art of hitting the "take– off" properly. By this is meant striking the plank set into the ground squarely and without fouling. Until the athlete learns how to do this accurately he should forget all about distance, contenting himself merely with learning how to get his run-down so as to strike the take-off without being obliged to overreach, to shorten the stride, or to slow down the speed.