Athletic Training

RUNNING BROAD JUMP 99 The greatest care should be taken to learn what is the proper speed for the athlete to get the right elevation. If the jumper runs too hard he cannot get up into the air and se– cure the maximum distance to his jump. Running too slow is quite as bad. The ath– lete should remember that he must be going - · at his top speed just as he strikes the take-off, but not too fast to enable him to spring well up into the air. I have frequently found that beginners may force themselves to ·get the proper height by. practising with a low hur– dle or some other object placed at a short distance in front of the take-off. Great care should be taken, however, that this object is not something which will injure the jumper. Getting up into the air is somethi3:1g which will come only with practice. He should learn to strike the take-off squarely, so that he will spring high into the air on the rebound. After the athlete has learned how to leave the take-off and spring into the air he should devote his attention to getting the greatest possible distance to his jump. Since the jump is measured fr.om the inside of the take-off to the first break in the ground, great care