Athletic Training

AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION xix physical good it does-but these are lessons which t~e American people have already learned. My purpose in writing this book is to supply a text-book for the guidance of the boys and young men of this country who wish to achieve health and success in ath– letics. This book was written primarily for the benefit of those who have not the advantage of professional coaches. Not many schools and small colleges are able to· employ competent coaches, while the vast majority of the boys and young men who compose the member– ship of the hundreds of athletic clubs which are being formed everywhere are totally without the right kind of instruction. In this book I _have devoted proportionate attention to all the events which are on the Olympic, colle– giate, and club programmes. They have been so arranged that any boy or young man who makes a careful study of the event in which he wishes to excel can master it without the aid of a coach. No two boys are alike, and so my readers must use common sense in ap– plying these lessons. It will be noticed that in discussing nearly