Athletics (British Sports Library)

FOR GAMES MASTERS AND COACHES 139 noted javelin thrower who owes his success in no small degree to the body-building preparation he undertakes. Personally, I think this particular man rather overdoes things, in that he runs. four miles at a: most unearthly hour of the morning when most of us are still in our beds, and another four miles late at night when his day's work is finished; but he has the root of the right idea, and, in his particular case, this very strenuous sort of training seems to suit him. · Again, it must be remembered that practically the whole of the field events are practised within certain very definite limits of space, and theFefore the field events man must cultivate that exact degree of accuracy which it has previously been pointed out is the first requisite of the high hurdler's outfit. In the field events the question of impedimenta and equipment looms very large. Shoes require careful consideration, and in every case should be equipped with heels in whi:ch two spikes are set diagonally. There are, of com:se, six spikes in the soles. Jumpers need fairly light shoes; pole vaulters should have special pole vault boots cut ankle-high. The throwing men, including the shot putters, need an altogether stouter shoe with a fairly wide sole, which curves up slightly on either side from the centre line, and