Athletics (British Sports Library)

CHAPTER XVI THE HOP, STEP, AND JUMP THE Hop, Step, and J11Il1p is closely allied to the Long Jump, 'and the reader is therefore asked to study this chapter in conjunction with the last. The rules governing competition provide that the athlete shall first land upon the same foot from which he shall have taken off, the reverse foot shall pe used for the second landing, and both feet shall be used for the third landing. In all other respects the Long Jump rules apply. . The same may be said as regards the training and preparation. That it is not necessary to have long legs was proved at the Paris Olympiad, 1924, when Brumelo, an Argentine with very long legs, started off the contest with a new Olympic record of 50 feet 7! inches, only to be beaten in the last round by the short, sturdy Australian, A. W. Winter, who set up a new world's record of 50 feet ll i inches. The one thing necessary, apart from the ordinary attri– butes of the long jumper, is very ~trong knees, otherwise these will go when the single foot landing on hard turf or even cinders is effected. 199