Athletics (British Sports Library)

84 ATHLETICS little special consideration. If the body is held too erect going over the fence the foot, possibly the whole of it, will hit the track unduly hard, but if the hurdler preserves his slight forward body lean, alights on the ball of the foot lightly, and gets the rear hip working loosely in its socket for the follow-up, he should be in fine form for the next stride forward (Sketch 9) . The arm action is almost exactly that of the "Paddock" sprinter, save that the right arm goes slightly forward with the left (leading) leg in effecting clearance and the left arm is dropped to the side or slightly to the rear, readjusting its position for the next upper-cut swing as the left foot takes the ground (Sketches 7, 8, and 9). Hurdlers training for the two longer distances may practise the exercises which have been already described for the use of high hurdlers (Sketch 1, B, c, and D), with the exception of any which are specially designed for the creation or improve– ment of the body dip, such as shown in Sketch 1, A. When thinking out a training scheme and schedule low hurdlers should keep ever in their mind's eye the old axiom that there are plenty of champions over eight fences, but precious few who ever approach record-breaking form over the full ten flights. The " fade-out " of the nine hundred and ninety-nine is due to leg exhaustion and lack of stamina. The