Athletics of To-Day for Women

Hurdling smalle t glanc asi will throw you off balanc and n1ay bring you down or into a hurdle. To get r gularity of hurdling it i not a bad plan to hum a tune, v n if you only do o in ide your h ad. Make the notes, or word , fit in with your striding, and tres a note or word ea h time a you take off and chop down. Be careful of on thing h re. \Vh n you chop down ke p your body-lean, as shown by J i M Millan in Pictur roo. It i th ea i t thing in the world to 1 t y ur body come upright a y ur foot cl w down for th arth. o not ru h your la t f ne . It i far b tter to achi v a coil cted landing and to gather yourself for the final print for th tap . Rem mb r that, as your leading foot t uches the ground from th la t hurdle cl arance, you mu t change at one from the long, winging hurdl r' stride to the qui k foot patt r, harp arm action, and ace ntuat d forward body-1 an f th print r in her fini hing bur t, and you must g t right u1 on your to . TRAI ING I am afr i that you ' ill hav to tal· practically all of the pr gramm I hav lai down forth print rs in h pt r in , and, in addition, y u will ha to d y ur hurdling practi . As a mor pl sant way of b coming both fit and ffici nt, h w v r, I woull advi you v ry tr ngly to d vote thr m nths to your tr, ining. uring wint r or rly spring tackle th ort f body nd tamina building work ugg t d in th hapt r d aling with g n ral training ( h pt r Tw nty). As n s t.h ra ks ar fit t u , put in a m nth nth print r's h ul \ itho 1t d ing any hur lling a t all, r, at all v nt , nly ju t n ugh t h 1 you to 1 lop y ur t hniqu . Th n, a soon s th \ th r i gettinrr warm, and you ar r ally fit, in b dy, 1 g , an arm , g t right d wn to hur ling work som - thing nth lin sugge t d by th following tabl . cm mb r, however (th r i n n to rint it in a h day's sch dul ), that the day' -v orl hould always tart with th hurdling x rei s gi n a little furth r on, and thes should be followed with a few practic start , ith r with or without the pistol at fir t, but alw ys with th pistol in the final fortnight of training. M