Athletics of To-Day for Women

The Running Long Jump J tmr ing and hop1 ing f r a tim , and rro b ck t light pr par - t ry training. Alway hav p d of rubber sponge in the h Is of your jumping sho to a t a sho k ab orb rs. nee you hav ma e up your mind that you can hit the board properly try to forget all about it, and concentrate all your faculties upon g tting up into the air; you mu t jump high if you want to jump far. You do not nee a run-up of more than forty yards, nor should it b I s than thirty yards. Th rear all sort of xact m th mati al m thod of fonning th run-up, but I think th be t way i t nlist th help f a f ll w athl t . t your run appro. imat ly right t b ~gin with, and put down a mark ~t th spot fr 1n which you int n th run to b gin. ut your Jumping foot n that mark and rnn thr ugh to th pit at full pe d. o not att mpt to 1 ngth n r h rten the trid during th run, f r th purp of hitting th board. You should cro th board tra lJing at full sp d without jumping, n g t your friend to mark th sp t' h r y ur f ot land din r lati n to th board. If y u ha v r -t 1p d the b ard, th n you mu t hift ur tarting m r1~ b ck by th an1ount of y ur ov r– st pping. If your I t ha fall n short f th mark, then you mu t short n your run by th amount y u w r h rt of th bo rd. o not att mpt any jumping until you have d v 1 p d a regular stri 1 and ar safe to hit th tak -off board nin time ?ut of ten. You will only d thi. with th h lp of a willing and lllt r sted fri nd a ling a bs rv r. One mu t h r digr for a con t d 1\ ith oth r matters in r lati n to th run-up. Alw ys t t y ur approach run under ob er tion b fore you jump, v n in practic , b eau 'Our b dily condition v ries, n th track m y b loo or soft, which will hort n your stri an n c sitat the hort n- ing of your run. f the pproach path i h rd and firm th ppo it will b th cas . If the wind is with you you will n 1 t I nO'then your run, and to horten it wh nth wind i g inst Y u. omp titi n without i1r t trying y ur ' wh.. t y u r uir n th cl y n in r jump over a string 111