Athletics of To-Day for Women

244 Athletics of To-day for Women the bar, may be jerked sharply outwards to draw the body away from the bar. It must be remembered that, apart from the initial spring and such help as may be obtained from th upward swing of the arm , it i th pow r and manag ment of the leg-swings which work the body upwards. emember to keep the eyes fixed upon the far end of the cross bar, spring directly upwards and not in towards the bar, k p the body upright or slightly forward , n v r lean back; and h lp to work th body acro the bar by bending your head toward t.h side you jumped from as the jumping leg cmn parall 1 to the lath, and then hitch the hips violently away from the bar.