Athletics of To-Day 1929

The Long Jump 217 Picture No. 2, Plate 29, the tremendous muscles of Ed. Ham's left upper arm. In practice and competition the run-up should always be measured with a tape, not" stepped," and try two runs through always before you jump to assure yourself that you are going to A c FIG. Ig. hit the board. If the track is heavy, shorten the run a bit. If it is harder than you have been accus– tomed to, then lengthen the run– up. Similarly, if the wind is with you lengthen the run; if it is against you shorten the distance of your approach, but remember to give your run more length with the wind at the back than the amount by which you shorten it if the wind is blowing in your face. Do plenty of training with a short run and aim to drive the knee of the free leg up strongly so that you may get good height into the jump; at the same time let the other leg tt hang" as shown by Revans (No. 2, Plate 28). Work for speed, proper body angle at take-off and good elevation, and the distance will come of itself. I am not in favour of training over a string fixed across the pit to give the jump r elevation. Its presence usually destroys the " hang " of the jumping leg. Practise letting the jumping leg hang until the highest point in flight is reached, then whip it up and forward smoothly but strongly as Revans (No. 3, Plate 28) and Alzieu (No. 3, Plate 29) are doing. · In the tt hitch-kick" have the arms working in concert with the legs and force the body back.