Coaching and Care of Athletes

THE B6:P, STEP, ANb jUMP to distinguish it from the numerous other types of triple jumps and three hops which were practised in Ireland. The designation is in conformity with the rule which says: " The competitor shall.first land upon the foot with which he shall have taken off, the reverse foot shall be used for the s.econd landing, and both feet shall be used for the third · landing." Despite the name and the rule, there is very "little in the nature of a 'step.' The hop, step, and jump is made up in reality of three distinct jumps. This is proved by examination of recommended proportions for the effort in relation to one another. The Finns, who are probably the second best nation in the world at this event, advocate cutting down the hop, increasing the step, and keeping both s}:wrt enough to allow for at least as much length in the jump · as in either the hop OF the step. Armas Valste recommends-teaching the event to novices in the foll'owing proportions : HoP STEP jUMP TOTAL BEST LENGTH IN THE IO ft. I2 ft. IO ft. 32ft. Step I2 " I2 " I 2 , 36 " All efforts equal I2 " I2 " I4 " 38 " Jump He suggests that the total effort should increase in like propor– tions.for greater distances. When the Japanese jumpers were training for the Olympic Games in I936 their objective was as follows: HoP STEP jUMP ToTAL BEST LENGTH IN THE I9 ft. I4 ft. 2I ft. 54ft. Jump In the final issue Tajima, when making his world's and Olympic record at Berlin in I 936, returned the following approximate hop, step, and jump distanc,es for his total accurately measured record: HoP STEP jUMP TOTAL BEST LENGTH IN THE 20ft. 4 ins. I 3 ft. It ins. I 9ft. It ins. 52 ft. 5t ins. Hop Tajima exceeded approximately the scheduled hopping distance by I6 ins., but lost I I ins. in the step, while his jump effort was 375 .