Coaching and Care of Athletes

COACHING AND CARE OF ATHLETES I 1.30-I2.30. 2.I5-3·I5· 8. g-IO. IO-I I. II.30-I2.30. 2.I5-3·I5. 3·I5-4·I5. 8. g-IO. IO-I I. I 1.30-I2.30. 2.I5- 3·I5. 3·I5-4·I5· 8. g-IO. IO-I I. I 1.30-I2.30. Revision of pole vault and long jump. Revision of hurdles and high jump (under Mr Jaakko Mikkola) and hammer (under Mr Nokes). Lecture. Thursday, August 27 Demonstration (hop, step, and jump). Hop, step, and jump. Coaching practice (weight). , , (high jump). , , (hammer). Lecture. Friday, August 28 Demonstration (hammer and weight). Coaching practice (hurdles). , , (discus) . , , (pole vault). , , (javelin). Film. Saturday, August 29 Demonstration (hurdles and pole vault). Revision of pole vault and long jump. Revision of hop, step, and jump (under Mr J aakko Mikkola). Revision of weight, javelin, and discus (under Captain Webster). There are, of course, numerous styles which can be taught and practised in each of the nine field events, but after much debating it was decided, so far as 1935 and 1936 were concerned, to select one particular style for each event, and to teach that style only at the Summer School. Students were, of course, given every oppor– tunity to ask questions regarding other styles, which thereupon were carefully explained to them, but what we considered should be the standard style for each event was the only one officially taught. From 1934 to 1936 inclusive instruction was carried out on the grass playing-fields at Loughborough College . In this connection Jaakko Mikkola remarked that he thought that British athletes, apart from their natural talent, should be the best in the world, because the wonderful turf we have in this country affords every · 44