Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

THE STANDiNG JUMPS just touching the edge of the bar nearest the jumper. The feet are just sufficiently separated to give the athlete full control of all his movements. The arms are stretched above the head, and the body held loosely upright. This is the preliminary stance. Preparing to jump, the athlete bends his body at the hips and knees and swings the arms well back (sketch 1), and they are instantly flung forward again. As they pass the sides, the athlete straightens out the legs and springs up- wards, instantly kicking the right .leg nearest to the bar as high as he possibly can to raise the body. The arms are at 2 this stage well above the head, forcing the body up. As the body rises, and until the seat is higher than the level of the bar, the leg farthest from the bar (in the assumed case the left leg) is allowed to hang down passively (sketch 2); so soon, however, as the seat has risen higher than .the level of the bar (to work the borly centrally over .the bar the head is bent down over the right shoulder, and the right arm, with fingers outspread and the palm turned upwards (sketch 3), is stretched down level with the right 5