Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

THE STANDING LONG-JUMP 75 With the feet in this position, the body is held loosely upright and the arms are above the head ; the heels rest lightly on the ground (sketch 1). When . the jumper feels that he is ready for the effort, the arms are swung right ~\ thro~ught to the back and the body \J·I ~ ~':' ~ ~ 117! 11-)l ~~. "'"~ JJ 3 • t; ' \ )Jfl ' --- is allowed to fall forward (sketch 2); but the muscles are not yet tautened up-not until the body forms an angle of about 45° with the ground are the muscles finally braced up as the legs are straightened out for the spring (sketch 3). Here it is necessary to pause for a moment and draw attention to a most important fact. Ray Ewry and the late C. Tsiclitiras are generally acknowledged as the two greatest exponents of the standing long-jump that the world has yet seen; by photo– graphs it has been proved that they both showed the same form at the take-off, which will be seen from diagram 14· This diagram will serve to show the vanous positions which the body assumes before and up to the moment of leaving the take-off board. In no. 1 the arms are ready to swing back, as in no. 2. This movement slightly propels the body forward, as in no. 3. The arms are now brought rapidly forward and the legs straightened, as in no. 4· The