Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

FIG. 30.-THE RuNNING HIGH-JUMP (No. I). F. Sprowle, Cambridge University. Sprowle is jumping in perfect style; it will be see..u that the right arn1 and left leg, ·straightened out at the knee, are parallel to the bar. The right leg will be cut in tmder -the left, which will cause the body to pivot in the air, so that the jumper lands in the sand-pit facing the bar he has just crossed . Note, SprowJe has taken off fron1left foot. FIG. 31.-THE RUNNING HIGH-JUMP (No. 2). B. H. Baker, Liverpool A .C. English Champion, 1913 (6ft.); British Olympic Team, rgrz. Baker has cleared the bar, but will land heavily in the pit. Had he thrown the right arm out to the right and kicked backwards more strongly with the right leg, he would have caused the body to turn completely round to face the bar. Baker has taken off from right foot. '92]