Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

FIG. 32 .-THE R uNNING HIGH-JUMP: Cinematograph Pictures. No. r. The athlete is just taking off. No. z. The left knee has been brought well up and the ~nns are aiding the upward movement of the whole body . No. 3· The sole of the left foot has .reached the level of the bar, but the right leg is still quiescent. No. 4· The leftfoothas crossed t~1e bar and the right leg is being dra'"'i'll up. No. 5. The left leg is being rai~ed to allow th.e nght leg to pass under it, and the body is turning to the left. No . 6. The left leg is well over .and the right foot has also crossed the bar. Nos. 7 and 8. The jumper has cleared the body away from the bar by hitching up the hips. . Up to, and including No . 6, the style is correct, but at this stage the jumper should have cut the nght leg m under the body and kicked it up behind to enable him to turn the body in the air face downwards over the bar . The an11 work should be noted throughout. '94] s.) 6.) 7·)