Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

112 SUCCESS IN ATHLETICS it is .level with the pole, on which the body is now hanging from the hands by the straightened-out arms (sketch 3). The take-off leg catches up the other, and both legs together begin to swing upwards ; the arms are still straight down, and a turning movement of the body to the left (in other words, a turning move– ment of the body from right to left inwards towards :< the pole) is initiated; the swing continues until the feet are the highest point of the whole body (higher even than the hands upon the pole), which 3 2 ~ r 'i · ,~ I~ \~~ ~ /( ' r ~ !<..:... .... is now shaped like a "V," the points being the hands and feet, the base formed by the jumpers stern. At this stage the body should have turned to face the bar. The arms, which hitherto have simply played the part of ropes on which the body is hung, begin their real work by exerting a steady pull which raises the body still higher and gets the feet over the bar (sketch 4). Ever since the take-off the turning movement has been going on, and now the quarter-turn is com– pleted and the left outer ankle-bone is downwards over the bar it is crossing; lastly, the body turns