Track Athletics in Detail (extract)

THE RUNNING HIGH JUMP 57 shows the jumper as he starts. He takes an easy gait until he reaches his " mark," then gets into his stride, and the secondillustration shows him springing from the take-off. This spot is another that each individual must locate by experiment for himself. A good way for a beginner to deter­ mine how far from the bar to take off is to stand before it on one foot and lift the other until he can touch the cross-piece with his toes. He takes off as farback as hecan thus stand on one foot and touch the barwith the other. This distance from the base-line between the posts o the take-off