. Athletic training for school boys. he bar. If the jumper takes off withthe left foot, then the motions are the same, only the leftfoot and arm begin the movement. The above is the style of Sweeney and Baxter, the most eco-nomical jumpers we have ever had; that is, th^y covered a higherheight with this style than can be done with any other. But manyof our jumpers have peculiarities of style which seem best fortheir own individual selves. But they all jump on the above prin-ciple. This is to get the best spring into the air that is possible;to help the upward motion of the body by the arms and
. Athletic training for school boys. he bar. If the jumper takes off withthe left foot, then the motions are the same, only the leftfoot and arm begin the movement. The above is the style of Sweeney and Baxter, the most eco-nomical jumpers we have ever had; that is, th^y covered a higherheight with this style than can be done with any other. But manyof our jumpers have peculiarities of style which seem best fortheir own individual selves. But they all jump on the above prin-ciple. This is to get the best spring into the air that is possible;to help the upward motion of the body by the arms and legs,and lastly, to so swing those arms and legs that the highestheight will be covered without dislodging the bar. Many jumpers shoot over the bar, going over it almost in alying-down posture, W. Byrd Page, one of the greatest highjumpers that ever lived, and still the holder of the college recordat 6 feet 4 Inches, had a style unlike any of the modern was peculiarly his own, though it has many points in its favor. # «. THE HIGH JUMP, FIG. of Syracuse clearing the bar. Note that his style is quite dif-ferent from the foregoing. He ig using the shoot style. Notethe way he has hia left Jsg tucked up and the left arm and shoulderheld in, He will clear the bat by bringing down his right armBm»tW Si^fi lib rowing the body «*Waj^ from the bar? Pearee, PhetOf Spaldings Athletic Library. 75 If it were possible to get the force of his initial spring into themodern style, the present records would soon be shattered. Pagejumped practically as a cat or greyhound. He seemed almost tojump from, all fours, though he merely got down low for hisjump. He threw all the force of his body into the upward motionand drew up his knees and legs so that he shot over the barlike a rubber ball. He turned in the air and as his knees weredrawn up close to his head he got very much the same effect asdo the modern jumpers who shoot over the bar. The above indicates that the young jumper
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