Official handbook .. . or endurance work the oneand one-half miles and occasionally the two miles are good dis-tances to run. For the half-mile and the two miles certainsimilar training distances should be selected. In training for a race, time trials should be limited to onea week, after the first week or two, during which period notime trial should be run. The hurdler must train as a sprinter after learning theproper form for taking his hurdles. He should practice overfrom three to five hurdles and an occasional flight over allabout once a week. For stamina and speed he should workalong with
Official handbook .. . or endurance work the oneand one-half miles and occasionally the two miles are good dis-tances to run. For the half-mile and the two miles certainsimilar training distances should be selected. In training for a race, time trials should be limited to onea week, after the first week or two, during which period notime trial should be run. The hurdler must train as a sprinter after learning theproper form for taking his hurdles. He should practice overfrom three to five hurdles and an occasional flight over allabout once a week. For stamina and speed he should workalong with the sprinters. Practice over knock-off hurdles inearly training to avoid injury. Relay racing is one of the most popular forms of trackathletics. The distances arc varied. In this event the coach iscalled upon to use good judgment in deciding in what order torun his men. Relay runners must be taught to stick to thecurb, keep the lead, and increase it for the next runner. Infact, he should run hard and run all the 1, Lloyd Gilbert and Eugene Williams, (^.mIue^cial Ilijjh School Relay, New-York; 2, C. J. Green, St. Cluif-topher Cliil) sprinter; 3, Nixon, a good football and basket ball player of Howard University. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. FIELD ATHLETICS 38 Jumping is a spori in which skill, strength and agility arerequired and developed. The old form of high jumping bythe scissors method, wherein the athlete runs from the side,springs, throws over one leg and then the other, is no longerconsidered best. In the modern system the jumper runs straightat and over the bar, describes between a quarter and a halfturn with his body, and shoots the jumping foot and leg be-tween the bar and the leg that went up first. He usually alightsfacing the bar. The iumpcr must jog regularly and practicejumping for form over a fairly easy jumping height. Onlyoccasionally should he extend himself to the limit. The broad or long jumper is usually a good sprinter. Hemust practice long and ass
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