Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-15
Here's Dope On
Track Training
By Dean Cromwell, Track
Coach at University of
Southern California.

Speed of a sprinter as well as
sccd leg drive and body balance arc
the requisites. of good broad jump
ing. The sprint to the take off, the
spring at the board and the poise in
air all attain the height which is
absolutely necessary to the jumper
if he is to get into the champion
ship class.
Motion pictures taken of Bob lie
Gendre when he made his jump of
% feet 6 inches in Paris for
world s record showed the athlete S
htdy five feet in the air.
Sprinting practice is necessary
not only for the speed buS for the
development Of consistent stride.
Broad Jumpers are nearly always
good sprinters or hurdlers. Study
the last three world record holders
to prove this. Ned Gourdin, Of
Harvard, who held the record at %
feet 3 inches, was one of the Grim
sons main stays in the 100 yard
dash. lie Gendre is pentathlon
champion and DeHart Hubbard, of
ih IL nISdH' TUE nOlutT, IuH1
the hundred in 9 As seconds.
Get Flying start
While practicing with the sprint
ers before the Olympics, Hubbard
consistently beat the entire bunch
for so yards. That is the same way
he comes down to the take off
board. This force and a crashing
spring sends him sailing through the
air.
The usual method in broad jump
ing is to attain maximum speed be-
fore reaching the take off board So
that the last two steps may be a
trifle shorter than the others ami
the athlete may gather bit for
his jump. The takeoff board is
hit with the knee nearly straight.
The opposite leg swings well for
ward toward the chest and an effort
is made TO get good height in the
air. Before landing, the feet are
! brought together and shot well for
ward so that no distanrc is lost bv
dropping the feet down under the
body.
II III othtiHS iLc lcpl IOrWaTu.
they are directed a triflc to one
side Of the renter in landing i'll the
pit, it will be found that the body
will still have enough momentum to
j carry it past the mark made by the
feet. The jumper will therefore not
lose by falling backward.
Two Strides In Air.
] IN n,l 20 a.
1 in the air is made by two big strides
! il the air, by the legs or BIZ lift
! similar to "a kick. which known as a
hitch kick.
1t is a very simple matter to get
a correct stride by using the double
! check meethod. The first should be
! 3G feet and the second 20 feet from
the take off board. BY jogging to
the 20 foot mark and stepping on il
with the jumping foot, gathering
speed from the 36 foot mark ana
| touching this with the same foot,
| the jumper will find that when he
runs on through to the board he will
land with his jumping foot on or
vcrv near the board.
1t will then be a very simple mat
ter by moving the check marks Il
Ettle either way to get a perfect
run and take off.
One thing to remember is that in
running against the wind or ON a
soft or heavy runway, the marks
will necessarily be moved "A foot or
two closer to the take off board.
] Adversely with the wind at the
back and using a lightning fast path
it may be found necessary to move
each mark back one foot.
There is no type necessary for
broad jumping. The event itself is
a good fill-in. A jumper can get his
best effort in his first or second
Jump and can therefore work in con.
| junction with other events.
We start on the weight events in
our next article.