Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-09
Here's Dope On
Track Training
BY Dean Cromwell, Track
Coach at University of
Southern California.
USING THE TRICK JUMP

! Today IS entire trend in high jump
! ing is to perfect the lay out y dc
scribcd in yesterday S article.
| Coaches and athletes alike work
! toward this end.
The form now used by Harold Os-
: born of the Illinois Athletic club
and holder Of the world 5 record at
! 6 feet Sh inches, is probably the
most highly developed of any of
, these trick jumps. The trick jumps
! formerly used by Bceson and lior-
! inc is somewhat similar to Osborn s
I but not quite as effective.
Osborn takes off with his left
! foot, running toward the standards
from the right at a 45 degree angle.
| Study this statement for therein lies
! his secret in keeping the bar from
! toppling off. His take-off is from
| spot about two feet back from the
| standards and the entire momentum
from his run and leg drive is straight
! up into the air. Osborn makes no
effort to carry himself over the
; cross bar with this run, his entire
object being to make his drive up
ward and with his body horizontal
in the air and right on top Of the
| cross bar. 4
Swing Leg and Arm
, The above 'lav-out' over the
bar is accompanied by swinging the
/ right leg and left arm up at the in
, stamt of takcoff. At the same time
decided lift is given to the hips
with Il backward throw of the
shoulders and head.
When all upward lift has ceased,
| Osborn seems TO be suspended for
! the smallest fraction of second
! directly on the gross bar, with his
/ left shoulder resting on the stick,
! the left arm stright, the left knee
! well bent, and knee facing slightly
downward toward the jump pit.
! Then Osborn rolls over the cross
! bar. %.
I BY. a roll, | mean exactly tllat
and this jump lis therefore what L
call IL trick clearance. The bar at
; the higher elevations is always hit
with considerable force but the
! force is always down and back, the
bar being held back against the
: standards. Although the cross piece
may be mashed or bent down sew
! cral inches by the weight of the
| jumper body, there is 40 forward
momentum whatever to displacc it
from the pegs.
1t is Legitimate Leap
Under the present wording of the
jumping rule, the roll is Il legitimate
! leap for the rule merely SAYS that II
dive and somersault is not permits
! slbic and that the only things ne
ccssary are that the head not 90
over the bar before the feet and
! that the head not be below the but
I tocks III clearing the bar.
The pegs officially must extend
three inches from the uprights and
Il square cross bar is generally
used. This enables the trick Jump
ef to let the bar jump up and
down and slide back and forth
without falling off.
IN 1912 the Swcdcs at Stockholm
! successfully stopped trick jumping
by making Il triangular bar with the
! sides longer than the base so that
the least touch on the bar would DIS
lodge 1t from the pegs. George
! iiorlnc had only Il short time before
/ broken the world s record with "A i
feet q inch jump, being one of the
Officials to certify to his mark. His
leap was legitimate and under the
rules, although ii trick clearance. At
| the Olympics HORNE could not clear
! the bar at any record height and
( Anna richards, who was later Il stu
/ dent at the University of Southern
! California, won the event and set Il
new Olympic record at Is feet / ID
: inches. richards did not touch the
bar i'll his jump.
Richards Is Leader
incidentally, | consider Richards
/; "hc OF the greatest high jumpers Of
all time. For 10 or - wears he
eouid jump over feet > inches.
For Il novice | would recommend
! that the start of his career be made
by running straight at the bar as
tins develops the spring and drive
from the Jumping leg besides teach
my body balance in the air. 1t this
is too difficult, a beginner can start
by using the straight side, plain
SCISSORS, by running from the side,
! throwing one leg over, following
/ with the other and landing ON thr
! feet.
The broad jump will be considered
IN our next article.