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Title: Athletic training for school boys
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Orton, George W., b. 1873, ed
Subjects: Athletics
Publisher: New York, American Sports Pub. Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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be definitely learned only by prac-tice and observation. When the take-off has once been ascer-tained, it should be measured with a tape so that the athlete willalways be confident of placing his pole properly. This part ofthe jump should be learned so well that the vaulter will not haveto watch his pole until it is planted, thus taking his attentionfrom the next move. Just as the pole is firmly settled, the athlete should leap intothe air, aiding himself by a strong pull of the arms. The legsshould be thrown vigorously upwards so that the body will be atan obtuse angle to the pole, with the feet the highest part of thebody. In this motion a half turn should be made, so that thefront of the body faces the bar. While the legs are being throwninto the air, the lower hand should be slipped up the bar untilit touches the other hand. The upper hand must not be moved,nor may the lower hand be placed above the upper. The throw-ing up of the legs will, of course, give the body an upward move-
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o Spaldings Athletic Library. 85 ment, and this should be further increased by pushing up vigor-ously with the arms. This will give the body its highest possibleelevation, while the forward impetus, caused by the run before thejump, and the half turn in the air that will be made throughthrowing the legs upward, will result in the legs and body beingpoised on the further side of the bar with the arms, or at timesonly the hands, in the way of the bar. To keep the armsfrom hitting the bar the legs are thrown down and the arms upand back, the pole being pushed away violently. The vaultershould then be over the bar, and he should learn to recover hisbalance before alighting, for otherwise he will get some nasty falls. The important parts of the above movements are the flingingup of the feet and the pushing up of the arms. The vaulterwho merely swings himself over the bar will lose from one to twofeet in height by not flinging the legs up smartly and finishingup the movement by a vigorous p

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