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Page 118 - In making an attempt a competitor may assume any position he pleases. Foul throws which shall not be measured, but which shall count as throws, are as follows : 1. Letting go of the hammer in an attempt. 2. Touching the ground outside the circle with any portion of the body while the hammer is in the hand.
Page 109 - Foul throws which shall not be measured, but which shall count as throws, are as follows : 1. Letting go of the hammer in an attempt. 2. Touching the ground outside the circle with any portion of the body while the hammer is in the hand. 3. Touching the ground forward of the front half of the circle with anv portion of the body before the throw is measured.
Page 109 - Each competitor shall be credited with the best of all of his puts. The measurement of the put shall be from the nearest edge of the first mark made by the shot to the point of the circumference of the circle nearest such mark.
Page 109 - ... an attempt a competitor may assume any position he pleases. Foul throws, which shall not be measured but which shall count as throws, are as follows: 1. Letting go of the hammer in an attempt. 2. Touching the ground outside the circle with any portion of the body while the hammer is in hand. 3. Touching the ground forward of the front half of the circle with any portion of the body before the throw is measured.
Page 105 - ... at the lower end. No competitor shall, during his vault, raise the hand which was uppermost when he left the ground to a higher point on the pole, nor shall he raise the hand which was undermost when he left the ground to any point on the pole above the other hand.
Page ix - McKENZiE, head of the department of physical education at the University of Pennsylvania...
Page 86 - Each competitor shall be allowed three " trials," and the best three men shall have three more trials each. Each competitor shall be credited with the best of all his jumps. The measurement shall be from the outer edge of the joist to the nearest break of the ground made by any part of his person. A line shall be drawn six feet in front of the scratch-line, and stepping over such line in an attempt shall count as a balk ; three balks count as a
Page 22 - In sprinting, as in other athletic events, success depends upon the ability to get the maximum return from every ounce of energy without the loss of any of it. To do this is an art that requires intelligent, determined, and conscientious training. There are three points of which the sprinter must make a scientific study if he expects to be a champion. These are: (1) The start. (2) Getting into the stride. (3) The finish. (1) THE START Every successful sprinter nowadays uses the "crouching
Page xvi - ... HISTORICAL WHEN a young man decides to take part in track and field athletics — running, jumping and throwing the weights — it should interest him to know that these are sports not merely of modern origin, but that they date back to the earliest dawn of history. Thus Professor McKenzie tells us that "The survival of the cave man was determined by his ability to run fast, to leap far, and to throw straight, and we are apt to forget the value in modern life of the quick eye, the steady nerve,...
Page 20 - And similarly Michael C. Murphy, "It requires a peculiar combination of strength, agility, and nervous energy to make one a successful sprinter, and if nature has not blessed the athlete with these attributes no amount of hard work or coaching can make him a world champion,