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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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gated stride. This was Kraenzleins style. Heseemed simply to rise slightly in the air, going over the hurdle justas he was.between strides, with the forward foot straight aheadand the rear foot coming up naturally for the next stride. He hadpractically no lateral movement of the leg. This is the style aimedat by all later hurdlers, but most low hurdlers have more or lesslateral leg movement. Kraenzleins style is very dangerous, as itrequires the nicest judgment of distance on the part of thehurdler. All hurdlers aim at this style, but at first they have thelateral movement of the leg, that is, they swing the leg overcurving up and inward. The young hurdler will do well to beginwith this style, and as he progresses, aim at less lateral move-ment of the leg and more speed over the hurdle. The principle is,then, to get over the hurdle quickly and to have the legs andbody in their natural position for sprinting when the furtherside of the hurdle is reached. The young athlete will soon get
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THE SHOT PUT. FIG. 6. Ros ^ the University of Michigan. Rose is also at the finish of hiaput He has evidently tried for elevation, as his eyes indicate Notethe leg drive that he has gotten into his put. Photo by Pearce. Spalding s Athletic Library. 67 the forward leg over in good style, but he may have more troublegetting his rear leg up quickly and in the right position for thenext stride at the moment the forward leg touches the earth.The low hurdler should go at the hurdles straight as in thehigh event. In training for this event, the athlete should not neglectsprinting. If he is also going in for the high hurdles, then heshould curtail his work in that event and develop his style overthe low sticks. He should get his stride to the first hurdle downto a fine point, so that he will always be able to go for it at hisbest speed. He should also work on his stride between thehurdles until he is sure of taking off at the same distance fromeach hurdle. Seven strides is the correct number

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