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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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and simple. But to be a successful quarter-miler, the runnermust sprint regularly, for the quarter-mile is regarded now aspractically a sprint distance. All of our fastest quarter-milers areat least fair sprinters. But even for the longer distances, speedwill be found a very welcome accomplishment. The mile runneror the five-mile runner must run under his distance at a fast pacenow and then so that he may develop the pace necessary for suc-cess in his specialty. A little sprinting will be beneficial even forthe distance man. For the field events, sprinting is also a goodthing. It is a real necessity for the broad jumper and polevaulter, while it develops snap for the weight men. Sometimes ithas a bad effect on a high jumper, as tending to throw him intothe bar. For this event, the jumpers style must determinewhetlier he should sprint or not. FORM IS NECESSARY. The scholastic athlete should be especially careful to developgood form. The sprinter should eliminate everything that hinders
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2^ •«■ Spaldi7ig^s Athletic Library. 13 speed. The quarter and half-miler should aim at such form aswill combine speed with ease of motion. The distance man mustseek that harmony of motion which is most essential to success.The best way to attain good form is by watching the best sprintersand runners and noting their styles. But as this is often impos-sible, we shall take up the matter of style at length, in dealingwith each event. In the field events, the matter of form thrusts itself forward atonce and it must be considered. Our greatest jumpers and weightthrowers have gained their laurels in most cases through attentionto form. Too much stress cannot be laid on this factor. On thataccount it is imperative that the young athlete pay attention toform before aiming at height or distance, for he will find that itis often very difficult or impossible to break himself of bad habitsof form, after these have once become confirmed. In the fieldevents especially, the scholastic athlete

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