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Show PADDOCK TELLS OF THINGS ALL! SPRINTERS NEEOi Ability, Development and Condition Big Items in Track Field Work I'.v .1 VCK JCVGM I KR. PASADKNA. ':il . 8 -)t .' - Boys, here are serin- valuable tips on running from t'harlb Paddock, flect-est-footed man In the world. I his home town here he's the hero of oil the youngsters. ; lies Instructing a lot of them how to race, and among them, he Says, he . xpects it won't be long before two or three are slartlns: after his own I record of 9 3-5 seconds for tho 100 yards Charlie began sprinting when he I was 14 Now lie 3 L'2 t "Three tilings go to make up a good sprinter " he says. '1 Natural ability a combination 61 energy, balance and rhythm, with Which some boys seem to lie born. -. Development learning the' tricks of the game, "3 Condition keeping in good health. - Ii )V TO-EXCJ I ' Of croirse. any boy, regardless Of natural ability, can Improve bis spe)d by devcli ping and keeping fll "l'"or those who want to i tcel, It is Important t. learn 1 To Mart. To stride. "3. To finish. "The best starting position is the crouch, poised on fingers and 1 vx, an attitude which Jack DonalV.on. the great Australian runner, learned from watching the kangaroos In his own country. ' Running consists of a succession of arrested talis forward. "The sprinter's body is poised jtit at the edge of falling. At the crack of Cue pistol he lunges forward, catch.s himself swiftly ami Is off in his first stride LIFT l'OUR KNEES. "If he has start -.1 properly. n-. i comes out of that first iumninir stride low. pulling his body upward and swinging bis arms, to help his b-s. "Always remember to lift your knees high as you run. ' The higher you lift them the lorig.-r your step and the more power as you shoot your feet forwar.i. That's all I think about when sprinting lust to keep my knees coming high. The body automatically automatical-ly does the rest. I Then the runner Dears tne fin-I fin-I ish lie se. s the tape ahead. Ills rival mav bl just Inches ahead or behind. be-hind. 'I he final few strides count. i i :rv im ii cot i s "There are three distinct finish strides "1. The lunge. Introduced by Ber-nle Ber-nle Wefcrs. once world's champion, I which Is accomplished bv throwing ' the arms bach smartly and the chest out, tfiUs pitching the runner forward J sharply at the last jump toward the ! tape. ".' Thfe shrug, introduced by Ar-Lthur Ar-Lthur Duffy, another champion, in , IsO.l by which the runner throws his side and shoulder at the tape, gaining gain-ing a few Inches at the finish. "3 The lump, which I Introduced myself, by which the runner literally hurls himself from the ground, with his feet low. as In the running broad ! jump. I cover 1", fe.-t In tnis fashion : on my last rtrido. I IKE ol R CHOICE. "The runner will adopt whichever I of these finishes Is best adapted to I his style, alter lots of practice. "The boy of 12 to 14 who can run ioo yards In iu 2-5 seconds; or the t0 I In from 7 l-.' to 7 -?, Is an exceptional excep-tional sprinter, with all kinds of possibilities. "The trouble With most boys is j that they don't run naturally. They! hold themselves too tightly too stiffly, hey're too conscious of being I watched, i 'Men are the same way. Watch one as he runs for a street car seemingly embarrassed and half-hearted- -a kind ot shame at violent activity. PI Mi rOURSUTiF FORWARD. "fry to feel your real self behind, pushing you forward not pulling, from ahead. Then you'll fall more easily Into a natural powerful stride. "And don't feel discouraged If you don't win right away, or even If you never win, for running Is a great developer de-veloper In itself of both body and mind. It's quite enough excuse fur itself." it-self." on |