Athletic training for school boys (1910) (14784858745)

Identifier: athletictraining00orto (find matches)
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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ip muscles are brought into playmuch more. If the athlete then at the three-quarter pole can getup on his toes, get his hips working and run like a quarter-milerhe will be using new muscles and will probably run the lastquarter fast. This is the principle, but it is very difficult toput into practice, though many of our best men have masteredthe trick. The ability to make this change of gait dependsgreatly on the strength of the body. The young miler can thinkover this factor in finishing the mile and he can try to do it.He may not succeed, but he will probably be laying the basis forsuccess in his later work on the track. To give a better idea of what pace should be run, we offerthe following: If the boy wants to run the mile in 5 minutes30 seconds, he should run the first quarter in i minute 15 sec-onds, the half in 2 minutes 40 seconds, the three-quarters in 4minutes 10 seconds. If a five-minute mile is to be run his frac-tional time should be: quarter, i minute 10 seconds; half, 2
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rr- ^^E BROAD JUMP FIG 1 FIvf ™-*^^^^^^^^^^^^ « Wi„ be noted in the high jump. ^^^^ ^ ^^ miles, running the first half at mile racingspeed and then jogging the rest of the way. Friday. Two or three short sprints. 660 yards at half-mileracing speed. If not tired, jog three-quarter miles. Saturday. Race day. Mile on time.