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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h a case the sprinter should take enoughshort work to retain his speed, but he should also take longerspins in an endeavor to develop the stamina necessary for retain-ing his best speed right to the tape. A useful exercise for such asprinter will be found in occasionally starting at racing speed andcontinuing for thirty-five yards, then easing down a little untilthe seventy-five yards mark is reached, and then finishing out the100 in a final burst. Many sprinters have no dif^culty in lasting. Their defect is innot having the speed. Such sprinters should do a great deal ofthirty-five yards practising. In general, it is found that the small sprinter is very fast awayfrom the mark, but slow at the finish, while the tall strong ath-lete is fast at the finish but slow for the first thirty yards. Thelatter must pay the greatest attention to his start and getting intomotion rapidly, while the former must lengthen out his spins togive him the necessary finish. DufTey is the best example of an
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THE POLE VAULT. .^^^^^<Su^^^^^ ^ H pole fan back and .rasSalX^gsV^dSl^Cfe £? ^2 */ Spaldings Athletic Library. 23 athlete that has studied his own abiHties and perfected his short-comings. From Duffeys first pubHc appearances it was seen thathe was very fast away from the mark and very speedy for the firstforty yards, but that he perceptibly slackened his speed the lasttwenty yards. DufTey knew this as well as anyone, and he setabout the task of gaining the strength for the finish. He care-fully trained himself with this end in view and in his memorablerecord-breaking race in New York not only did he go the firstforty yards in his accustomed speedy way, but he continued andfinished the last twenty yards with a burst of speed that wouldhave done credit to Wefers or Crum. The result was the newrecord, 9 3-5 seconds.

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