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Famous Coach, Dean Cromwell, of the University of Southern California -- critiques 60 action shot photograph  sprinting positions of Frank Wykoff, and visitors Ralph Metcalfe, and Charles B. Parsons (son of sprinter, Charles L. Parsons) racing together in practice prior to the 1932 Olympics.

 

 

 

  Reprint - excerpts of flip page movie book ...

  featuring Frank Wykoff, Ralph Metcalfe, & Charley Parsons published in 1939

        

Coach Dean Cromwell's

 

Coach Dean Cromwell of the University of Southern California - 1939

 

The Sprint Races

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PHOTO GALLERY & FRAME BY FRAME
CRITIQUE OF COACH DEAN CROMWELL ...

Featuring left to right: Charley Parsons, Jr. , Ralph Metcalfe, and Frank Wykoff

 

INDEX

Pages:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

 

Page 1:  Training Session Spring 1932 -  frames 1-5

 

  1. "TAKE YOUR MARKS!"
  2. "GO!"

  3. "IN THE SPLIT SECOND"

  4. "NOTICE ARM ACTION"
  5. "TECHNIQUE SECRETS"

 

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Page 2:  Training Session Spring 1932 -  frames 6-10

 

 6.  "THE START!"

 7.  "WEIGHT SLOWS STRIDE"

 8.  "WYKOFF IN GOOD FORM"

 9.  "NOTICE ARM ACTION"

10.  " KEEP KNEE CLOSE IN"

 

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Page 3:  Training Session Spring 1932 -  frames 11-15

11.  "BEAUTIFUL ARM ACTION BY WYKOFF"

12.  "RUNNERS SHOW STRONG DRIVE"

13.  "PARSONS RAPIDLY RECOVERS"

14.  "METCALFE & WYKOFF GAIN ON PARSONS"

15.  "GREAT RUNNING FORM"

 

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Page 4:  Training Session Spring 1932 -  frames 16-20

16.  "WYKOFF & METCALFE - PERFECT FORM"

17.  "A PERFECT PICTURE"

18.  "MUCH SPEED IS EVIDENT - WYKOFF LEADS"

19.  "KEEPING THE HIPS LOOSE"

20.  "WYKOFF'S FORM IS EXCELLENT!"

 

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Page 5:  Training Session Spring 1932 -  frames 21-25

21.  "OPEN HAND OVERCOMES TENSENESS"

22.  "ADVANCING THEIR HEAD - A FAULT"

23.  "DON'T RAISE EYES TOO SOON"

24.  "PARSONS' SHOULDERS  TOO TIGHT"

25.  "EYES FOCUSED STRAIGHT AHEAD"

 

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Page 6:  Training Session Spring 1932 -  frames 26-30

26.  "LEGS MOVE NO FASTER THAN THE ARMS"

26c. "PALM-UP POSITION"

27.  "THE NOVICE CAN LEARN MUCH"

28.  "WYKOFF'S EXCEEDINGLY FAST 'PICK UP'"

29.  "MIDDLE OF THE RACE"

30.  "ARMS USED FOR ADVANTAGE DURING COAST"

 

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Page 7:  Training Session Spring 1932 -  frames 31-35

31.  "NOTICE METCALFE'S LONG STRIDE"

32.  "COORDINATED FOLLOW THROUGH"

33.  "PUSHING TO GET DRIVE"

34.  "REAR FEET BROUGHT FORWARD"

35.  "TOE ACTION"

 

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Page 8:  Training Session Spring 1932 -  frames 36-40

36.  "CARRYING RIGHT  FOOT TOO HIGH"

37.  "METCALFE HAS  GOOD ARM ACTION"

38.  "KICKS UP LEG - SHORTER STRIDE"

39.  "PARSONS IS STRETCHING OUT"

40.  "METCALFE HAS RELAXED HIPS"

 

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Page 9:  Training Session Spring 1932 -  frames 41-45

41.  "PARSONS DEPENDS ON HIS LEGS"

42.  "TOEING IN - A BAD FAULT"

43.  "WYKOFF HAS PERFECT FORM"

44.  "SPRINTERS EXERT ALL THEIR DRIVE"

45.  "METCALFE SHOWING A GOOD "KICK!"

 

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Page 10:  Training Session Spring 1932 -  frames 46-50

46.  "WYKOFF & PARSONS RUNNING HARD"

47.  "PARSONS LOSING HIS BODY ANGLE"

48.  "METCALFE HAS OUTSTANDING 'KICK'"

49.  "CONSERVATION OF ENERGY = FINISH KICK"

50.  "METCALFE PREPARING FOR FINISHING BURST"

 

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Page 11:  Training Session Spring 1932 -  frames 51-55

51.  "PARSONS SWINGS BACK TOO FAR"

52.  "METCALFE'S RIGHT KNEE POWERFUL"

53.  "METCALFE DRIVES  TO THE TAPE"

54.  "METCALFE CO-ORDINATES LEGS AND ARMS FOR GREATER SPEED"

55.  "FLEXED ARM POSITION PREFERABLE"

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Page 12:  Training Session Spring 1932 -  frames 56-59

56.  "ALMOST AT THE FINISH LINE"

57.  "BEGINNING OF THE LAST STRIDE TO THE TAPE"

58.  "METCALFE LUNGES AT THE TAPE"

59.  "FINISH LINE CROSSED"

 

 

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