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Activity 7.4
Observe the picture given below and discuss it. Practise the skills of
the long jump turn by turn working together with your friends.
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Simple Rules of Long Jump

1. If there are eight or n1ore than eight players, each player gets
the chance of three jumps. If there are fewer than eight players,
each player gets the chance of six jumps.

2. The players can practise the jumps until the competition begins
but cannot practise during it.

3. The track for running should be at least 40 m. long.

4. To take the measurement of the jump of each player, the distance
fro111 the take-off board to the landing is measured.

5. None of the gymnastics or turning the body in the air or twirling
in the long jump are invalid.

6. The player must jump within a minute after entering the running
track.

7. Among the successful jumps the best jumps of the players are
declared first, second and so on.

7.1.4 High jump

You might have jumped as high as you could over a rope, wood or
the fence after a run. Such activity is the high jump. Scissors Style,
Western Roll, Eastern Roll, Straddle and Fosbury Flop are the types
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