ATHLETIC FILMS

Evening Star, Issue 22142, 24 September 1935, Page 3

ATHLETIC FILMS

VALUE TO COMPETITORS CANTERBURY'S SCHEME

[By Pistol.]

During the week-end “Pistol” had the opportunity of witnessing <v screening of the splendid slow-motioii films that the Canterbury Amateur Athletic Association has obtained of its own athletes ' and of many interesting scenes and personalities at the 1932 Olympic Gaines. Through the courtesy of Mr J. K. Moloney, president of the _ Canterbury Amateur Athletic Association, he saw the films screened at Christ’s College, and also had the pleasure of meeting two men who have done so much to establish the athletic prestige of the college, Messrs A. E. Flower and G. S. Strack, both of whom are on the staff. Mr Flower, of course, is known as a prominent figure in Canterbury sport, and he has been president of the Canterbury Amateur Athletic Club. Mr Strack, besides being one of New Zealand’s foremost hockey players in prewar days, was a noted athlete, and held the New Zealand University 120 yards hurdles title in 1911-12-13, and the 440 yards hurdles title in 1912. During the screening of the films Mr Moloney draws attention to any particular point in regard to style or lack of it, or to any interesting feature concerning a runner’s action, and so forth, and there can not be the slightest doubt that Canterbury athletes must benefit from seeing these slow-raotion pictures of themselves in action, thus being enabled to pick out their faults and then to endeavour to correct them.

The suggestion is made to the Otago Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association that it should try to make some arrangements for securing slow-inotion films) of prominent Otago athletes in action, with a view to showing them before the various clubs and secondary schools. So much good could be derived from the scheme that if the clubs were apEroached no doubt many of them would e prepared to assist in whatever expense was involved in the project.