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Hurdling 
Hurdling is sprinting while having to clear obstacles. You still have to sprint as fast as you can but you also have to clear up to 42inch barriers! Hurdle heights vary. In college high hurdles are 42 inches high while intermediate hurdles are 36 inches high and low hurdles are 30 inches high. The best way to learn proper technique is to practice drills. Begin with the low hurdles and try it on grass first. Place three or four hurdles 10 yards apart on the grass for the walking hurdle drill, a learning technique invented in 1952 by former UCLA track coach Jim Bush. As you approach the hurdle, step past it with your lead leg off to the side a few inches then you lean and take your trailing knee and put it down in front of your lead leg. Then you remain walking until the next hurdle where you will do the same thing. When you feel ready to hurdle you should be running and jumping! 
In Hurdles, you don't want to put your nose to ground.
Now you are ready to learn. You should run and jump like in the
walking drill. When you feel like you are hurdling, increase your speed.
If you are in a group, try doing some races with the hurdles. The key to
hurdling is to reach the peak six inches in front and four inches above the
hurdle.
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If you get more height in front of the hurdle then you can clear it
with your lead leg. This also makes you able to drive down the hurdle fast.
So if you brush the hurdle with your lead thigh as you go downward, it won't
slow you down. If you slightly hit the hurdle, you have a greater chance of
falling. When you hit the hurdle from a low angle, you may fall.
