Athletes in Action

213 PUTTT _T THE Il /I' (1) TAKE up your p 'ition at the back of a 7-ft. irclc with the feet pbc d at Rr and LI ( iagram below. A good deal depends upan the pr liminary tance from which the h t-putting effort is to be tartcd. uming that the put is to bo;,. made -v ith the right hand, then the h t r sting upon the thre middl finger , hould be tucked nugly into the neck and th re it should tay until the houlders-squar -to-the- fr nt positi n shown in Fi . , i r 'a h d. Care must be taken to keep the t'lbow directly i1t line in rrar of the shot throughout the t'volutions. In the tarting po iti n (Fig. I >ppo ite) the weight f the b d) i. di ·po d ver the ri ln leg th' left arm, held 1> scly , is e. tended in balan c, and the toe · of th left f t re ·t lightly n the ground. Th l 'ft arm point in the dir tion in " hi h the mi ilc i to he deliYcrcd. ' tud the illustration oppo itc, imitate th' po ition ardully and g t a friend to take a nap·hnt ·o that } u may cc that you ha\ e got it right. ur illustrati ns are of E. Hirs hfcld JCrmany, who h ld the world' I lb·. hot putting re ord 52 ft. 71 in . DIAGRAM A.