Athletes in Action

22t P TTI 1HE right f ot of the athlct , hown in Fig. 5 oppo itc, has now reached Rz (Dia. ) and the glide i complete. The points to obsen·e here are the upright po ition of the riaht 1 g which i bent a little at the knee, the v ay in which the right h ulder ha be n swun right round and back as far as pos ible, o that the maximum range of lateral swing may go int the putting effort wh n it begin . The dr pping forward and to the right of the left houlder mbined with the loo e cross-body swing f the left arm in balance ' ith the action of the left leg, is of gr at a si tance. Turn ba k t the preceding page a moment and note th altera- tion in the 1 ft leg position. Observe bow the left knu is coming down as the lrg turns below the knu and the left heel is pickttlup. Th hot of c ur e, ha · n t left it r tin -pla e in th~.; ne k, nor ha the lbow departed fr m it po iti n in r ·ar of the h t. part fr m practi ·in the action portra} ·din Fig. 5 a part f the glide, practise them in a ·tanding positi n. To do thi take up th · · tanc~.; ~h wn in Fig. I then a hO\vn in Fi . 5, turn the shoulder from left to ri .,ht bend the ri ht kn e that the b d} ink vertically all ~\ the left arm t S\ ing down b it own weight and AT TilE S l\IE TI lE BE D TilE Ll\FT K ' EE, TUR • IT I W.\.Rl) i\D DO\\ WARDS D RAISE TilE LEFT JIEFL. \11 the C thing happ •n ·imul- t ne u ly and th · mo\ ·ment ·h uld be pra tised as an exncise many time·. It is the pra ti · ing of this xercise that v ill give you the right fcdin for the ommencc- ment f the a tual ·ff rt of dcli' Lr}, i.e. Th Put. 'TUR.Y 1"IIE IJOULDER FR .11 LEF1" 1"0 RI H1". SET ER IIOLLOTr 1"HE BA K.