Athletes in Action

H MI\1ER THRO\\ I G (+) TuE middle tag of the fir st pin on the left foot is shown in Fig. 7 pposit . 'The leg work and the upright position of the body are perfectly corr t but 1ang, the erman champi n, i guilty of tw bad fault , in that he i cramping hi tyle by etting the hould r mu cle , in tead of 1 tting the pull of the hammer draw the arm out t their fulle t cxtcn ion, so that the hammer-head may be given the greate t po sible radius during the wing and turn. II ' i al so cramping hi \\ ing by bending th arm at the lbov\ . It will b n tic d that th' hammer-head ha r 'a ·hed it highc t p int of lcvation in th' tag ·s Fi .6and7. In Fig. ppo it the fir t turn upon th 1 ·ft foot i c mplet d, the right fo t has b n placed down t Rz iagram B, page 247, and th weight f the bod}, still r i ting th' pull f the hamm r, is going O\ er to the left in anti ipation f the pla ing down of the 1 ft f t at L2. t' that the hamm r-head is n w on its downward path and th • athlct i thcr •for ', a el 'rating its ·p ·cd. li ·re the right arm i ' unavoid- ably flexed at the 'lb \\, be au · the pin of th body is, per£ tly c rre tl} travelling ah ad of the S\\ ing f th hamm r. R m mber that the b dy must always m vc in ad an e of the hamm r. If the hammer ct s ahead, it will tal. harg ·and imply drag the thro\\ ·r around, o that he will be unable to get a set po iti n from which to make the throw later on.