Athletes in Action

2 +7 HAl\11\I R THROWI G (5) THE first turn on the ball of the left foot has now been completed as seen in Fig. 9 opposite, and the left foot has been drawn back fr m L I to 2, as shown in Diagram B, below. It should be clearly understood by the reader that while the thrower is spinning on th ball of the left foot at L r, the right foot passes around the left and i placed down at Rz as hown in Fig. , after \ hich the left foot is drawn back and placed down at Lz in the position shown in Fig. 9· It will be seen that the left fo t i shifted back when the hammer-hea is at its lowest point opposite to the right foot. irectly the left f ot ha taken it n w stance at Lz the second pin on th 1 ft foot begins as shown in ig. ro pposite. ompare this picture with Fig. 5 to see how consi tent i the form hown by Tang. DIAC3RAM 8