Athletes in Action

253 HA ll\IER THR \VI G (7) UP to Fig. I 3 on th oppo. ite page l\Ian has preserved a go d t chnique. In Fig. 13, al o, he i maintaining a fine pull n the hammer and has till con iderable r serve p w r in hi· leg for th finalli ft effort which hould finish off the delivery. Hi arm al o ar admirably straight, but he i leaning back rather to much and, in on cqu ·n , the hamm ·r-h ad ha ri n a little higher than it hou]d ha e don wh ·r f r the hammer will lack d ·vation in flight as it 1 avc th thr v\·cr's hand·. Th • r u1t of a too-pronounced ha kward lean i ' n al · in Fig. I+, wher ·in th po it ion is obviously on fr m whi h the full right-1 ·g deliv ·rr dri\ cannot be brought into play and, inde ·d, th' left foot, whi h, al o, h uld ontribut · power to th · d ·livery with a final thru t fr m the toes, has begun to 1·ave the ground. Th ·leg hm.,·cv ·r ar · cro· d correctly at the knees but th ·re should b · a f u11 ·t ·nsion f the lower limbs and, ind d, of th · whole body, a the h.unmer i w pt up by the arms from its low point and i hurled away vcr the l•ft shoulder at .m angle of +5 de r es. It would not be po ·ibl · to d thi · fr m the p sit ion sh v n by Iang in Fig. T f, sin · h i leaning t far back and has allow ·d th hamm ·r-h ·ad to pull his arms round ahead of the turning m vcmcnt f his body.