Athletes in Action

DISCU (3) IN continuation of the comm ncement of the turning movement the left shoulder still leads the trunk round, and slightly down, from right to left, with the whole weight of the body centred above the left leg, which becomes more fully flexed at the knee as the foot begins to rotate upon the pivot of the sole, as shown in Fig. 5 opposite. Note that the head retains the same position in relation to the body, that, although the thrower is now inclined well to the left, the body is neither bent in at the waist nor hollowed at the back. he right arm, to which the i cus is attached at the hand, is kept well back, by a turn of the limb upon the axis of the shoulder s that the i ·cus is given a po ition almo t at right angles to the gr unci. When the thrower feel that his body is passing bey nd its forward point of balance, the right arm drops to hip-lev 1and is turned further over so that th i cu i supported, momentarily, by the partly inverted hand, as hown in Fig. 6 opposite. t the ame time the right foot leaves the ground and, with the knee still bent and the thrower still turning from right to left the right leg is carried around the left leg, upon which the turn is being ma The reader should take particular note of he fact that in all the Di cus-Throwing pictures IT IS THE POI T OF THE LEFT SHOULDER WIIICII DIRECTS A D LEADS THE E TIRE E OLUTIO WIIILE THE DISPO ITIO OF THE HEAD SUPPLIES THE STEER! G. uring the turning movement the body should be fully r laxed, and the arms mu t swing naturally, the legs alone doing the preliminary work.