Athletes in Action

DI CUS THROW! G (5) T the completion of a three-quarters turn upon the right foot, the left foot is placed down at L3, Diagram C, the position of the left foot being about 20 degrees to the left of the line of direction. The placing down of the left foot is preceded by the beginning of the turn of the hips from right to left as hown in Fig. 9 oppo ite. It will be seen that this beginning of the turn of the hip is not, as yet assisted by any thrust from the right leg, but is purely complementary to the entire turning movement. he weight of the body is still kept back and the right arm with the iscus now flat beneath the hand and its upper rim fully in contact with the thrower s forearm, is still kept well behind the houlder at the high-point of the wave. In the next action care must be taken to so arrange things that the Discus will be slung out round the body · it must not be lowered benrath hip-level and thrown upwards. s the thrower' hip-line comes erti al to the line of direction across th circl , the right heel is rai d from th ground and the right kn e is bent in toward th l ft ( e •ig. 10 oppo itc) and the weight begin to go forward on t the left foot. he iscus is nm at the low wav -point, the left elbow is rising on a bent arm th b dy i upright and the left houlder well Up. 0 T lUST TilE B CK BE JIOLLO\ ED, OR Till' DROP. OF 'T'JIE SHOULDERS ALLOWED TO A RISING SII RP TWIST DO OT DROP THE HEAD B K D DO T ST RT TIIE AR I- SWEEP U TIL THE SilO LDERS ARE SQU RE TO THE DIRECTION I. WIIICII THE THROW IS TO BE M DE.