Athletes in Action

2 93 DI CU THROW! G (6) IN the final delivery action the right leg is fully straightened in a powerful drive, in which even the toes contribute their effort (see Fig. 11 opposite). This drive forces the right hip up, and the whole body forward. As the left leg, also, is fully straightened the hips come square to the front. The whole weight is thereby thrust on to the stiffened left leg, which supplies the point of resistance for the throw. The left elbow drops, so that the forearm li s parallel to the ground, but THE LEFT SHOULDER lUST BE KEPT UP TO THE LEVEL OF TilE RIGHT, THE BODY lUST BE UP- RIGHT, WITH TilE HEAD CE TRALISED ABOVE TII E TRU K, A D TilE LEGS MUST II VE THE WALKI G ATTITUDE, as een in ig. I I. The right arm then comes into acti n, and, as the hips come square to the front, the iscus is swept as wide round the body as a 1 ose arm-stretch from the shoulder will allow. THE ARM swEEPS UP- WARDS AT AN ANGLE OF 45 DEGREES AND THE UPPER RIM OF THE DISCUS lUST REM I I CO TACT WITH THE LOWER PART OF THE THROWER'S FOREARM. S the iscus rises to the level of the right shoulder the shoulder-twi t is completed by drawing the 1 ft shoulder violently round to the rear on a level with the right hould r, as seen in Fig. 12. t th same time the right arm is hooked acro s the body from right to left almost on a level with the top of the head, and the right hand carries on in a follow-through action, to the point of the left shoulder. The right shoulder must be pressed up and after the Discus. The final spin is given to the iscus by the fingers. The little finger starts the pull, but the top joint of the ind x-finger must supply the final impulse and the direction of flight. fter the Discus has left the hand the thrower may release the hold of his left foot and shoot his right foot forward to R3, Diagram C, to catch his body at the end of the reverse, which ensues upon the delivery.