Athletic Training

CHAPTER XIV THE SHOT PUT Fon a boy or young man who wishes to develop the upper part of his body, putting the shot is an ideal exercise. There are many boys fond of track and field athletics who do not have the physical build or that quickness of action to enable them to become expert at the track events or skilful at the jumps or pole-vault. Possessing a good, strong frame, they are likely to find the weight events more suited to them. Every boy who takes up either of the weight events with the idea of becoming a champion should bear in mind that very rarely does one become a champion both at putting the shot a_nd throwing the hammer. While both are weight events, they call for radically differ– ent styles of training. Proficiency in one is obtained at the expense of proficiency in the other, and more often training for both of 117