Athletic Training

rno ATHLETIC TRAINING the shot leads one to depend too much upon the arm and not enough on the leg and body drive. When the shot is thrown instead of put it is impossible to get the weight of the body behind it. I can best explain the dif– ference between the throw and the put in this way. When the shot is thrown the tendern~~y of the athlete is to bend the head forward and throw the shot around the ear, as it were. This mistake should be carefully avoided and I. the shot should be put from a point under the ear and with the head up. If this posi– tion of the head and the arms is carefully borne in mind at all times the danger of throw– ing the shot will be greatly minimized. The hardest thing to master in putting the shot is the final effort. In it when the shot is released every ounce of strength from the fingers to the foot is concentrated in one powerful drive. To co-ordinate all these things so that the correct elevation and direc– tion are attained with all one's strength and weight behind the put is acquired only after long practice and infinite pains. The quickest way to acquire the proper form is to master this final effort. If the beginner