Athletic Training

CHAPTER XVI THE DISCUS THROW THROWING the discus is an event which has become popular in this country only since the revival of the Olympic games. It is an addi– tion to the weight-throwing events on our ath– letic programme. Like the hammer throw, it has not gained a very strong hold i~ schools and colleges because of the difficulty in find– ing a field large enough to practise it faith– fully. At this writing the Inter-Collegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America has not yet put it on its championship pro– gramme, although it is one of the events on the programmes of the Western Inter-Collegi– ate Conference Association, the New England Inter-Collegiate Association, and some minor college associations. Before one takes up discus throwing he should acquaint himself with the regulation 134 I --