Athletics (British Sports Library)

158 ATHLETICS of Niittymaa, the great Finnish thrower, which illustrate this chapter. Even in Sketch 10, when just about to make delivery, he has kept the discus in its proper place. ll Sketches 2 and 3 show the positions in the pre– liminary swinging which is used to g~nerate momentum for the turning movement which is just commencing in Sketch 4. The space in which the turn may be accomplished is limited to the size of the circle 8 feet 2! inches in