Athletics (British Sports Library)

160 ATHLETICS precision. The speed must be built up gradually. In competition the athlete's acceleration should increase from the first turning movement until it culminates in the actual throw at the instant of the final grounding of the left foot (Sketch 9). Sketch 14, RI and Ll, shows the position of the athlete's feet as he stands swinging the discus, as shown in Sketches 2 and 3. When he commences to