Athletics (British Sports Library)

164 ATHLETICS In learning the turn it is no bad thing to chalk out an 8-foot 2~-inch circle upon one's bedroom floor, with a line running straight forward through the centre. Learn the turn at "walking or slow– motion film pace " first. See that the left foot shifts back across the line from L1 to L2 just as the turn commences; do not hold the spin on the left foot so long that the right foot goes beyond the centre line R2 before it is put down, otherwise you _ will get the 20 degrees of the final angle with the left foot somewhere about the position of R3 instead of properly carried off to L3, and this will completely block the forward throwing movement. Learn to hold the spin on the right foot at R2 sufficiently long to allow the left foot to come around to L3. Gradually build up your pace as you go along until you can accomplish a smooth, spinning turn at fair speed. In conjunction with the foregoing work, which can be done indoors if desired, commence some outdoor discus swinging and light deliveries from a stationary position, working on Sketches 2 to 5 and 10 to 13 inclusive, leaving out Nos. - 6 to 9 for the present. Make sure of all your positions and see to it that you get the discus away from the hand with a proper finger-spin, so that it will scale _in flight through the air. After awhile try some strong standing throws without turning. When you can turn fast and accurately and throw hard and accu-