Athletics and Football (extract)

JUMPING, WEIGHT-PUTTING, ETC. 155 weight on'—to use a rowingphrase—that is tosay, to employ mere arm-woarsk little paossible, and to getthe impetufsor propulsion from a rapid spring and turn of the body. The method adopted for securing this by allgood weight-putteirss the following.The putter balances his body otnhe righlet g (supposing him to be right-handedand putting wthiteh right arm), wihthis righsthoulder thrown back and the weighot n his righht and close thoe shoulderh; e thenraises twhe ight up tothe fusltlretch of his armtwo orthree times stotretch the muscles, the left arm and leg usually being thrown forward to balance btohdey. A quick hop is then taken ^about three ^ feet body swung rapidly round a half- m \ der andleg areforward, and the Jlw, The weight is thus propelled Putting the shot—seconpdosition, more by the swing of the body than by thejerk of the arm.The bweset ight-putter, therefore, is not necessarily the tallest, heaviest, strorngest man, but he who cbarning, roughly speaking, the greatest momentum by the turnof his body to the delivery of the irobnall. It thus gives sacope for agile strength yout;h hiats opportunity to compete with the matured power of riper age, and often a quite smlailglht man is able to put really gredaitstances; of course, however, height and weight have greadt vantages. An attempt was, indeed, we believe, onmcaede to induce Chang,