Athletics of To-Day 1929

316 Athletics of To-day The left foot does not leave the ground until the right foot is down at Rz (see diagram, Fig. 44). It is then quickly with– drawn to Lz as shown in Picture No. 9, Plate 56, of A. E. Flaxman, and No. 14, Plate 57, M. C. Nokes. Note that the hammer should be at its low point in front of the right foot when the left foot is drawn back, preparatory to the commence– ment of the next turning movement. With the left heel well grounded, body leaning back from the hips, arms straight out and knees bent, the thrower picks up the right foot to carry it round the left leg in the second (or third) turn. (See Picture No. IO, Plate 56, of Flaxman.) In the next three pictures the same athlete shows how the turn continues. P1o. H No. rr shows the central point where he comes up on to the toes of the left foot, bends the left knee still more, and allows his trunk to come up to an almost vertical position, with shoulders forward and lower girdle of the trunk resisting the hammer pull. Note the forward lifting of the right foot. No. rz depicts the high point in the path of the hammer during the turning movement, which coincides with a full extension of the left leg, further backward body lean and the complete pick-up of the right foot to left knee level; and No. 13, Plate 57, the body lean to left, pivot taking place on outer side of left foot, and the commencement of the whipping of the right leg around left from its highest foot position. In No. 14 Nokes is seen making the